Just letting you know I was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and by home. Pdoc is having take the rest of the week off, which I'm certainly not going to argue with.

He made some med adjustments and added one that stopped my racing thoughts dead in their tracks. It was amazing how quickly it worked.

I'll be seeing T tomorrow. It was easy to get in since I'm off all day. Then I'll see him again on Monday.

Great conversations with pdoc today:

Me: If you don't get me out of here today, I'm going to lose my mind!
Pdoc: You've already did that. That's why you are here. (Smartass!!)

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Me: Could you possibly find a more horrible tasting medicine to give me?
Pdoc: As they say, the worse it tastes, the better it works.
Me: And you really believe that ****?
Pdoc: That's what my momma always told me.

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Your pdoc sounds funny. I like people with good, quick whit! I glad that you're doing well and out of the hospital. I've been in a couple of times. I found it to be counterproductive for me beyond 48 hours, but I know it is helpful for others to stay in longer.

I hope your time with your T goes well tomorrow.

The was one week, which is about average for me. I wasn't even ready to crawl out of my bed after 48 hours in the hospital. It was about day 5 that things really started turning around.

My pdoc is this really quiet, reserved, kind soul that people don't peg right away as funny, but we've been together now 8 years and we've developed a rapport that includes his quick wit. He really is an amazing pdoc.

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When you came back on-line, I thought your posting style seemed different--perhaps why I didn't immediately realize it was you. Then you said something about racing thoughts.

I'm really glad to hear you were able to stabilize so quickly and that you're back and feeling more yourself.

And, I do think I would love your pdoc!

Yup. Was definitely manic, and I very rarely go manic, but as I was reminded several times this week, it only takes one manic episode to qualify for bipolar diagnosis. It had just been so long that I really had forgotten how it felt. But the best way I can explain my experience with racing thoughts is to think of a carousel spinning out of control (yes, Strangers on a Train comes to mind--Alfred Hitchcock movie scene for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about.) Fast, unable to really focus in on any one thought, can't keep up with my thoughts. When I started this new med (Saphris), literally within 24 hours that carousel slowed down to normal speed so I could deal with my thoughts as they appeared--slower, calmer, safer. It was an amazingly fast difference.

I hope I continue to do okay with the Saphris. You never know when you start a new med what side effects you might encounter. But, so far I have no drowsy, hangover effect at all. We'll see if it causes weight gain; hopefully not, but I'm going to try to be proactive about that with my diet. It is a tablet you place under your tongue and let it dissolve. It tastes like crap--truly, truly awful--and you can't eat or drink anything for 10 minutes which feels a bit torturous, but I can learn to deal with 10 minutes of yuck a day.