Meh. And also, Ow. Oh hai, overall TMI.
Feb. 24th, 2011 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glasmalereiThe icon says it all, only with more happiness then is actually being experienced. v_v
Let's summarize - I'm on 4 prescription meds (not counting tons of vitamins and supplements for shit my body just doesn't make on its own, like iron and vitamin D):
lisinipril = blood pressure
metformin = blood sugar
celexa = mood swings/depression
ranitidine = stomach upset (also known as Zantac when bought OTC)
So after some experimentation on myself, I've deduced that the celexa is causing a small problem - either I take it and am a) emotionally stable and able to cope BUT have the attention span of a flea on speed with little or no ability to focus, OR, b) I don't take it and I can focus and string words together (vitally important for essay writing) but I'm swinging through homicidal fits and biting people's heads off at random and utterly can't cope with anything resembling stress.
I'm already on the smallest dose of it, so I went to my doc today to discuss alternatives. While there, the subject of my ongoing upset stomach problems came up.
Now, granted, I'm sort of used to having a touchy stomach that's prone to taking offense to things at random for period blowups of distress. However. This has now been going on for MONTHS, not just a week here or there, and I am so so so very tired of feeling vaguely car sick nausea all the time. So I'm listing off the meds I take for my doc and when I get to the metformin she makes a face and goes "...huh. That's actually one of the side effects of that."
Cue my argh face. v____v
Soooo, long story short, yeah, my stomach upset coincides with when they put me on the full dose of the metformin. So as the doc doesn't want to change too many things at once, I'm now down to half doses of the metformin, to be taken in the evening (so it's mostly worn off by morning) and see if that fixes my stomach. If it does, then I can knock off the ranitidine too. THEN we'll tackle the celexa, though it may sort itself out if I'm not having to swallow large handfuls of pills all at once and thereby confusing my body. =P
And THEN, leading to the ow, they decided they might as well do a blood draw on me to test my blood sugars. This was first thing this morning. I hadn't had breakfast or drunk anything or even had a cup of coffee yet.
....So now I'm sitting here with an icepack after two different nurses blew out veins on the backs of both of my hands trying to get a draw going and utterly FAILED. I've got instructions to drink massive tons of water and come back sometime this afternoon to try again. MEH. v____v Dammit. I was not expecting vampirage today. v_v
Let's summarize - I'm on 4 prescription meds (not counting tons of vitamins and supplements for shit my body just doesn't make on its own, like iron and vitamin D):
lisinipril = blood pressure
metformin = blood sugar
celexa = mood swings/depression
ranitidine = stomach upset (also known as Zantac when bought OTC)
So after some experimentation on myself, I've deduced that the celexa is causing a small problem - either I take it and am a) emotionally stable and able to cope BUT have the attention span of a flea on speed with little or no ability to focus, OR, b) I don't take it and I can focus and string words together (vitally important for essay writing) but I'm swinging through homicidal fits and biting people's heads off at random and utterly can't cope with anything resembling stress.
I'm already on the smallest dose of it, so I went to my doc today to discuss alternatives. While there, the subject of my ongoing upset stomach problems came up.
Now, granted, I'm sort of used to having a touchy stomach that's prone to taking offense to things at random for period blowups of distress. However. This has now been going on for MONTHS, not just a week here or there, and I am so so so very tired of feeling vaguely car sick nausea all the time. So I'm listing off the meds I take for my doc and when I get to the metformin she makes a face and goes "...huh. That's actually one of the side effects of that."
Cue my argh face. v____v
Soooo, long story short, yeah, my stomach upset coincides with when they put me on the full dose of the metformin. So as the doc doesn't want to change too many things at once, I'm now down to half doses of the metformin, to be taken in the evening (so it's mostly worn off by morning) and see if that fixes my stomach. If it does, then I can knock off the ranitidine too. THEN we'll tackle the celexa, though it may sort itself out if I'm not having to swallow large handfuls of pills all at once and thereby confusing my body. =P
And THEN, leading to the ow, they decided they might as well do a blood draw on me to test my blood sugars. This was first thing this morning. I hadn't had breakfast or drunk anything or even had a cup of coffee yet.
....So now I'm sitting here with an icepack after two different nurses blew out veins on the backs of both of my hands trying to get a draw going and utterly FAILED. I've got instructions to drink massive tons of water and come back sometime this afternoon to try again. MEH. v____v Dammit. I was not expecting vampirage today. v_v