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azdesertroseWell, I like the nurse-practitioner. She's very nice.
I think she thinks I'm bipolar, though, which I don't believe I am. She raised my Zoloft dosage, which probably needed to be done, kept my Klonopin where it is, and wants me to start taking Lamictal.
I'm of two minds about that. Nicholas had a very bad experience with Lamictal; he said it made him completely emotionless and he just couldn't stand that (not that I can say as I blame him). Mini-me takes it for her seizures, but I believe her dosage is higher than mine is/will be. I suppose I'll fill the script and take it and if it doesn't help or causes problems, I'll just ask her to back me off it.
She kept asking me about manic episodes; I don't believe I've ever had a manic episode. I was diagnosed as bipolar type II (hypomanic episodes only, no true manic episodes) when I was a teenager but I've had several psychiatrists since then say that I was misdiagnosed.
My back is still killing me, and pain is shooting down both legs, the left worse than the right. I'm considering going to Solantic to see if I can get something for the pain, and then telling my new PCP about it when I see him next week. Driving Cliff to work this morning like to killed me. Working the clutch was extremely painful. The next car is going to be an automatic; I'm getting too old for this manual transmission shit.
I think she thinks I'm bipolar, though, which I don't believe I am. She raised my Zoloft dosage, which probably needed to be done, kept my Klonopin where it is, and wants me to start taking Lamictal.
I'm of two minds about that. Nicholas had a very bad experience with Lamictal; he said it made him completely emotionless and he just couldn't stand that (not that I can say as I blame him). Mini-me takes it for her seizures, but I believe her dosage is higher than mine is/will be. I suppose I'll fill the script and take it and if it doesn't help or causes problems, I'll just ask her to back me off it.
She kept asking me about manic episodes; I don't believe I've ever had a manic episode. I was diagnosed as bipolar type II (hypomanic episodes only, no true manic episodes) when I was a teenager but I've had several psychiatrists since then say that I was misdiagnosed.
My back is still killing me, and pain is shooting down both legs, the left worse than the right. I'm considering going to Solantic to see if I can get something for the pain, and then telling my new PCP about it when I see him next week. Driving Cliff to work this morning like to killed me. Working the clutch was extremely painful. The next car is going to be an automatic; I'm getting too old for this manual transmission shit.
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Date: 2009-03-06 07:19 pm (UTC)