Hypomanic - Irritation Go Away!
So...I'm almost positive I'm hypomanic - the incredibly irritated kind, not the "spring fever" kind. I mentioned it to my husband last night and he said he had noticed I had been agitated for the past few days as well. The last time I was like this was I think exactly this same time last year (I could check in my blog if I was so concerned), so maybe it's seasonal. I had gotten a speeding ticket in my own neighborhood because the neighbors had complained that people were driving too fast (the cop told me) and I was convinced the neighbors were focused on me. I just knew they were watching me get the ticket inside their houses behind their curtains/blinds with glee - I had been caught finally. I couldn't stop thinking about it because I was so incredibly mad, for DAYS, and even had to leave school because I couldn't concentrate. What I did to remedy my agitation was to add an extra Lamictal in the morning until I was better, which was in about a week or two. That is the dosage that my psychiatrist originally gave me - one in the morning and one at night. I just can't remember to take it in the morning, so I skip it and normally I'm fine. It was not something I kept from my psychiatrist, he knew I was skipping it, but as long as it was working for me, he was okay with it. When I went to the family doctor as a requirement to be cleared for surgery and felt like I should tell him I was bipolar a...
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