Tag: mental health
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I miss John, terribly
I started feeling better on lamotrigine already but for around a week now my depression seems to be coming back. I didn’t see John last weekend and I won’t see him this weekend either. Can someone explain to me how it is possible that I miss him so badly but at the same time it…
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Psych meds chat
It seems I am doing ok on 25mg of lamotrigine. It made me unwell on that one day only and apart from that I am fine. It also seems that it reduced my appetite so I am quite happy about that. No change on the depression front as yet but I’m only on a starting…
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Side effects
I wasn’t feeling very well yesterday afternoon and I thought that possibly I’d need to give up on taking lamotrigine but I was perfectly fine when I woke up today so fingers crossed. Obviously it is too early to say I’ll be able to take this medication safely and it is upsetting to think that…
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My new meds
So, I had my psychiatric appointment yesterday and I got prescribed lamotrigine, which is what I wanted. The psychiatrist wasn’t very keen on this idea but he agreed. I am fairly pleased with my psychiatric team, they seem to listen and are trying to be supportive but I do have the impression that doctors see…
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Mania
1. Someone on my Facebook bipolar group asked how we experience mania, so I said this: ‘I don’t experience mania as such; I go almost straight to psychosis and after two days I have police drugging me out of my flat. After psychosis I’m hypomaniac for a bit which means high productivity, energy and creativity,…
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Bipolar
A few days ago I finally accepted that I have bipolar. Earlier on, when I talked about it, I’d usually say that I was diagnosed with bipolar but I don’t really identify with it. I guess that was because I never overspend, never do anything risky (except of course staying employed by Home Group) and…
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Sun turned out to be a temporary fix
It’s Easter Sunday. It was just yesterday when I post that I’d like John to come over for a bit longer than a few hours but I don’t want to put him in a situation where he has to change his plans. Today I want to cancel: I feel depressed again. Good weather turned out…
Autistic and me 