| You Are 84% Bipolar |
 You have some serious ups and downs, maybe to the point of endangering your own life. Consult a doctor to see if you may truly have bipolar disorder. |
Thankfully, I've been feeling rather good on the medicine mix she's got me on now--Lamictal and Abilify for the bipolar issues, Provigil for the ADD. I have a wider range of emotions than I did on Paxil, but not out of control ones. I'm feeling sad when it's appropriate, and happy when it's appropriate, too. The Provigil makes a huge difference in how my days go in terms of productivity and just feeling up to socialising or being able to focus on anything as simple as a conversation. Without it I feel dull and sleepy, like I just want to shut down, but my thoughts race so I can't. It also makes a difference it working on the notes or in playing in the game. I'm almost paralysed ut work by comparison without it. But it doesn't make me feel too 'up' like the ADDerall sometimes did, and I don't feel manic or too productive. So those are pluses. The only drawback? Each of these medicines cost me $45 a month. That's going to make things pretty hard in terms of keeping on my meds. Martha Pearson (my nurse practitioner) has been able to get me some samples and coupons to help with that. And my old psychiatrist had done a lot too...I think I've been on Abilify for two years and until now I've never had a regular take-to-the-pharmacy prescription for it, just one for samples--and then this month's was free because the maker of the medicine allow coupons to be used for three months' supply per year. That's pretty remarkable. And the folks who make Lamictal apparently have a thing where you register with them and they send a $10 coupon out each month to help with paying, too. So there is a silver lining to that cloud.
I think I'll play with a couple more quizzes and then spend some time with Cerys before getting a friend from work. 'Night.
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