Hojung’s Story

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Journal entry by Hojung Kim

Hello! Brief recap of the events over the past few months in regards to my mental health:
  • Started experiencing anxiety through breathing issues and chest pains in mid-August
  • Started Zoloft on October 15th + or - 5 days.
  • Depressive episode for the first 4 weeks, 50 mg a day
  • Upped dose to 100 mg on around Nov 13th and began to experience major insomnia
  • Blacked out from Nov 15th to Nov 25th during a 10-day manic episode that took me from New York to New Hampshire
  • Experienced a 2nd manic episode after Thanksgiving, this time only for 3 hours on Nov 28th (?) or so, the day after Black Friday
  • Checked into Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles same day, released the day after on Sunday morning
  • Switched to Olanzapine that Sunday, 5 mg a day
  • Started Lamotrigine in addition to Olanzapine on Dec. 8th (a Monday or so)
  • Currently doing extremely well. Sleeping, eating, exercising, destressing well, and up to 156 pounds, up from 138 pounds. Hoping to reach a healthy weight of 160 before I start a more intensive(/regular) exercise schedule to get stronger
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