The Clouds Are Parting

It's working. The Lithium is working! Since the transition period ended and the side effects began to diminish, I've been feeling like a real human being again. It's kind of an amazing feeling, and is well worth the mild nausea and indigestion I still have to deal with as side effects of the meds. I've been sleeping on my own again, and even better, I've been falling asleep far more easily than I could before I even started the Citalopram. Last night I fell asleep on my own at 1:00 and woke up at 8:30 on my own (I didn't have to be up until 10:00) feeling refreshed and ready to face the day (except my allergies were bothering me). I suppose to put it bluntly, I feel sane. And I haven't really felt like this for any significant period in a very long time. If it turns out that I really am Bipolar II and that the Lithium is working well, then I may get to feel like this for a long time to come. I really hope so, because it's so hard to deal with a mental disorder during college, let alone while I'm trying to work an important job or pursue graduate studies. I can't even imagine what it would be like to try raising a kid while feeling the way I've been feeling. So it's amazing that the Lithium seems to be working, and I really hope that this continues to be the case. Just being able to sleep regularly and handle strange or stressful situations again has basically given me a whole new lease on life.