I was on 1800mg of lithium a day, 200mg of lamicatal twice a day, and 200mg of Topamax at night for 7-8 years and was a rapid cycler. It became ridiculous the couple years (increasingly so) before I stopped it, and then had my s/s attempt. I restarted it after that hospitalization because I couldn't handle the s/e of Depakote at a low dose, I was very scared, and I knew lithium would at least keep me safe. I finally stopped it because of a very severe bout of toxicity (one of many).

My pdoc doesn't think that the hypomania is due to the increase in lithium, but she reduced it to 300mg once a day because of my tremor and acne. She wants me to take an extra dose of gabapentin, so I'll be taking 300mg twice a day now.



A guy from maintenance came by yesterday to fix a few problems…
He hasn't done anything about the ceiling or wall in the bathroom yet because he's going to show a picture to his boss who will make a decision as to whether they will redo the ceiling or just patch and spray again. He didn't have any idea about the status of my handicap sign (which may take a while), but I gave him a little map showing him where I'd like it to be placed so I can open my door wide when I get out.

The wall I was able to get to in the living room yesterday was ****ing filthy!!! It's all the nicotine…
I had to mop it with just water ****ing repeatedly before I could even think about using Mr. Clean on it. There was a lot of cat hair and dust on the radiators, but it was easy to clean up. I also vacuumed up back there. It just took forever because the walls were so disgusting…

I won't be cleaning the remaining wall in the living room today because my husband never moved the entertainment center for me last night, and there's no way I can move it myself. I can see myself cleaning the kitchen walls at some point when I come down, but I wouldn't have the initiative or energy at baseline to tackle the rest of the living room.
I am really in a lot of pain, but I'm just do driven. At least I was smart enough yesterday not to climb up on chairs to clean close to the ceiling. I forced the mop to work for me.

I have to go buy cigarettes, and run to the grocery store for a few things, so I'll be getting out of the house for a while. Maybe the walking will do me some good? I think I will do that early.
I have dreams of getting a couple of loads of laundry in at some point today. I usually put it in between 6:30-7am, but I would rather get the errands out of the way so I can focus on some kind of project at home like finishing the first cat condo, or cleaning the kitchen walls. I would benefit from some downtime, so finishing the scratching post would probably be best.