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Waiting for Depression to Lift

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Dec. 2007.  I live on the dark side of Bipolar II, as all...

Stardust

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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I'm writing this like a journal entry.  I need someone to talk to, and I chose youBig Smile !  I feel lonely, and I never feel lonely.  A new emotion has emerged with this depression.  For six or so months, I've been rapid cycling, experiencing mixed moods with a reprieve here and there of hypomania.  That's what I'm used to my how my disorders function.  I'm in the 4th week of a med change:  Geodon replaced by Abilify, and increases in Tegretol and Synthroid.  The mood stabilizer change seems to be doing it's job...no more hypomania, and a steady, deep depression.  I'm not used to this, I can't function.  I'm doing my best to do the survival tips:  1. eat 3 meals; 2. exercise; 3. sleep regular hours; 4. drink 2L of water.  It's so hard to exercise, or do anything for that matter.  When  I can get out of the chair and turn the DVD on, it's not too hard after all.  When I'm done, I actually feel better immediately.  And if it's cloudy outside, I sit under the sunlamp and feel better right away.  This is about all I can do when I'm depressed.  From experience, I know it's going to lift.  So in the meantime, I've got stuff I need to do--depression style.
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