Posted by Noa on April 22, 2000, at 14:16:04
In reply to Hey pal!, posted by bob on April 20, 2000, at 20:36:09
Thanks, all for the hearty welcome back.
I am totally off the lithium, yes. And my bladder is happier, much happier. I actually sat through an entire movie last night without having to go to the restroom (while on Li, my average was 3 trips!!)
My mood has been ok, for the most part, but I am on vacation now, so there is very litte stress. I am so relieved not to be dealing with my job, where I have been doing a C-/D+ job at best lately. I have to take action to do something different with my meds, because when I go back on May 1st, I know it will be very hard. I just don't know what to do first, and have been passive about the whole thing.
My apartment is a wreck, worse then ever. But, on a hopeful note, I have done bits and pieces of throwing stuff away, doing laundry, etc. I even did my taxes on time, well not really, but did enough calculation to file an extension form. Now the goal is to pull together all the necessary papers, etc. and go to an accountant to do the more precise figuring. I have a couple of months for that.
One thing that has been good so far this vacation is that I did not set an agenda to catch up on everthing, which has always been my tendency, and then I always end up feeling like a failure because I end up doing little of it. Per my therapist's suggestion, my overall goal these two weeks was to keep myself from feeling worse. It has been good advice.
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