Dear Kay

hi there. i am so sorry about the fainting spells... how scary. and i can appreciate the simple nuisance aspect in terms of appointment planning etc. more important perhaps though is i really hope you don't hurt yourself.

glad the hip is feeling better. go with your gut on the MRI as to whether you think you need it.

nice to hear you have a neuro finally who is on the same page as you.

i hope the Zoloft helps with the depression. That is a good, slow titration plan, so hopefully plenty of time to catch emerging hypomanic sx and d/c.

Lamictal should help potentiate antidepressant effects, and it should also help prevent rapid cycling. (That, as well as net manic switches, can sometimes be preciptated by the AD's.) R/C is what is starting to happen to me on Zoloft - i no longer have access to Lamictal. And i am still below baseline... i.e. depressive sx even at the "peaks" of the cycling. arghh. but i am doing much better than i was, so i can't complain.

I hope your husband is able to come around to find a way of coping that is not alcohol... meanwhile i am glad to know he does not turn his outbursts on you. You have my continuing best wishes on finding ways to manage the ongoing financial issues also.

You always amaze me at how together you sound. Then, i turn around and worry about times you perhaps do not feel so together inside. i send you many warm thoughts and extra hugs for those times. I do think of you often. Please know you are remembered and cared about here, even when you aren't posting.

Sending many caring thoughts and ((( hugs )))

~ waves ~