It’s been about two weeks since the switch from Zopiclone to Flurazepam to help me sleep. As I mentioned in the previous post, Flurazepam did start to work… a little. Then it just stopped. I was lucky that I had a few leftover Zopiclone to get me through those nights, but for the past week [...]

Here’s a fun factoid about lithium, via Wikipedia: In the late 1920s, lithium was an ingredient in 7-Up (in the same way cocaine was once used in cola). 7-Up was launched a couple of weeks after the major stock crash of the 1920s (and you wonder why there weren’t as many reported cases of depression [...]

The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a blur, so please excuse my absence from the blog. After the  suicidal thoughts overwhelmed my mind, I took some time off work. On my last day, the Friday after it all happened, I was bouncing along in the office, not fully aware of my [...]

Last night I didn’t fall asleep until almost 4 am. This morning when I finally managed to pull myself out of bed (after ignoring my blaring alarm clock for almost an hour), I came out of my bedroom to find… a clean apartment. Dusted, vacuumed, papers and crap organized. I raised an eyebrow and slowly [...]

So I guess this is what happens when you reveal to your psychiatrist that you’ve been having suicidal thoughts — an immediate change (as immediate as one can be, at least, in terms of tapering medications) in medication from Depakote to Lithium and a promise to have my name put on a list for in-patient [...]