I've made it past the one-year mark of my first (and worst) psychotic episode!
I know that I've been doing better this year -- no delusions in October that get progressively worse through November -- but I've nonetheless been very apprehensive about early December. That's when it all hit the fan last year. That's when I had to start covering things in foil. That's when I went on Abilify for the first time. And it wasn't as an "add-on treatment for depression", and it wasn't as a mood stabilizer like this year. It was an antipsychotic. I was taking it to control my psychotic delusions.
I've still been moody as hell. The lamictal has helped a lot, though clearly not enough; As I've titrated up, my mood has risen and stabilized, only to fall and destabilize as the sunlight decreases. But I haven't had a single delusion.
I received my diagnosis of psychotic depression one year ago today. Passing this milestone feels huge to me, like I can begin hoping for a full recovery. I feel like I deserve to celebrate! Any ideas how one celebrates a psychoversary? Please, please share in the comments.
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