Here is a brief summary of my latest mental health episode–hypomania.
Tag Archives: medication
Personal Update – Cause and Effect
Updates on my nephrologist visits, symptoms/side effects related (or not) to my lithium dose, vague details on my personal life since being cast aside by my ex-guy, and some fretting about a Seattle trip and my PTSD.
Personal Update – The Fallout
“My guy” is no longer my guy. The lithium reduction has had an effect on my side effect symptoms, and I express some self-deprecation and discouragement about myself as a person.
Personal Update – Lithium Toxicity
The latest personal update is on a recent medication change due to lithium toxicity–it covers my side effects and how the medication change has affected them.
Personal Update – Antipsychotic Change
My PCP suspects I may have developed sleep apnea at some point, and this has caused my psychiatrist to change up my antipsychotic, which acts somewhat as a sedative for me. What will happen next is a mystery…
Episode 47 – Different Mental Health Professionals
There are significant but subtle differences between these four mental health professionals: psychiatrist; psychiatric nurse practitioner; psychologist; and therapist. While they are closely related, they come with different qualifications, certifications, and treatments.
Personal Update – Recovery
A long post about my increased medications, praise to my doctor, and some of the ways my medication changes have affected me in the last month and a half.
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