"JUST KEEP SWIMMING"

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February 11, 2018: Apparently my mood has changed recently. I'm on a new medicine for my Bipolar II disorder. For once a medication that actually makes me feel like myself. I was on medicine before that I was always blah, in a daze, or in a fog feeling. My Abilify makes me feel like myself. I can think clearly. My parents noticed a change in me when I started taking it. A good change. However now that I'm getting closer to the due date for my next injection, we have noticed I'm irritable and a bit crankier than normal. If I seem grouchy to anyone, my sincerest apologies. I'm also dealing with a lot on my plate. I have so many Dr appointments and tests being run on me, both already done and coming up still. I can't figure out if I'm coming or going. I have so many alarms and reminders set to keep me going during the week. I need a personal assistant.
I'm also dealing with this weather. First rain, now my phone says a winter weather advisory is in effect. I feel like I have the flu. Body aches, chills, and exhaustion. No fever or actual flu, just the body symptoms. I am stiff and struggling to finish typing this out. My hands are trembling as if I had early Parkinson's disease, (which I don't have). I just have fibromyalgia which makes me tremble at times. All I can do is, "Just keep swimming!"

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