Way back in July? That's the last time I did this? I've been neglecting my craziness. It's about time, though, for another honest assessment of my mental health. Bear with me, please. You don't have to read it if you don't want to. This is mostly for me.

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I haven't been very good about keeping up with these things, but I think I need to start paying more attention to my moods and thought processes. I've been slipping. Nothing catastrophic- no cutting, no detailed suicidal ideation, no hallucinations ( Read more... )

About a week ago, my illustrious practitioners added Trileptal to my medication regimen. I am now taking 40 mg of Lexapro in the morning and 300 mg of Trileptal at night. Trileptal, like Lamictal, is an anti-seizure drug that is sometimes used to treat the manic end of the bipolar spectrum. It was prescribed after I protested taking Lithium for ( Read more... )

18 days and counting without a full-blown panic attack. I define "full-blown panic attack" as an episode in which I experience feelings of impending death and/or disconnection from reality, accompanied by some combination of physical symptoms such as tachycardia, chills, nausea, IBS or vertigo ( Read more... )