Seroquel is satan’s favored poison

(from 2008  - the days I was still withdrawing from the cocktail) I've been having a rough time bouncing around. I went to San Francisco for a month. Came home for a week, went into town to house sit for a week, then came home to move into the cottage yesterday. Since coming home from San Francisco the bouncing around has left me very unstable without a sense of place. Half the time I haven't even known where I'm going to be living. The two nights before coming home to get my stuff to move into the cottage I had two sleepless nights. I felt completely out of whack last night and so I thought I needed to sleep whatever the cost. Nope, wrong. ….the cost of sleeping has been far greater than sleeplessness.

Lifestyle changes that have worked for me

Last night was my first Risperdal free night. I'm done with 15 years and 11 mg of Risperdal. I've also come off of stimulants, anti-depressants, Seroquel and half my Lamictal dose. I have 3 mg of Klonopin and 200 mg Lamictal to go. It's been three years since I started. I'm more than half way... Continue Reading →

Normal?? Me?

The other day I made a comment on Polly's blog, polarcoaster on this post. I said that my mood ranges these days were "in the realm of normal." I've spent the last couple of days wondering what that meant and whether or not others who read my blog might agree. What might be more precise... Continue Reading →

Psychiatric Meds and Fat

Most of us who have been treated with psych meds gain weight, there are a lucky few who escape this side effect, and then many that gain a moderate amount and then what seems a large significant minority for whom major weight gain is a problem. I fall into the last category. Before I started... Continue Reading →

Somber thoughts, Somber Moment

I woke up at 4 am this morning. I've actually been sleeping poorly for about 2 weeks. It struck me this morning that I may be mildly hypo-manic. But what is hypo-mania? Is what I'm experiencing pathological? I have severe doubts about that. To clarify, I'm not euphoric, I don't have rapid thoughts. The only... Continue Reading →

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