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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