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HT:

That sounds very good. So, you're able to get back on your bike? Just what the doctor ordered. That's terriffic. What is it, a bike with a small motor that you can also pedal?

I find that it helps when I can get out of the house, the fresh air, the exercise, sometimes some people, and it helps with my sleep, also. So that sounds like you're better able to do that.

about your medicine, webmd.com says,

"Lamotrigine is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It may also be used to help prevent the extreme mood swings of bipolar disorder in adults. Lamotrigine is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. It is thought to work by restoring the balance of certain natural substances in the brain."

So, it must help with depression, also.

Keep us posted on that.

Sounds like a big step up. I haven't mentioned it here, but after not having been able to drive a car for about 25 years, about a month ago, that changed.

My ears got to where they could tolerate the motor, even at some of the 4-lane, around town speeds, and it was truly an experience.

So I know what you're talking about, being able to get back on your bike. It's a freedom you don't realize until you've been without it for awhile.

When I last was able to drive many years ago, I don't think I was on Lithium, which as you know calms down bi-polars in the area of mania, and almost every driver drove me up the wall. I did road rage a couple of times.

And so I was concerned when I went back to driving a car, I would be screaming at everybody. But it didn't happen. I can only attribute it to the Lithium. I'm actually trying to help the other drivers by letting them in, etc. If I think someone might be on my back bumper, I lower my head below the rearview mirror so I can't see them.

Yeah, getting out is a lot of fun. I'm trying to find a grocery store that the refrigerators drown out the functional music, because music gets my ears. The last big grocery store wore me out it was so big.

Net says 60k's is 37 miles, that's a pretty good trip.

Where do you plan to go when you get your bike all ready?

Do you have a basket so you can pick up some items?

Can you pack a lunch, or stop in a restaurant?

My being able to drive gives me freedom of the mind, if nothing else, because I always know I can go here or there if it will help.

Sounds like you are improving with your transportation and your mind, as well.

HT, some sayings about travel:

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing.

--Helen Keller

"An open road and your favorite song is sometimes all the therapy you need."