Another Doctor.... *sigh*
I went to see the medical doctor today. I got lucky, since he called my psychiatrist and I didn't have to pay to see the psych. I just paid to see the M.D. It went well, I guess. They said it's withdrawal from the Depakote, and if I don't feel better in 48 hours then to go to the ER so I can see a neurologist. He told me to start taking the Depakote again, and then eventually wean off of it. I'm not looking forward to that if it's anything like this. I don't know, though, because I explained to the doctors that this started when I took the Depakote, not when I stopped taking it. I stopped it for 3 days in the hospital and I was fine, and then I get home and take the Depakote and that's when my legs started shaking. They are still shaking, and I took the Depakote when I got home from work. It's not as bad today as it was yesterday, so there is some hope. It's about the same now as it was when I woke up, so there's no change because of me taking the Depakote yet. My legs are hurting, and my knees still hurt. Having your legs shake for days on end is painful. That, and I have been moving them on my own to make them stop shaking, so I'm exercising them like crazy.
I'm thinking about taking another bath. It was my only relief earlier today, and I think I could use another nice hot bath. I use up all the hot water in the water heater hot, but it's what gets my legs to stop shaking. I will do that when I'm done with this journal, I guess. I just need to think of more things to say lol. I don't have a lot on my mind, just relaxing as much as I can with my legs the way they are. I don't think it's stress, since I haven't been that stressed lately. I know it's not caffeine, since I haven't drank any since Tuesday. Besides, if it was caffeine I would have a headache. At least from a lack of caffeine anyway.
I did go to work today for a little while. I was waiting in the walk-in clinic for 4 hours. I got there at 12:30 and finally made it to my desk in the same clinic at 4:30. It was nice to get back into the same routine of making appointments, even if I only did do 3. I'm helping out another girl today and tomorrow, Gerry, and she's nice. I'm taking Wednesday off just in case I need to go to the ER. I don't want to tell them I'm going to be there and then not show up. After I made the appointments, I folded some letters for envelopes to go out. Nothing big, but still, it was nice to be doing productive stuff again, and helping people out. I'm hoping tomorrow is a good day. Today wasn't that bad, but it just sucked to have to wake up early and get to the clinic to wait for so long to see a doctor. At least I didn't have to pay double.
Mood today was good, I guess. I didn't feel too bad waiting. I know I waited for a while, but I was pretty patient with it. It didn't stress me out like it was some of the other patients. I guess I was a bit stressed when this family came in and they were all coughing all over the place, so I just washed my hands when they left. I was nervous I was going to catch what they had. The last thing I want to do is get sick. I already have so much other stuff I'm dealing with, the last thing I need is to get a cold or the flu. I was just happy to leave the walk-in clinic and get back to my section, Managed Care. I need to remember that people are always sick in the clinic and to be constantly washing my hands. They have the alcohol hand wash all over the place, so I can use that if I need to. I just touch my face a lot, and so I have to be careful. I know I do, so I have to be extra careful.
Food today was good... I'm at 1,350 calories so far with room for more. I was thinking about eating some ice cream later. I don't know, though... I'm more in the mood for baby carrots and ranch dressing, so I might have that instead. I love baby carrots and ranch dressing, more than ice cream sometimes if you can believe that. I'm weird like that. I love veggies, and I would eat them all day long if I could. I just don't want to run out of them. I just remembered that I had a cupcake at work, so that's going to raise my calories for the day, but I can still eat the baby carrots if I want, since I can go up to 1,800 calories if I want to. Sleep last night was good.. I got about 12 hours and it was good sleep. I felt rested and all that good stuff. I didn't take a nap today even though I wanted to. I lay down, but I couldn't stop twitching long enough to fall asleep. Oh well. I will sleep tonight, I hope. Mood and stress I talked about above, so I hope everyone has a good day!
I'm thinking about taking another bath. It was my only relief earlier today, and I think I could use another nice hot bath. I use up all the hot water in the water heater hot, but it's what gets my legs to stop shaking. I will do that when I'm done with this journal, I guess. I just need to think of more things to say lol. I don't have a lot on my mind, just relaxing as much as I can with my legs the way they are. I don't think it's stress, since I haven't been that stressed lately. I know it's not caffeine, since I haven't drank any since Tuesday. Besides, if it was caffeine I would have a headache. At least from a lack of caffeine anyway.
I did go to work today for a little while. I was waiting in the walk-in clinic for 4 hours. I got there at 12:30 and finally made it to my desk in the same clinic at 4:30. It was nice to get back into the same routine of making appointments, even if I only did do 3. I'm helping out another girl today and tomorrow, Gerry, and she's nice. I'm taking Wednesday off just in case I need to go to the ER. I don't want to tell them I'm going to be there and then not show up. After I made the appointments, I folded some letters for envelopes to go out. Nothing big, but still, it was nice to be doing productive stuff again, and helping people out. I'm hoping tomorrow is a good day. Today wasn't that bad, but it just sucked to have to wake up early and get to the clinic to wait for so long to see a doctor. At least I didn't have to pay double.
Mood today was good, I guess. I didn't feel too bad waiting. I know I waited for a while, but I was pretty patient with it. It didn't stress me out like it was some of the other patients. I guess I was a bit stressed when this family came in and they were all coughing all over the place, so I just washed my hands when they left. I was nervous I was going to catch what they had. The last thing I want to do is get sick. I already have so much other stuff I'm dealing with, the last thing I need is to get a cold or the flu. I was just happy to leave the walk-in clinic and get back to my section, Managed Care. I need to remember that people are always sick in the clinic and to be constantly washing my hands. They have the alcohol hand wash all over the place, so I can use that if I need to. I just touch my face a lot, and so I have to be careful. I know I do, so I have to be extra careful.
Food today was good... I'm at 1,350 calories so far with room for more. I was thinking about eating some ice cream later. I don't know, though... I'm more in the mood for baby carrots and ranch dressing, so I might have that instead. I love baby carrots and ranch dressing, more than ice cream sometimes if you can believe that. I'm weird like that. I love veggies, and I would eat them all day long if I could. I just don't want to run out of them. I just remembered that I had a cupcake at work, so that's going to raise my calories for the day, but I can still eat the baby carrots if I want, since I can go up to 1,800 calories if I want to. Sleep last night was good.. I got about 12 hours and it was good sleep. I felt rested and all that good stuff. I didn't take a nap today even though I wanted to. I lay down, but I couldn't stop twitching long enough to fall asleep. Oh well. I will sleep tonight, I hope. Mood and stress I talked about above, so I hope everyone has a good day!
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I hope what the Dr suggested does the trick to stop the legs shaking. Have you tried a heating pad or hot water bottle? If you don\'t have one a damp towel heated in the microwave might help some.
Waiting 4 hours in the clinic would wear me down. You must be a super patient person! :)
4 hours!!! i would of lost ,y mind! i am confused though by the doctor wanting you to take depakote again and then wean off again. what did he say when you told him the depakote was what started it? you cant go on with this leg shaking. maybe it is to help you for a short perid of time and then see a neuroligist to rule out if its something on that end, i sure hope not. many hiugsss