Bipolar Driving and Missing My Lamictal Dose

I’ve had a lot of irritation lately. My Lamictal dosage is messed up (my fault) and I can feel it affecting my tolerance level. I swear, I was in so much traffic the other day I thought I would explode. I live in a city, so this was not abnormal. What was abnormal is how I reacted to the traffic: angry words ( I will let you use your imagineation here!)  Honking my horn. wow!

I felt my face squeeze into an ugly mask. And then I stopped and realized what was going on. I was rapid cycling and my head was jerking around and I started to cry a bit. I missed a few doses of my meds again and this always happens.

Solution: Take my meds on time!

Keep out of my car when I’m super irritated! Wait a bit so the traffic can clear. Accept where I am and turn on the radio, etc. Say to myself, “Calm down Julie. You’re overreacting and you really do have a choice how you feel right now.” Remind myself that this is an illness and I’m very  rarely irritated when I’m not rapid cycling!

Julie

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