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They added lithium to my cocktail, in addition to what I already take: Lamictal, Celexa, Geodon, Wellbutrin, Trazodone, Melatonin, and a plethora of suppliments. So here I am, back at work again, and dealing with not only a major depressive episode but also the discombobulation of being on a higher dose of one and a whole new addition of lithium.
For the past year I've been contemplating leaving my job. I can't run the risk of disability denying me, so I'd have to go on indefinite long-term disability leave at work. This will mean less pay, and little to no spending money on average.
I'm contemplating this because work has become hell, a major stressor that I *used* to be able to handle. Now it's only compounding my issues.
If I do this though, I just can't shake the feeling that I'm being lazy, and quitting life in general. I know I can do things and become active outside of work, especially since I'll have all this extra time, but again ... am I trying to find excuses for justifying laziness?
If I do this, I can also go back to school for a medical coding degree (which is a year and a half, beginning to end), and hopefully get a higher paying job after its completed, also hopefully with less stress, or find a way to do coding from home (best option).
Someone please reassure me on this. Honest advice?
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This most recent hospitalization really shook him up - he's never seen me be truly depressed and anxious before, and when he saw me after I'd gotten out, he hugged me for like 7 minutes straight.
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The earliest you can do a semi-accurate pregnancy test is a week before you're due to have your period. Although, that can change depending on your bc and when it needs to be taken and how it works.
For now, kind of hold off on drinking or [if possible> from sex, and speak with your pdoc about the Zoloft, let them recommend a good course of action for the possibility of your being pregnant versus not.
Good luck,
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http://www.bphope.com/Item.aspx/655/unraveling-the-family-tree
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I know my sister has ADHD and so does 2 of her 3 kids, and ADHD kind of goes along with BP, or so I've read [ADHD, bipolar, and schizophrenia ... and one other, I can't remember, are kind of the "main four" psychological things that run in families; one member might have ADHD and another might have bipolar and a third might have both, things like that>.
Some of the articles that BP mag prints are really interesting; I recommend it to anyone.
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An example: my brother is moving in with me ... he got in a fight with my neighbor yesterday by being belligerent and the neighbor (who I've always had decent relations with) threatened to sue me over a cat issue because the argument with my brother "broke our friendship".
Now granted, the neighbor has issues and she doesn't know when to let things go and she blows things way out of proportion and she gets harassed over minor things and ... well, frankly is like me when I'm extremely, dangerously manic. But she's like that all the time and we've gotten along decently because I know when to be quiet and listen, and when to be passive.
My brother ruined all that and now she's pissed and upset and threatening to sue me for something that was out of my control (but, I'd still lose the case; this is fact).
There are other examples but this one is the most recent... now I'm stuck trying to smooth over two people's bruised pride, and worry that my animals, if they happen to go to her yard because she gives them treats all the time and feeds them and such, will be carted off to the ASPCA.
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I love things like that.
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