Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Good, the Bad, the Not Really There Yet

Today was a difficult day. Some of it was due to... stuff that happens. Like the battery dying in our car, so that the Dancer and I missed her first summer jazz class and our first Mom/Daughter summer ballet class. The Musician not being careful enough with bleach, so my only wear-out-shirt now has bleach spots. But some of it was related to my old enemy, bipolar. It's a difficult line to walk. I'm not the kind of person to just go off her medication. It's not really any fun in the long run. Heck, since I tend to cycle rather quickly, it's not very fun in the short run, either. But the medication does not exactly make you normal. Some of the parts of you that were good can get lost on the medication, and you miss them. I'm going to have a chat with my psychiatrist and see if a change might help. At this point, I'm willing to try a little medication roulette if I can get back some of my energy and enthusiasm for life.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Barb!

I commented on the vampire post from yesterday.

BTW, can you tell if someone comments on "past posts" if they don't tell you about it?

Change of Subject: I should tell you about my antidepressant journey sometime. Right now I'm on Cymbalta.

Jane S.

Kitten said...

You're in my prayers Barb

Barb the Evil Genius said...

Jane, yes, every comment gets sent to my email. For very old posts, I have to approve the comment for it to even show up here. Mostly to prevent spam.

Hey, Cymbalta was the drug that I was referring to!

Kitten, thank you.