Feeling Good
Friday before last, I went to the doctor for a follow-up on my new depression and anxiety meds. I told him they weren’t doing much good, and he upped the dosage on the Pristiq and referred me to the mental health place.
Well, I’m happy to report that the higher dosage seems to be doing the trick. I’ve felt better for the past week than I’ve felt in years! I actually feel like myself again, in a good way. Woo-hoo!
I had to take Pumpkin in for a checkup this past Friday in the same office with the pediatrician, and she passed with flying colors. I still hadn’t gotten a call about my appointment with mental health, so before we left the office, I asked the receptionist if they had contacted them yet. She pulled my file and saw that they hadn’t, and I told her that the medicine seemed to be doing its job. So she said they wouldn’t make the referral, and to just come back for my follow-up next month. Cool.
One thing I will need to talk to the doc about if it doesn’t get any better is insomnia. Since shortly after they upped my dosage, I’ve been having a lot of trouble sleeping. I just don’t seem to get sleepy at night. I’ve always been a night owl, but lately it hasn’t been unusual for me to lie awake until 4:00 in the morning. And it has made no difference whether I go to bed early or late. And this morning, I woke up around 6:00 and couldn’t get back to sleep, after only sleeping for maybe 3 hours.
I know that I need to get more sleep than that to remain healthy, so I’ll talk to him about it. Hopefully he can give me something (or even recommend something natural) to help me get the sleep I need without adjusting my dosage back down.
