I'm resuming violin lessons in September with my violin teacher, my next lesson is on September 9th. I'm excited about that. I had to take a few months off lessons because of financial reasons but now I can start taking lessons consistently again. My violin teacher is awesome. She's in a band and performs all over.

I'm doing well in terms of my schizoaffective/bipolar. My mood is stable. I'm doing well on my meds. And on september 12th I start EMDR therapy with my therapist for my trauma history. Don't know what to expect really but hopefully it goes well. I see my psychiatrist on the 13th. Will be good to report back since I haven't seen him in a few months. I am doing well on the med changes. I'm now on 30mg of abilify, 100mg of zoloft, 1500 mg trileptal, and 100mg thorazine. And this combo seems to be working really well for me, better than anythings worked for me for a long time. I haven't been getting manic, or depressed since being on the increased abilify and decreased zoloft. My mood is level, it's really good, not over the top. I haven't been having psychosis. Still have some paranoia occasionally but it's nowhere near as severe. I have motivation, I've been exercising and doing things like cleaning my apartment and doing hobbies and whatnot. Sticking to a strict routine with my meds. I quit smoking weed /taking thc edibles which I know he is glad about. I am too. It was really destabilizing me and messing up my progress. My focus is better, I read 40 books so far this year. I stopped impulsively spending tons of money.

Just in general I feel really well and excited about the future cause I feel like I'm gonna keep pushing myself to get out of my comfort zone and do more things around town and in the community. I feel very optimistic