u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT

Howdy folks-

I read the sidebar, so I know I can't mention the specific medication, but it's a mood stabilizer. I'm reluctant to get on it because I've been researching it, and it seems like this med is more meant to manage hypomanic/manic episodes. That is the opposite of what I need right now. I have had consistently low energy and low motivation for the last several months. I have not had the energy to do things like do laundry, take showers, or shave. Also, big time poverty of thought. Not always, but most of the time, it's like there are tumbleweeds blowing around in my brain.

I'm also on an antipsychotic, and the one thing that consistently improves my mood is when I stop taking the antipsychotic. Well, I can't go off of it for too many days in a row- hard to describe, but I just start to feel a bit off- so I wind up taking it like once every several days. The antipsychotic helps me get to sleep and stay asleep.

Speaking of sleep- what seems to help me more than anything else is not meds, it's getting a good night's sleep. I have rarely slept a full night since 2022, after my traumatic brain injury. I tripped and landed on my face and was in the hospital for two weeks. That's when I stopped drinking 18 beers a day. For a couple of years afterwards I rarely slept more than three hours. Been sleeping better now though. I also take an antidepressant that's used off label as a sleep aid.

Ok end rant. Just got back from my nurse practitioner's office and I'm in a pissy mood because he really wants me to get on this new mood stabilizer.

echo SPIRAL | tr -d ELLIPSE | tr ERA ETHER | sed -E 's/$/E/'
echo SPIRAL
echo SPIRAL | tr -d PLANETARY | rev
echo SPIRAL | tr -d REALITY | tr SPACE THEME | sed -E 's/$/E/'
echo SPIRAL | tr -d SINOFPI | sed 's/R/RN/' | sed -E 's/^/ETE/' 
echo SPIRAL | tr SPR GOD | tr I L | sed -E 's/AL$/EN/'
EGB=$(echo SPIRAL | sed -E 's/AL/AI/')
echo "B${EGB:3:3}D"