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Apr 25, 2015, 04:50 PM
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I heard back from my psychiatrist today. Somehow the message I left never got to her and she was waiting for me to call her so she wouldn't wake me up. I'm not sure what happened; I had trouble last month with a substitute secretary who apparently doesn't know how to use the messaging system and has trouble with email who said she'd send the information on but never did and this time either my message made no sense or the secretary somehow didn't pass it on. Which is really weird because she's usually great at that stuff. Oh well.
Anyway, I am not looking at the hospital soon as long as I make small improvements with the meds as is. Apparently I can be on this much Seroquel for a while so it should get me through this episode. I just have to not get worse. I'm going to start with 1/3rd of my AD patch for 12 hours per day and work up very slowly from there (I'm sure more rapidly if I get depressed). Today I think is a little better although it's the frustrating kind of mixed where a lot of me just wants to take a nap and the mania is saying "NO NAPS!!!" But wanting to take a nap is big, even if it is just my body crashing from so long not doing well and it will reset to manic tomorrow. I'll take any calmer day whatever the cause. Internally it doesn't feel calmer but tired and agitated is better than agitated and agitated. I hope the patch goes OK tonight. That's the next big step.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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#2
Apr 25, 2015, 06:04 PM
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Happy to hear you heard back from your pdoc! Hope you feel better.
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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Apr 25, 2015, 06:06 PM
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I'm happy for you and I hope you get better soon!
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***** Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now Tori Amos ~ Crucify Dx: Schizoaffective Disorder |
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Apr 25, 2015, 06:16 PM
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My psychiatrist seems to think I'm on the way to improvement if we can keep everything balanced this week. I need to mess with my budget and try to see my therapist twice a week for a few weeks as that's the best way to stay level. I'm making a little dog-sitting money this month so hopefully I can make it work.
Anyone else hate the months that disability checks are supposed to last 5 weeks instead of four???? Most stressful months of the year.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Apr 26, 2015, 02:52 PM
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Happy to hear the good news
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