*does the happy dance* Two days in a row... go me!
Last night I got my third hole done for the third time... third times a charm, I hope. *crosses fingers* And I got 14s for my bottom hole, which don't seem to have even opened.
I saw Kashfi today. I'm now off the Seroquel entirely (since I was only taking 200 of the 600mg I was supposed to be taking anyway). I'm on half the Effexor, with intent to take me off that entirely as well. Lithium is still full dose - woohoo. But tomorrow I've gotta start taking Abilify. A new antipsychotic. I just missed out on the trial because Audrey talked me out of it, which I'm now very upset about. The preliminary evaluations start tomorrow. He did give show me some light at the end of the tunnel though, but I'm not sure whether or not to believe it's there - and the proof may not come for a few years yet. He said that bipolar disorder - even for type I - has a very high recovery rate and that he's seen a great number of adult patients stopped taking meds in their 30s or 40s and go on leading perfectly normal lives. He said he's even had patients in recent years get pregnant, stop their medication (even lithium) have normal children (no birth defects from the meds) and then not go back on meds after pregnancy.
I could have kids, my own kids. They could be born healthy. Then afterwards, I wouldn't need any more drugs to keep me... stable.
I just pray I'm not getting my hopes up...
ttfn
~Kitty
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