Meds - Well, tonight I'll be on 5 mg of Prozac for another 10 days before stopping, 50 mg of Topamax for another two days before stopping that one, and I'm on 250 mg of Lamictal and reducing that by 50 mg every 4 days before stopping that one too. So the taper is well underway. As for the Prozac, what a pain to have to cut a stupid pill in QUARTERS!
Nope, nothing really to talk about. Feeling slightly off kilter occasionally as I come off the meds, with some pretty mild ups and downs, but all in all so far I'm still doing well.
As far as being normal goes, I think we're all there anyway. Everyone, absolutely EVERYONE has problems and "issues". As far as I can tell, the only difference is that we have actual ICD-9 codes attached to us and the rest of the population just falls somewhere under the title of "whack job". Everyone's loopy (or normal). Just depends on how you see it. If I weren't bipolar, I'd still have other problems to deal with. Even for folks who have no mental illness, life still happens, and it still screws with them.
Amanda here--Doing ok--busy and I've been sick (ear infection and sinus infection). The meds for that are screwing with my sleep, but I'm surviving. I think my dh is really starting to get the whole bipolar thing (wonder of wonders!!!) He noticed that I wasn't sleeping well and asked if I had called my pdoc yet. I was SHOCKED. He never, ever asks about bp stuff. I've tried telling him things to watch for incase I'm ignoring them. That's the FIRST time he ever has. Of course, I had to tell him it was because of the current meds and that I really appreciated it and that he needed to worry more when I wasn't sleeping and I still wasn't tired. Very strange indeed. Anyhow, I'm on Lamictal 200mgs/night. That's it. Nothing major to talk about (other than above) Big reorganization at work. It's keeping me VERY, VERY busy. If I were normal for one day, I'd spend the day with my 8 year old. I spend way too much time being frustrated with her and getting ticked off at her. I think it's just me and my moods. She knows I love her, but I want to show her and tell her when my moods are at their absolute best. I was actually feeling pretty good yesterday and I called her on my way home from work (she was home with dh) and told her to get dressed and we were going to dinner and to get our hair done. Just the two of us. She cried because she was so excited to get to spend time with me alone. It was a great and horrible feeling all at the same time. I've got to go now. Sorry so long. Amanda
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Hi!
Hi. Kristen here. Doing all right.
Meds - Well, tonight I'll be on 5 mg of Prozac for another 10 days before stopping, 50 mg of Topamax for another two days before stopping that one, and I'm on 250 mg of Lamictal and reducing that by 50 mg every 4 days before stopping that one too. So the taper is well underway. As for the Prozac, what a pain to have to cut a stupid pill in QUARTERS!
Nope, nothing really to talk about. Feeling slightly off kilter occasionally as I come off the meds, with some pretty mild ups and downs, but all in all so far I'm still doing well.
As far as being normal goes, I think we're all there anyway. Everyone, absolutely EVERYONE has problems and "issues". As far as I can tell, the only difference is that we have actual ICD-9 codes attached to us and the rest of the population just falls somewhere under the title of "whack job". Everyone's loopy (or normal). Just depends on how you see it. If I weren't bipolar, I'd still have other problems to deal with. Even for folks who have no mental illness, life still happens, and it still screws with them.
Hugs,
Kristen
Better late than never...
Amanda here--Doing ok--busy and I've been sick (ear infection and sinus infection). The meds for that are screwing with my sleep, but I'm surviving. I think my dh is really starting to get the whole bipolar thing (wonder of wonders!!!) He noticed that I wasn't sleeping well and asked if I had called my pdoc yet. I was SHOCKED. He never, ever asks about bp stuff. I've tried telling him things to watch for incase I'm ignoring them. That's the FIRST time he ever has. Of course, I had to tell him it was because of the current meds and that I really appreciated it and that he needed to worry more when I wasn't sleeping and I still wasn't tired. Very strange indeed.
Anyhow, I'm on Lamictal 200mgs/night. That's it.
Nothing major to talk about (other than above) Big reorganization at work. It's keeping me VERY, VERY busy.
If I were normal for one day, I'd spend the day with my 8 year old. I spend way too much time being frustrated with her and getting ticked off at her. I think it's just me and my moods. She knows I love her, but I want to show her and tell her when my moods are at their absolute best. I was actually feeling pretty good yesterday and I called her on my way home from work (she was home with dh) and told her to get dressed and we were going to dinner and to get our hair done. Just the two of us. She cried because she was so excited to get to spend time with me alone. It was a great and horrible feeling all at the same time.
I've got to go now. Sorry so long. Amanda
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