{"id":599,"date":"2009-01-28T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2009\/01\/28\/i-am-really-struggling-today-ick\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:01:27","slug":"generic-lamictal-i-am-really-struggling-today-ick-from-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/generic-lamictal-i-am-really-struggling-today-ick-from-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Generic Lamictal: I am really struggling today… ick! from 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

2012: Blogs are interesting – if you read old posts it’s easy to see patterns that were absolutely unclear at the time.\u00a0 I had a terrifically difficult time with generic Lamictal (Lamotrigine).\u00a0 It took me a long time to figure out the problem, but reading this makes it pretty clear what was happening. Interesting.\u00a0 What about you? Can you look back on situations and see what was a medication problem or a bipolar problem- and yet you couldn’t see it at the time?\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yes, I can do that a lot.\u00a0 Here is the post from 2009.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m really struggling today. I swear I would do anything just to get rid of these constant mood swings. I have friends with bipolar disorder who have a lot of normal days- by normal I mean that they aren\u2019t in some kind of mood swing. I rarely have a normal day. Today seems to be a mixture of mild depression, worry, lack of focus and a definite concern that my meds aren\u2019t working correctly. I have a big writing project due and it feels like climbing Mt. Everest even though I only need a few more days to get it done.<\/p>\n

Every day since I came back from a trip to Texas and Florida has been difficult. Not it a bad way- in other words I didn\u2019t have a terrible depression when I got back- but there is always something to deal with. I just feel physically uncomfortable and can\u2019t seem to find a good place to sit down and write.<\/p>\n

I wrote Get it Done When You\u2019re Depressed<\/em> to deal with times like these. I use the tips daily- right now I\u2019m \u2018working with a friend.\u2019 I traveled south to Eugene, Oregon to see a writer friend of mine who also has bipolar disorder. So she understands me! She writes her own books and also edits manuscripts. She\u2019s very good- and she struggles the same way I do. These darn mood swings really affect our ability to work the way we want to.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m struggling today- that doesn\u2019t mean I have to struggle tonight. It\u2019s 4:30 PM and it\u2019s starting to get dark. I know that I will feel so much better if I get work done- and if I have a plan ready for tomorrow. I constantly remind myself that this is an illness. I have no desire to be depressed and restless- it\u2019s an illness. I can get better and I always do!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

PS: I finally realized what was going on and switched back to\u00a0Lamictal. It was a tough time.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture that really defines restlessness!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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2012: Blogs are interesting – if you read old posts it’s easy to see patterns that were absolutely unclear at the time. I had a terrifically difficult time with generic Lamictal (Lamotrigine). It took me a long time to figure out the problem, but reading this makes it pretty clear what was happening. Interesting. What about you? Can you look back on situations and see what was a medication problem or a bipolar problem- and yet you couldn’t see it at the time? Oh yes, I can do that a lot. Here is the post from 2009.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m really struggling today. I swear I would do anything just to get rid of these constant mood swings. I have friends with bipolar disorder who have a lot of normal days- by normal I [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12085,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/12085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}