Kay

I hope this works for you.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I have heard of this on tv.

It sounds really promising.
bizi:hug:

Thank you ladies. Love to you :grouphug:

I had seen it on TV, too.
Pdocs use a lot of meds to treat acute manic episodes, but I like that this one is FDA approved for that specific purpose. I hope it will be the magic bullet I need.

I couldn't sit still long enough to take a nap yesterday, but I was exhausted, so I smoked a little MJ, and slept for about 2 hrs, and woke up feeling better.

In the evening I started getting a little revved up and unsettled again, and was getting urges to clean the BR, etc. But I was able to mostly control myself by distracting myself with sedentary things and a bunch of little nothings.

On one of those days when I was trying to take a nap, but couldn't lay still in bed, I decided I wasn't happy with how high our cell phone and cable/internet/phone bills were, so I got out of bed and called both companies looking for discounts or promotions. In the end, I ended up cutting our cell phone bill down by $25, and we will be paying over $20 less for our cable package with 4X faster internet.

It's ironic that I'm trying to straighten out our finances right now since I've been really overspending because of the hypo/mania.

Corey has been on an at-home vacation, but he's been a miserable SOB almost the entire time, and I'm f'ing sick of it. Right now I can't wait for him to go back to work. I'm sure he's not exactly enjoying watching/listening to me going through this episode tho, so guess I have to cut him some slack (not that he's exactly been helpful of supportive at all).

We 're supposed to do laundry today. We just have to do it by Sunday, so he will probably want to put it off again. I don't really have a problem with that because he's miserable enough this morning without throwing in a trip to the laundromat. I WILL NOT do it tomorrow tho because I will be busy.

I have another pdoc appointment at 11am tomorrow, then I'm going to pick up my groceries at Stop and Shop/the Pea Pod drive-thru. I bought my produce at a different grocery store yesterday tho because I'm not happy with what I've gotten from them.

I hope you day goes ok sweetie,
be well
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I'm tired this morning, but I have all these plans in my head of things I want to do. I'm starting to wake up now and am having a bit of a hard time sitting on my butt now...
But it will take more than the 1/2 (1.5mg) dose of Vraylar that my pdoc had me take yesterday to take me down a few notches. I have to remember that.

I take 3mg tonight for the first time, and see my pdoc tomorrow, but I don't know what I'll have to say because I'll likely be tired and sedated in the morning.

We will not be doing laundry today. I hope to go to Dairy Queen tho. It's something Corey said we could do this week because I haven't been in forever.

I bought 2 laundry bags on Amazon from a 3rd party seller, but only one arrived, and I wasn't happy with it, so I have to return it. The seller wasn't responsive to my emails (through Amazon) about my issues. I just had to contact Amazon customer service (via chat) so that I could get a refund for the bag I never got. Once that's taken care of, I have to return the one I did get, which didn't match the product description. Ugh... I guess I'll avoid 3rd party sellers in the future.

Hi, Kay,

Did you make it to Dairy Queen?

Because Amazon is so good most of the time, I get so disappointed when
something does not work out.


Mari

good luck at the pdoc appt.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Even though I'm sure you are already there or have already gone.

Good luck from me too. Also I sure hope you made it too
Dairy Queen too. I love that place. Derrick and I go every once
in a while. And I go by myself once in a while.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

We did go to Dairy Queen! Corey didn't even get anything... he drove 1/2hr to get there just so I could get my PB cup blizzard :)

I guess the Abilify wore off or something because this was the first morning in a long time that I didn't wake up feeling exhausted. I woke up alert... and manic. So, I guess it will be an all-day thing (at least for today) vs. a half-day thing like it has been for a while now. I hope tomorrow's better...

My pdoc said that the Vraylar won't MAKE me manic, or more manic, but probably needs more time to work because I only had the 3mg dose once (last night).

I finally set up an appointment for the surgical consult for my colorectal problems. It's on the 28th. I've been busy making phone calls and faxing medical release forms, etc. My pdoc is happy I set up the appointment because I need the surgery badly. She said 3 weeks out is good because it should give us enough time to get me back or closer to baseline.

I hope you can get back to baseline sooner than 3 weeks. For your sake, and your bodies sake.
(((((HUGS))))))
bizi
love you:hug: