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Life, the Universe & Everything
Feeling tired, run down and grumpy this week. Focusing on good things: My house is 85% unfucked. All that’s left for the upstairs is a brutal purge of my library, of which I’ve already completed stage one. I’m getting rid … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar, blather, depression, lamictal, oh brain why, sad sad sad are the sandwich people, stress, the doc carousel, unfuck my life
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What’s the Opposite of Domestic Goddess?
I have feelings and introspections to share and confessions to make. What I don’t have is time. I have a new roommate starting on Tuesday and I haven’t even started cleaning my house. I know that doesn’t seem like such … Continue reading
Drugged Up & Bloody
Just got back from being stabbed with needles. Always a good time. I had to fast for 12 hours beforehand (more like 15 because I wasn’t hungry last night and I really regretted that this morning!) and I came within … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, blackhawks, concerta, hockey, lamictal, more hockey, sharks, things that make me happy
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Dr. Hockey, Hockey Doctor
Another doctor’s appointment this afternoon, probably going to ratchet up the Lamictal to 100mg. This is getting close enough to the therapeutic does that I’m really hoping to get stable. Even stable-ish. This roller coaster shit is exhausting. More importantly, … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, blackhawks, concerta, hockey, lamictal, more hockey
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Ten-You-Us (at best)
Lamictal makes me nauseous, Concerta makes me not want to eat. Together I am hungry, nauseated and completely repulsed by the idea of food. The not-hungry will go away in a couple of weeks if I follow the same pattern … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, concerta, lamictal, musing, relationships, side effects
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Quick Update
I’ve been a queasy, vomiting mess for the last couple of days (stomach bug, not a side effect, as far as I can tell) but otherwise things are pretty good. Last Thursday’s positive events really helped me snap out of … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, blackhawks, concerta, hockey, lamictal, more hockey, not depressed is best
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I GOT MY CONCERTA BACK
I think the new shrink is actually going to be a good one. He understands the intersectionality and grey areas of mental illnesses, including mitigating factors. He mentioned, without prompting, that “symptoms” can sometimes be personality traits. He hates checklists! … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, concerta, lamictal, stress, the doc carousel, work
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To Be Elaborated
Sneaking this in at work like a sneaky, sneaky blog ninja. -Doctor Good -Still no rash -Headaches suck -Skyrim is awesome -Words are hard -Jill <3 -I miss my Ritalin -KITTY
Scuttle Forward
I’m coming up onto my second week of pharmacological treatment for bipolar disorder. The headache that wasn’t has finally become, so I’ve been squinting through these past couple of days and dry swallowing Advil like it’s candy. It doesn’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged adhd, bipolar disorder, coping with diagnosis, lamictal, mental illnes, side effects
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For Real Quick and Dirty
I was supposed to titrate up on Lamictal today, but considering that my distractibility seems to intensify and it gets harder to focus as the week goes on, I decided to wait until Saturday morning so I’d have two non-work … Continue reading
Brain Eats Brain 