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The time has come to finally move away from hosting my blog on MSDN. There are a few reasons for this transition but the two main deciding factors were that posting personal posts on a MSDN blog seemed odd (at least to me) and that I already had my own
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I have to say I have made significant progress since I was initially diagnosed with Bipolar 2 earlier this year. Just having a better understanding of myself sure makes a great difference to start. Knowing my body and mind better, knowing what my limits
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It's amazing how time ch some dosage anan fly by some times. It's been one month since my last post. Summer is already comming to an end. I have to admit that this year somehow flew by despite everything that has happened. What's up with Flight Simulator?
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This has been such an odd weekend sleep wise. Actually spent more time sleeping than awake. Here is roughly how much I slept (as far as I can remember)... Friday : 6pm - 7:30pm (pizza came in) 9pm - 11pm (food coma nap) 1am - 7am (stupid phone rang) Saterday
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Been a little while since I posted an update on my various health issues. So here goes :) Finger As I had mentioned, my finger started swelling up again and hurting more about 1 1/2 week after I had the stitches removed. So yesterday, they managed to
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Brain Zaps Finally got a chance to talk to my doctor on friday. Unfortunately, there is not much to do with the zaps as-is. But the main reason for the withdrawl symptoms is that I had to go from 5mg of Lexapro (which was 1/4 pill) to zero as it gets
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Guess I jinxed it with my post a few days back. Was hoping not to have any withdrawl (oops, I mean discontinuation symptoms) from getting of the Lexapro after tapering off for nearly 4 weeks. Guess I was wrong. It's somewhat hard to describe how it feels
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Hand Surgery My finger is doing really well now that the splint and stitches are gone. Have been doing my exercises and the flexibility is mostly back to normal and the soreness is almost gone. Besides a few scabbies and some left over blue (from the
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No, nothing twisted. Just still have my splint on my right hand so I almost have to type using a single hand :) Its been a while since i've posted a general update. So I thought today would be as good a day as any... Health Last week has been pretty bad
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Since i've announced my bipolar diagnosis. I have recieved several emails from people in similar situations thanking me for publically sharing my experiences. Lots of kind notes and support, and I truely appreciate!!! Some ask why I am so publically open,
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Well, I met with my doctor on Tuesday. After a discussion with him, we decided to start tapering off the Anti-Depressant. When I started taking it, it did help with the depression but also accelerated my cycles a made me more "volatile". The introduction
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Near 1 am, getting tired. So it is indeed time to go to bed. But since I havn't posted in a few days, I thought I would post a quick update. House Life Actually started working more on the house with my wife. Not that we hadn't been doing anything before
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Found two other interesting accounts of people dealing with Bipolar and work related issues. Although their lives (and work) was filled with ups and downs, seems like both stories have a good ending. Which is encouraging for me! Making Ends Meet Lily
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Found an article about a true experience of someone with Bipolar and their negative experience. Mostly steming from stupidity, ignorance and lack of compasion! Jeez! Some people think these type of disorders are just makebelieve and good excuses to get
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Found this study where they actually tried to measure the effects and impact of Bipolar on various subjects and their work (or ability to work) "People experiencing bipolar disorder have a strong desire to maintain employment, and display high academic
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