I'm... off. Off in a big way.
Pictured: My life.
So we switched all my meds over to something else a few days ago. I'd been on Amitryptalin (started at 10mg) and Maxalt for several years. Amitryptalin (Elavil) is the preventative for my migraines, and also while it has fallen out of favour as an anti-anxiety (at much higher dosages) it still helps mildly in that area. I started at 10mg and worked my way up to 100 in three years. Last month, because my migraines were coming daily, my doctor raised it to 150--a pretty dramatic increase, as we'd been doing 10 to 20 mg each time. But after a few weeks, there was no alteration whatsoever in the migraines, so I was taken off of Elavil and put on Desipramine... at 25mg. Abruptly. With no tapering off in the Elavil. I also got taken off Maxalt and put on Relpax.
So... yeah. First two days, did not eat, did not sleep (slept 45 minutes each night with bizarre, unpostable dreams), did a lot of vomiting, and felt like I was going to die. I'm feeling a lot better--kept down blueberry pancakes, rice, chicken, and pina colada sorbet just today. :) But yes. So that's what's going on. And why there have been no posts.
I still feel like I weigh 100 pounds more than I should, and like the floor is tilted, sort of. But so far no migraines, so yay!
Ya at rehearsal today you seemed kind of off. Not in a bad way, just like when we were walking behind you you were gripping the railing and like stabilizing yourself against the walk as you were walking, like you were dizzy
ReplyDeleteYep... I was there yesterday so everyone got to see firsthand how awful I was, and knew ahead of time not to have me do too much. (Hence the sitting) I'm way better right now, but it literally felt like walking on the bus, or a perpetual earthquake. Horrible! But like I say, I'm doing much better--I even ate food and KEPT it down! =D
ReplyDeletePS: Naomi, right? :)
ReplyDeleteHaha that's good and oh ya sorry I meant to put my name but it changed it to anonymous, you can thank my wacked out iPod. And that was fast
ReplyDeleteLOL yeah, the only anons who comment are you and someone else, but I knew you weren't that person due to having been nice and not, "WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU? Why were you such a slackrr this morning?" >.<
ReplyDeleteAnd yes...I am sitting here editing music, so lots of time to monitor my blogs.... lol
Lol well ya I'm wayyyy to lazy to log into my google account so I'm gonna keep posting anon-ly thank you very much
ReplyDeleteNaomi<3 (see now you know it's me)