Wow 5 Bipolar women! Dear you MUST stick around here and visit often because lord knows we could use your wisdom.
I'm on month 14 of this major/atypical depression episode (but it looks like i'm having a little hypomanic break since i've been up all night and on this computer for something like 12 hours straight now...LOL)
What's the longest major depression episode that any of you have had? I mean, I've been dealing with depression for 8 years now, but it was kick-started by a major depression that lasted almost a year....then 7 years of low-grade depression....then boom, like clockwork, after seven years here's major depression No. 2. I'm guessing that this MD will last about twice as long as the first one, but i'm still holding out hope for finding a good med combo to help.
When all this started last Aug I had the WORST short-term memory losses. I once had to drive 10 miles to a baseball game for work and on the way there.....i literally "woke up" FIVE TIMES and had to stop and think real hard about it was i was driving to!!!!! I had totally forgotten!
Boy, 5 bipolars in one family....i bet ya'll flip a coin or something to see who's gunna drive! Us bipolars just don't drive very well....have you noticed that? I'm either too depressed to notice everything that's going on or I'm so manic that i'm lost in thought and don't pay attention to my driving....LOL
I've been on the med rollercoaster this year. Currently am on 300 mg Welbutrin, 900 Lithium, am weaning off of Cymbalta, and take Visteril as needed for anxiety or sleep. Well...this med situation has been the case since last Friday. I've never been on lithium before and so far it has me drinking a gallon of liquid everyday, but worse is having to go to the bathroom 20-30 times a day and having all the stomach troubles.
OH....I almost forgot! BACA!!!!!!!!! I love BACA!!!!!!!!!!
I was introduced to a rather large group on a couple of occasions for my job and some of em' scared the daylights outta me...LOL....some of the women are more frightening than the guys. I'm a photojournalist you see....and some BACA members don't want their photos taken...right? right. Well, they wanted us to really heavily cover this fund-raising event last year. Well my editor decided he wanted to do a photo spread with plans to possibly do a photo gallory on the web....well....i was trying to get some motion-type (blurred shots) of several members heading out on their bikes and this one lady saw me and threatened to beat me up and tear up my brand-new, company owned (very expensive) camera if i took a pic of her....LOL. I don't do well with confrontations so it got my heart to pounding
Anyway....i want to do a book someday on BACA...with real life stories and real life situational photos, but i'll have a lot of work to do to convience a chapter that they can trust me enough to let me become an "honorary" member of sorts. Anyway....sorry....didn't mean to go off on such a huge tangent. Just really wanted to say "thumbs up"
Hugs,
Jenna