AM 125 Nuvigil, 10 Adderall
afternoon 10 Adderall
PM 10 Zyprexa, 20 Prozac
I have nicknamed Adderall my Good House Wife Pills, because since I started taking them my house has been very clean. I mean I'm not vacuuming in heals or anything, but my floors have been suspiciously clean.
She sure looks good in an apron.
I have also become a storm to be reckoned with in the kitchen. I mean I'm no competition for Julia Child or anything, but I've been trying new recipes galore and having fun while doing it.
Hate cutting onions? Try wearing swimming goggles.
Yeah, I'm so cool it hurts.
I do have a job, and I'm also a really rockin' cat mom.
But since I work roughly one million hours less than the hubs, I do the bulk of the "house work." I think it would be inconsiderate if I got home at noon, and then when the hubs got home at 8:00pm I said, "So what are you making for dinner tonight?"
I don't want you to get the wrong impression. I'm far from the Domestic Wonder Woman. There have been plenty of depressed days where the hubs eats cereal for dinner. More days, than I'd care to come to terms with. But thanks to Adderall, there has not been any Honey Bunches of Oats on the dinner menu lately.
I could also call Adderall my Writing Pills, because I seem to have lots to say, and the concentration and patience to say it. I have been running down my laptop battery daily.
I could just as accurately call Adderall my Dishwasher Pills, because I no longer cry while emptying the dishwasher, my most dreaded chore. I talk about that here and here and here and here and here and here. Boy, I sure talk about the dishwasher a lot.
Or I could just call them my Amazing Pills. I don't want to make Nuvigil jealous or anything, but they are quickly climbing the rungs to my favorite pill.
{Warning: I am about to lecture you}
Please try new pills when your doctor recommends you do so.
You never know when the next pill will be your Amazing Pill, and you deserve to feel good.
Until next time...



I stumbled upon your blog this morning, and love what you have to say. I too am bipolar, a awesome cat-mom and cleaning and cooking are my how should I say...OCD/bipolar therapies! :) I just finished cleaning out the frig and pantry and I am happy to say everything is in it's order and facing forward as it should.. :) I was diagnosed about 3 years ago, although it wasn't a shock, my mom had severe bp as she went untreated. It's definately one day at a time for folks like us and drugs are awesome once the right combo is found. :) God's blessings to you and your family and keep up the great writing so we all know we're not alone!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you stumbled upon my blog!
DeleteThanks for reading; we are definitely not alone!