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Tart Cherry Jam
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Default Jan 29, 2024 at 01:28 AM
 
I am sped up. Pressurized speech this morning, up since 6AM after less than 6 hours of sleep (very little for me). I even have dilated pupils. I thought it was just because I am on Dexedrine, but now I have read that combining stimulants with triptans, a class of medications used to abort migraines, can lead to a serotonin syndrome of which these things are a symptom. I used a triptan a couple of days ago. I wonder if I am having a super mild case of a serotonin syndrome.

I did 75 minutes of restorative yoga in a studio today. It temporarily slowed me down, being good for me.

Then in the evening I had personal training and my trainer halted the session because I was unusually tired, lightheaded, and having cramps. He took me outside to breathe fresh air, fearing that I would otherwise pass out. I instantly started feeling better after breathing in cool air.

Tomorrow will be another day, but most likely I will take Zyprexa at night since I am not sleepy at all and I doubt that milder Seroquel will work for sleep. And then tomorrow I will skip Dexedrine. And then I will soon become too sleepy during the day. I cannot win this game.

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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Geodon 40 mg
Seroquel 75 mg


Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- hypothyroidism
- obesity BMI ~ 38
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