@Blue_Bird If you're going to pull all-nighters to get to early morning appts., is there any way to schedule your appointments for later in the day so that you don't feel you have to stay up all night? If too much sedation is a problem, why not see if the pdoc could advise a slight reduction in some of the night meds that make you so sleepy only for nights before early appointments? Pulling all-nighters is such a slippery slope for bipolar. I'm sure you know that.

I had an off day. Tired all day, grouchy, headache that just would not go away. Spending 2 hr. at the dentist's office did not help. My crown placement went fine, but my daughter has 3 cavities! So it's back there next week with her to get them filled.

It's been an effort to do much anything today; concentrate on reading, play on my iPad, even sketch. I took a 2 hour nap, but it didn't help much. Chores like meals, dishes, laundry, taking care of the cats are just all too much. I did skip my night meds last night and only realized it when I woke at 2 AM, but then I figured it was too late to take them and thought I'd probably feel better without them. But obviously that did not work out.

Sketches didn't go so well today; I just didn't have the patience there for it.