I bought some generic Mucinex hoping it might help me get my voice back only to get home and see it says, "Do not use if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug." I'm not on an MAOI, but now I'm worried about taking it because my brain has been what I've decided to call "pre manic." I've taken OTC cough meds and OTC cold meds without problems so, maybe, I'd be okay? If I have enough of a voice to talk to my pdoc when I am supposed to see him on Tuesday, I can ask about it. It'd just be nice to start taking it already.

I made an important observation about my bipolar symptoms today-being productive, at least sometimes, can be a hypomanic trigger...I had a pretty productive few hours today and then noticed my brain shift to pre manic warning signs. I cut my walk to half the distance it was going to be because the physical activity was making it worse. This happened to me last weekend too. I have just been resting for a few hours now which has made my brain feel calmer. I wonder if this is why my brain can feel like mania is coming on in the evenings-if the productivity of a work day can trigger things if my brain is in a specific state?