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Old Nov 21, 2021, 05:45 AM
Soupe du jour Soupe du jour is offline
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post
I'm noticing something. The severe anxiety starts when I wake up and continues all day - anxiety with waves of panic. When night falls I feel sooo much calmer and more stable. I think there's something about how the light changes throughout the day that affects my brain. Night brings a safer, more peaceful mood.

I see (telehealth) my ice-cold pdoc on Tuesday. I think it's ridiculous - she's in New Mexico, I'm in northern Calif. We've never seen each other below the neck. I'd love to know why the clinic hired her.

Anyway, I'm going to propose an increase in Klonopin. Nothing else is working against the anxiety. Except perhaps a major tranquilizer.

***Beth does the Thorazine shuffle...she can't walk a straight line, but at least she's calm ***

One of these days I'll type out a post that's 5 paragraphs long.
Love all around.

I think with bipolar disorder there are issues that are stronger during some parts of the day than others. I specifically remember a multi-year period when I would be more down in mood in the mornings through early afternoon, then shoot up. Then I'd manage to sleep and then repeat.

I could barely see your last paragraph. It seems to be in white font on a white background. It was totally invisible in your original post, but I can faintly see it above in the reply form. Correction: Faintly see it in the reply form during the editing mode. Once submitted it is invisible again. By the way, you can write as many paragraphs as you like. We must all sometimes get the bad stuff out.
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Dx: Bipolar type 1

Psych Medications:
* Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg
* Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg
* Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg

I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia.

Last edited by Soupe du jour; Nov 21, 2021 at 09:30 AM.
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Thanks for this!
*Beth*, bizi