Just a quick update – I headed to the U of MN to see Dr. Bond (could there BE a cooler name than that?) on Tuesday. Like so many of you suggested, I just explained where my head and heart were at. He started out by asking me about my symptoms, how I thought I…
So much happened yesterday. Wow! At the Winter Walk in Northfield Thursday evening. Greta met Santa for the first time! First, Work – As usual, for just 2.5 hours since I had my hours in for the week! Then, a Run: 6 miles easy, 8:38 pace I wanted to get in my 8-10 miles with 2…
Lithium… I went in to see my doctor on Thursday. We talked for a long time about my options, and eventually decided to start on lithium. It’s scary because it has a 1/1000 risk of causing heart defects in developing fetuses. So why on earth would I decide to try this medication, since we would…
Bi-Polar thoughts and ramblings: I’m adding to the medical saga that I started detailing here. My doctor and I believe I am at very low risk for recurrence of bi-polar “episodes”. Both my manic depression and mania episodes were caused by hormone increases when 1. I stopped breastfeeding (since while nursing hormones were at very…