So after many months of relative wellness, here again I find myself in hospital. I spent a week at the Civic before being transferred to the Royal. I find comfort in the familiarity of my surroundings and of the staff at the Royal.
I don’t know exactly how I slipped or what went wrong…looking back, I believe I had a hypomanic episode and then just crashed to the bottom. It’s frustrating to find myself back here because I was so sure that I was doing everything right: my diet, exercise and medication regimen remained stable throughout the time before I landed in hospital.
12 comments:
Hi Rachel
Please do not beat yourself up for this set back. All of the progress you made when you were feeling well can return.
Take gentle care and keep us posted.
Melba
I hope you will feel well again soon Rachel. You really are an inspiration.
My son has the same illness and your messages are an inspiration.
I will pray for you to feel well again soon. Keep Strong.
Hi Rachel
Just wondering how you are doing.
Melba
Hi Rachel,
Just want to say hello & let you know you are being thought of.
Hope you feel better soon..
Thanks for your blogs & openness, as I have a son with the same illness and you have helped me.
Annadeane
How are you Rachel? I hope feeling better.
Thinking of You,
Annadeane
Hi everyone! Thanks for the good wishes!!! I think I'm starting to feel better though it's hard to tell. I have one "up" day and then a couple of "down" days so I don't know...
I've just started clozapine this week. Does anyone have any experience with that? I'm a little scared of the side effects. I've already experienced some weight gain because of other drugs and i'm not looking forward to any MORE!!!
Please give me an update - how are you doing?? You're all in my thoughts too. Hopefully I'll be writing again soon. I'm just too overwhelmed at the moment.
Rachel <3
Hi Rachel.
How happy I was to see you were feeling well enough to post an update.
You and you family are in my thoughts daily.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Deb
Hi Rachel,
Just decided to visit your blog as a way of keeping in touch and seeing how you are doing. I remain very proud of you.
Jamie
Hi Rachel,
Hope you continue to improve .
Thinking about you & just want to say that my son just completed his thesis after being diagnoised with Bipolar 1 a year ago.
He has had a difficult time but
reached his goal to complete it.
Take Care , Annadeane
Hi Annadeane,
Wow - I hope he's proud of himself!!
rachel
Hi Rachel,
How are you? I hope that things are going well. Thumbs up for your courage to talk openly about the illness. I could relate to what you said about struggling to decide whether to blog about your experience because of the concerns you had but you were able to overcome that. That is something to be very proud of. I believe that it take the 1 in 5 to start speaking so that the stigma starts to disappear. I'm grateful for every person who gets to the point where they are able to do that. Keep going!
N.R.
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