How Depression Works On The Mind?
Okay, so here's the situation:
I had switched from a name brand mood stabilizer that I only had to take once a day to a generic version that required me to space out my doses several times a day. Inevitably, I would miss doses. After a few weeks, I noticed that I was actually feeling better, more like myself, mentally sharper, with a certain zing and zap.
Was this the true me? Or was it the false hope of hypomania? Should I go back to the name brand drug?
It was time to revisit “knowing...
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