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#801
Thanks Polibeth and Christina! I saw my doctor today and I'm tapering off abilify and paxil and getting back onto Vraylar and Zoloft. I'm feeling very hopeful because these meds were helpful to me in the past. It's going to be a couple weeks of dose changes to get to where I need to be, my doctor recommended going to the hospital so they could do it for me but I didn't want to so I just promised to call if I have any problems come up.
To stay safe I will use coping skills such as praying/meditating, drawing, playing games, reading, and reaching out to people if I need someone to talk to. I used to be such a positive person but lately my thoughts are all negative so I want to work on that. I went to a nutrition class today here in the community room of my apartment complex. It was fun, the nutritionist cooked some jambalaya using ground turkey. I got some info on budgeting in regards to food, price vs unit price, etc and buying what's in season. Lots of good tips in this packet I got which will be super helpful because I've been really struggling to make my food budget last every month, I usually am running low or out of money/food by the last week of the month. That's my own fault but I hope to use some of these suggestions to get better with budgeting. Some other things I need to work on are impulse shopping, I see things like books or collectors items and I just have to have them, so I blow all my money on stupid stuff that just ends up cluttering my place. __________________ R.I.P mom 8/6/55-1/15/16 “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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#802
N3 left about half an hour ago in a shirt and sweatshirt and no coat and wouldn't say where he was going. Now he's not answering his phone. He knows he needs to be home in an hour from now because his dad is picking him up. I am guessing he went to his girlfriend's house, but I can't tell because her mother hasn't texted me back. We are fighting about the bills and he says he doesn't owe half the grocery money when I paid this last time. I guess its my fault for not being a hard-*** to him when he was younger.
Edit to add: Sharlene's mom says he's at the mall with friends. So he has no plans on going to choir! Ugh. I hate him sometimes. He did answer the phone- praise the lord! - and he said he's at the mall with friends and not going to choir. This is at least the 2nd week in a row that he's skipped choir and church. He's in two choirs at church, actually and he hasn't been to either of them. Now his dad just texted me and said that HE won't be going to church (Noah's ride) for the next three Sundays AND next Thursday. So even more time Noah will miss. I guess if the choir director wants to chew him out for missing so much she can be my guest. __________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Loxapine 50mg Ingrezza 80 mg Ativan .5 mg 2x/day Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) Last edited by Moose72; Feb 27, 2020 at 06:10 PM.. |
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#803
I'm gonna go read for a while... I'm exhausted.
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#804
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If your doing well just keep taking your Lithium.... Yes I think stopping would be foolish, no need to rock the boat __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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I’m glad you have Med changes that helped you in the past. I think that’s wonderful you can learn about saving money , food costs I’m sure you will be back to feeling very soon. __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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#806
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Freaking kids __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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#807
__________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Loxapine 50mg Ingrezza 80 mg Ativan .5 mg 2x/day Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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#808
@Jennifer 1967 Please continue with your meds, all of them. They are the reason we feel reasonably good and are able to function.
This afternoon I went for a ride. (You'll hear this more often as things warm up.) Anyhow, a car was just about to overtake me at the top of my descent but they hesitated. I initially sat as far right as I could so they would have space to get round me but the road was quite rough so I simply waved them to back off. At that point I took advantage of the whole width of the road and with the tight curves I quickly put distance between myself and them. It was a fun little race. I reached the bottom of the descent well before they did. Ah, speed and risk. __________________ >< |
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#809
Jennifer1967- I don't have references for this but I have read that if you stop lithium suddenly you are extremely likely to have an episode within 3 months. It happened to me and it was hard. (Granted I stopped cold turkey later after a toxicity and was fine but I think we adjusted my meds to help prevent it). You'd need to talk to a pdoc but I just try to share that because that was one miserable depression and even though it was reasonable to stop suddenly (an earlier toxicity than the other I mentioned) it did not work well for me.
__________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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#810
I made it to Bible study this week! I didn't make it to church Sunday but that was a migraine's fault.
Otherwise I'm waiting anxiously to hear from the patient assistance program for Emsam. They have a few loopholes they may try to use to stop my participation in the program and I'm really worried what happens if they do. I'd have to go IP for one thing and that just sucks. I've been out 4 years and would like to shoot for 5. I have no idea what drug would replace it. Emsam is the only AD that has helped me. I've been on it 10 years. My pdoc will fight hard for me if it comes to that; she had to once before and she won. But that was before they had multiple loopholes all at once. Since Emsam doesn't seem to be going generic it is just beneficial to them cost-wise to not give it out free. But one good thing is Bible study. I'll figure out the rest later. I can't do anything until I get a letter from them anyway. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Glad you made it bible study ! Yes trying to get meds and jumping through hopes .... it’s just awful I’m sure your doctor will do everything possible to get you a much needed Med __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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#812
2:16 am and I’m battling one of those heavy blankets of pure doom and gloom ! it just totally roll over me in a nano second and I cant take a deep breath.
Damnnnn it’s been a while !! I know it will ease , I have just taken a Xanax. Time to just go curl up in a ball in bed. __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~ |
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#813
Hope you can sleep. I'm awake too.
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#814
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__________________ R.I.P mom 8/6/55-1/15/16 “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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#818
Well my low mood was definitely hormonal. Plus I am not pregnant, yay! Lol. I downloaded a tracker app so I can predict when my period is going to come because it is not regular on this birth control. It is the mini pill. I don’t like it. I will ask my gyn to put me back on the regular bc when I see her in June.
__________________ Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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You're quite the dare devil! Its always hard for me to navigate around bikes if they aren't off to the side, but I usually just quietly go around them. Sometimes, I am unable to go around them and then I have to drive 10 miles and hour. __________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Loxapine 50mg Ingrezza 80 mg Ativan .5 mg 2x/day Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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