So the pdoc is going to add Lamictal to the mix. It's the one with the potential for the scary rash.

I'm already starting to itch, and I haven't even picked it up from the pharmacy yet. This is going to be ... interesting.

This entry was originally posted at http://kit-r-writing.dreamwidth.org/525757.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Why the fuck can't my mother say "you've been acting depressed" without it coming with heaps of guilt ( Read more... )

2,587 words in the untitled trans young adult steampunk novel.
days: 21
wtd: 7,946
mtd: 20,132
ytd: 193,507

Something I need to remember, from the Blogess: "If you’re currently in the throes of a depression (or are in the position of watching someone who is) please remember that depression is a lying bastard and that this will pass ( Read more... )

I think I've mentioned once or twice that I'm in Critters. This week, I got a story that I found was really kind of icky and problematic. I was really tempted to skip it, but then I decided to go ahead and critique it, because the author probably hadn't even thought about the possibility of the story being offensive to anyone ( Read more... )

I thought I was doing pretty well, my meds were balanced, etc. But for the past couple weeks I've been depressed. No energy, sleeping at odd times and in weird amounts, random crying jags.

I've got an appointment with my pdoc on Monday. Until then, I guess I'll just deal. And remember that it's only brain chemistry.

This entry was originally ( Read more... )

What do you mean we are out of bananas!? Bananas are one of my essential food-groups ( Read more... )

I've been awake for 27 1/2 hours, and I feel like I could easily go at least a few more ( Read more... )

Of all the phases of Bipolar, Mixed States are the worst. I'm agitated, not in a happy-bouncy-take-over-the-world kind of way. I'm miserable, but not into a crawl-into-bed-and-sleep-for-20-hours-a-day kind of way. I'm getting up every few minutes to pace, walk into the Living Room. Yup, it's still there ( Read more... )

Catherine Zeta-Jones checked herself in for treatment for Bipolar II.

Maybe this will make a few people less likely to back away slowly when they hear someone's bipolar. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.

This entry was originally posted at http://kit-r-writing.dreamwidth.org/445188.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Removing a lot of my "bad-news" feeds from my reading list. Some might say it's living in denial, I call it good self-care.

This entry was originally posted at http://kit-r-writing.dreamwidth.org/442562.html. Please comment there using OpenID.