Posted by dove on May 1, 2002, at 14:04:42
In reply to Re: Stupid from drugs or from depression?, posted by Leighwit on April 30, 2002, at 16:27:45
Regarding keeping track of all the different meds and their effects on my life, I didn't start out that way. At one point, after many different meds and multiple med-combinations, I wanted to keep track of what was doing what.
I first went back through the P-Babble archives and located different milestones and my state of mind at the time, matched those posts up with my calendar, and tried to get a clear picture of the past. Then, I committed myself to keeping track of med increases/decreases, additions/subtractions, and my mental state of being on a daily basis via a short note on my calendar. I've slipped into once a week notes when I've been doing well and when I'm doing quite terribly. I keep it short and simple--otherwise I wouldn't do it at all. For example: Monday, May 1st: in the little square box I'll write "a.m. good; p.m. bad" followed by a down arrow indicating that the "p.m. bad" are my depressive symptoms.
I had to end my Verapamil experience due to the manner in which it was affecting my heart rate and rhythm in odd ways. However, I was told that these effects wouldn't prevent from me from trying it again sometime in the future. And no, its positive effect on my depression and aggression never decreased!
dove
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