What Did I do Today?

I did a bunch of sleeping. Last night I went hypomanic and was lying in bed at midnight, shaking with energy. I took some klonopin to calm me down and fell asleep. I then woke up at noon feeling exhausted, so I ate breakfast/lunch and lay back down. About 2 I started twitching again, and it didn't even cross my mind to go for a walk or to the gym because I was so exhausted. I took a small dose of klonopin and boy did that knock me out. Around 4ish I woke up, but I was so tired still. I stayed in bed for most of the rest of the day. I did watch The Walking Dead (last week's episode, no spoilers please!) with dinner, which was pizza. I had a pizza coupon I had to use. I think I would have had the energy to cook, but I didn't have to.
Food today was bad. I was over my calories again with the pizza, but I expected that. I also had some mashed potatoes and gravy that put me over as well. I had cookies with coffee for breakfast (little waffle wafer cookies) and a piece of bread with Nutella on it for lunch. Not the best food-choice day, but tomorrow I will make up for it. Mood today is okay, since I don't know how I really feel since I wasn't up long enough to establish a mood. Sleep I felt I slept like crap, but that was all the drugs.
 
Edited to add: Yesterday was not a good day for me with my mood stability. I'm thinking of going back to the doctor and asking about another mood stabilizer. I know they are going to want to put me on Neurontin, but I don't know how I feel about it after the mess it put me through last time. I don't know what I'm going to do. I can barely afford my medications right now, so it doesn't put me in a good place to be changing them, especially to the more expensive ones. Not like I had much success on them either... I had to be on two of the more expensive ones and I was still going hypomanic here and there. Which, is as far as I know, what's going on with me right now. It could be a passing phase (it most likely is) and will be gone soon. I know this, but with the medication I shouldn't be getting anything like this. That's if I was on the perfect medication. I'm not, though. The question is should I go out searching again now, or should I stay as is and just hope that adding in Neurontin is what I need. I don't want to take it now, since I'm on a downswing. I need to take it at night when I'm on an upswing. It should help me go to sleep.
Medications are a pain like that. You never know what to do, and you just close your eyes and hope your doctors know what they are doing. When I see Dr. Miller, I'm pretty confident that he knows what he's talking about. I have to wait until at least Monday to see him, though. I'm getting a rash all over my face and I don't know if it's a side effect of the meds. I know that with some meds getting a rash could be a sign of a serious side effect. I need to check if my meds are like that. I know the one that's probably causing the rash (the newest one, the Cogentin) so I need to see if rash is a side effect. I could call the pharmacy and ask too.
I'm going to end this here or else I'm not going to have anything to talk about in my journal tonight.

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JoyceMarilyn
JoyceMarilyn

I hope you have a better day today!
Pizza....I could eat pizza everyday - 3x a day! Coupon or not! LOL