Bipolar treatment update 1-10

I had my follow-up appt. with the psych yesterday. It went well and I was there for around fifteen minutes or so. In the waiting room I was sitting there, twiddling my thumbs, when this girl walks in, and with her, this tremendous rush of cigarette-smoke-laden-air. Even a man with a sinus infection could've smelled the smoldering remnants of her smokes. I can't even imagine what it's like inside her car. Holy crap was that nasty. Fortunately I only had to wait there for a couple of minutes with her in the room before I was called for my appt.

So the doctor and I talked about the mild side-effects of the Lamictal. The sleep disturbances were the number one topic. She said she could give me something to help me with that, but I would rather just ride it out and hope that it evens itself out. Actually last night was the first night in almost three weeks that I didn't have too much trouble getting to sleep. This morning I felt kind of tired too, despite my 7 hours of sleep. Lately I would feel high as a kite if I woke up from that long of a rest.

We also decided to meet again in two weeks to talk about a formal prescription. This is my second week on 50mg of Lamictal. Next week I will ramp up to 100mg per day. She said that the average person needs somewhere between 100 and 200 mg a day. So we might need to increase my dosage somewhat after this initial period of steady increments. My system should be ready for an upgrade without too much trouble. But who can say for sure.

Some days my emotions are on a yo-yo string, but mostly I've been pretty stable and I feel fairly steady. Once my sleep evens out I should be feeling alright I think. I just realized that I should probably apologize for the dry, remote style of my writing lately. Maybe it's because of the nature of these posts, or maybe it's because I am trying to remove my emotions on this topic and just view it as a science project. I don't know. All I know is that this isn't very exciting reading, unless maybe you've been through this process yourself or know someone with these problems. Anyway, I am going to make an effort to be more interesting and try to write more colorfully.

Thank you and good day.