I am actually feeling a little better today. I'm not out of the woods yet and I don't know if this will last but I do feel a little better. I got out of bed after only going back to sleep once. I actually wanted to get out of bed. I haven't wanted to get out of bed in awhile. I did go back to bed after initially getting up, but only once. I even caught myself smiling while petting the cat. And, get this, I even walked on the treadmill for 10 minutes.
Yesterday was really hard to get through so I'm a little worried about the sudden change. Mania, although it sounds nice, is not the best thing for me. Especially because I get paid soon and who knows what I would spend my check on.
My psychiatrist's office finally called me back today and called in a script for cogentin for me to take in the morning and at night. It's helping some, but not completely. Hopefully the increase of my venlafaxine to 75mg tomorrow and a few more days on the cogentin will help.
I also called around trying to find group therapy of some kind. No luck. I guess there's no place around here that does group therapy. It sucks because I really do well in group therapy. I thought there might be at least a STEPS group.
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ReplyDeleteI hear you about the mania...I fear I may be on an upswing as well, and having money around is scaring me. Hopefully, for both of us, we aren't headed up.
Did you try your local hospital for the group therapy? I know ours has a nice outpatient program.
ReplyDeleteYw Jezebel, I ended up in a mixed episode that I'm still dealing with.
ReplyDeleteTootsee Foot, I've found a group therapy program 45 min from where I live, the closest one in the area. I'm waiting to hear back.