First, a good thing: My students grasped today's task better/faster than past years have-I'm very proud of them!

Otherwise, what a day. I completely shut down when I got home. Long story short, there were a few stressful things at work and extreme irritability kicked in for a bit in the afternoon. When I got home, I just crashed and numbed out all night. Then, I remembered what my counselor gave me about reflecting on what I can control vs can't and somehow found the strength to do some of the things I would normally do, for my nightly routine, before I head to bed.

I was able to pick up the new birth control pill. I ended up having to pay with GoodRX (Kind of, the pharmacy isn't contracted with them so it was more than the GoodRX website said but less than if I didn't use it). I had to do this because they said I owed $72 otherwise. With the discount, I paid $35 for a three month supply, so not to bad all thing considered. I risked it and took my first dose tonight, even though I work tomorrow, in case it can help stop this mood episode that's trying to sneak in. If things get bad enough, I'll take an extra mg of risperidone for a few days to help ease things.

Here's hoping for no side effects with this birth control (or, at least manageable ones)!