Today's Pdoc and Tdoc Appointment - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

dreams in neon · 03-09-2009, 12:27 PM

Hi everyone,

I saw my pdoc and tdoc today. I nearly missed my appointment because I was tired and went to bed at 9am and woke up at 10:45am when my appointment was at 11am. I called my pdoc's office to let them know I would be late. They said this was fine. After I arrived, I was told that I would need to wait 45 minutes since my pdoc was conducting an evaluation. When I saw my pdoc, I told him how well the Clonazepam was working and that I didn't rapid cycle for 9 days. He was very, very pleased to hear this and explained that although I was doing relatively well, I ran into some rapid cycling along the way which the Clonazepam could address. He said Clonazepam was the finishing touch as far as my meds were concerned which should help reduce my rapid cycling to once or twice a day. He was delighted to hear that I didn't even cycle once/day, but warned me to expect cycling at least once a day since Clonazepam won't completely eliminate my cycling. I also informed him that I've been depressed for the past 2 days, but also mentioned the fact that I think it was due to the weather since I couldn't pinpoint any other reason for feeling the way I did. Since I've been doing well on the Clonazepam and ende dup in a mixed episode while IP after my Fluoxetine was raised from 20mg to 40mg, he decided to keep my meds the same, but will adjust them accordingly if my depression worsens or continues. I was told the sun was shining today and temperatures are much warmer today, so that helped ease my depression. Before the end of our appointment, I gave him another hug and was told to return in 2-3 weeks.

My tdoc appointment went just as well. My tdoc was very pleased about the fact that I haven't rapid cycled in over a week and told me how much better I looked today even if I was depressed over the weekend. We discussed the normal things we do regarding my bipolar and PTSD. I informed him that I'd like to work on strategies to deal with my self harm, so we talked a little about that and agreed to discuss this more in depth at my next several appointments. My next appointment with my tdoc will be on Friday since he would like to immediately address my issues with self harm in case my depression returns.

All in all, it has been a very good day so far! My depression has finally lifted and I couldn't feel better today!

CarenR · 03-09-2009, 12:58 PM

what a glowing report.... that you are feeling better....

hugs, Caren

Bipolar 1.......

typeing · 03-09-2009, 01:39 PM

Dreams,
I am very very happy for you! That news has considerably brightened my day! I hope things continue to go well for you!

katlin09 · 03-09-2009, 02:04 PM

Good job my musketeer bud,

I'm glad you did so well, and glad you've escaped the 'hell hole" hopefully my pdoc appt tomorrow will go as well, but with the black eye and all, I doubt it. Plus we have some med tweaking to do, so don't really care one way or another whether I see him or not.

Had PT today after not doing it in a week, and am in lots of pain, supposed to do a 1/2 mile walk at 6:00 with my mother in law, I think I'm going to die by 6:30.

I can't wait until 7:00 when everyone will just leave me alone and I can take a hot bath and hide in my room.

oh well, glad you're doing okay.

kat

dreams in neon · 03-09-2009, 02:04 PM

Thanks, Caren and typeing! It feels so good to finally have the cloud that has been hanging over my head for the past 2 day disappear!