Day one.

Today is the first day with no medication. I feel sleepy, but not overly so. I'm spending the day doing domestic things, like laundry and cleaning.

Today I would like to talk about the recent Psychology Today article refuting the statement made by Dr. Allen Frances about overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Frances' article mentions, since the inclusion of Bipolar II into the DSM-IV, that pharmacological companies have really been pushing their marketing campaign for anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers. He also speculates that this leads to more people being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.

Psychology Today goes on the state that the cases of overdiagnosis are lower than cases of under diagnosis. PT says that in a recent study the problem was with people NOT being diagnosed with
BPD.

For the full article, click here.

Have you ever felt like you were misdiagnosed? I remember when I was diagnosed and I didn't believe it.

Rallying a support group.

I have let this blog fall to the wayside after our first cycle which was unsuccessful. We are gearing up for cycle number two and I will update every day.

This is what the month of April looks like as a daily routine.

It's brutal and hormonal and lord blessed me with a patient husband because he is taking it all in stride. (I first typed taking it all in strife, haha)

Starting on friday, April 30th, 2010, I will stop taking my risperdal and trazadone. I worry that my taking medicine up until the day of the embryo transfer was harmful to getting the embryo implanting. I worry that the reason we didn't get pregnant last time was because of the medication. So I'm not going to take it this time.

The embryo transfer is still probably two weeks away as of Friday. I am anxious and fearful about stopping my medication. I plan to utilise meditation in this process. I will take a pill if things get too far out of control, but the plan is to do this completely unmedicated.