Productive-ish

written: February 24th

I was pretty damn productive today.  I wrote up my “Story Time” paper for Youth Literature AND have written 2 of the 7 book reviews required for the class as well.  I would have had THREE done, but apparently I chose the copy of Jumanji that is in SPANISH.  ::sighs::  So I’ll need to pick up an ENGLISH version of the book and read it for my book review.  I’ve even gone as far as to plan out when to post each of the reviews, because if I post them all at once, then I get a big, fat ZERO for the grade.  ::sighs::  AND I’ve already selected the books I’ll read for the next 8 through 15 reviews I’ll need to do over the course of the rest of the semester.  I am hoping to get all of THOSE books read over Spring Break and get the book reviews written.  Then all I have to do is post them in the correct order and time, and I’m good to go on that major assignment.

My shrink finally called me today – due to the itchiness and hives, she is cutting me back to just one Lithium a day until we can meet.  She doesn’t want me quitting cold turkey, but she definitely doesn’t want me to stay on it too much longer.  Yay Lithium poisoning.

I dunno.  The more I sit here, going over the various things she jumps to conclusions on and lectures me on…the less I really want to continue down this path.  I’m tempted to just call my general doctor and tell her I have a crazy idea.  I want to test out some ADHD medication – because I suspect I have ADHD and chronic depression.  So many of the “bipolar” symptoms are very similar to “ADHD” symptoms.  And given how I keep having adverse reactions to all the bipolar medication…that I have to ask – Am I even bipolar?  And I should be able to tell quickly if the ADHD medication is helping.  Either way…it will have to wait, because I’m all tapped out of money until the 1^st of the month.