Day 38 "Very Slow Today"

I slept for almost 16 hours last night and woke up at 2 this afternoon.  I keep my phone alarm set  for when I take my pills and can get up to do that but it’s right back to bed.  I just didn’t feel like getting up.  Actually at one point I tried to get up and couldn’t get myself to make the physical movement. 

Anyway, I did get up and went to my appointment with my therapist and had an ok session.  She made note that my movements and speech were slower today probably because of the Seroquel.  It makes everything slower for me and leaves me groggy.  However, I need to let this pill do its job and from what I’ve been told I will feel way better and the side effects will get easier. 

My therapist wants me to take my time line and mark it up with my low and high periods and put at what point do my symptoms come in to play.  This is so I know when I’m just having a little moment verses a situation when I need to make a phone call to get help.  She also wants me to find a bipolar peer to peer group to get involved with.  After my session I was still really groggy and not really wanting to be around people.  I would say that the day wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t that great either.