Withdrawals
My psych took me off my Depakote and I've been getting withdrawals. They aren't that bad, but it's still disconcerting. I'm tapering, of course.. I know better than to just stop a psych med. I talked to him about the taper and he said to just go to 250 for a while and then just cut from there. I was at 750 mg, so it's not a huge drop. lol, I just got out of the shower and Angela is rubbing her mouth on my feet, re-marking me as hers. I have to smell like her in her mind. I don't stink like cat, though. She doesn't stink. I'm lucky like that, that my apartment doesn't stink like cat. Then again, we only have one cat.
I moved the laptop to the living room in my recliner. The recliner makes my back feel good, so it's better than the bedroom. Plus my therapist would be glad to know that I'm out of the bedroom more. I spend too much time in there sleeping, and then adding on laptop and phone time is a lot. I have to get out more. Tomorrow there is going to be a health fair at work and I'm going to try and make it. I said I would try and be in at noon. It just depends on how I sleep tonight. Lately when I have been trying to go to sleep early I just wake up around midnight and can't fall asleep until 2 am. I'm going to try and go to bed by 11:30 tonight and see if I can sleep through the night. I'm going to take my sleep klonopin to see if that can get me through the midnight wake up. I hope so. I want to make it to the health fair. it's fun. Plus I need to get out more. I did go for my walk today... I had to push myself, but I did it. I just let myself walk slow instead of pushing myself hard because if I had pushed myself I would have felt like crap. I woke up with a migraine, and when I went grocery shopping pushing the cart was a chore and after I got everything bagged and into the car my heart was beating really fast so I knew I had to take it easy. that's why I went slow on my walk.
I moved the laptop to the living room in my recliner. The recliner makes my back feel good, so it's better than the bedroom. Plus my therapist would be glad to know that I'm out of the bedroom more. I spend too much time in there sleeping, and then adding on laptop and phone time is a lot. I have to get out more. Tomorrow there is going to be a health fair at work and I'm going to try and make it. I said I would try and be in at noon. It just depends on how I sleep tonight. Lately when I have been trying to go to sleep early I just wake up around midnight and can't fall asleep until 2 am. I'm going to try and go to bed by 11:30 tonight and see if I can sleep through the night. I'm going to take my sleep klonopin to see if that can get me through the midnight wake up. I hope so. I want to make it to the health fair. it's fun. Plus I need to get out more. I did go for my walk today... I had to push myself, but I did it. I just let myself walk slow instead of pushing myself hard because if I had pushed myself I would have felt like crap. I woke up with a migraine, and when I went grocery shopping pushing the cart was a chore and after I got everything bagged and into the car my heart was beating really fast so I knew I had to take it easy. that's why I went slow on my walk.
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Good luck with the med tapering! Seems like the chair was a good idea as it will keep you up more with the computer moved there. If you go to the health fair will it be to work or be a spectator? Either way I hope you get there and enjoy the day out.
Good luck with the med tapering. I know from experience how difficult the withdrawals can be. I hope you have fun at the health fair!
yes, good luck with the withdrawal, i hope you dont get to many reactions. that chair is going to be so good for you. let me know how the science fair went
I dont know much about Depakote except that my son was on it for a short time after he was in his auto accident and had the brain injury but do they make a 500 mg tablet .... maybe switching from 750 to 500 and then to the 250 and then cut off after that there would be less side effects?? Just a thought .
Thats funny Angela marks you lol so cuteeeeee she wants you all to her self! hahaha We have one cat too hes so funny.... for some reason hes always been scared of office products like pens pencils staplers scissors paperclips etc.... if something like that is on the table his tail gets REALLY HUGE and he hisses and arches his back its hilarious to watch him lol
I know how the habit of just being in your room can be.... if i let myself i do that way to much to avoid stress in the house. I would go in there and watch tv when i was really depressed and just hide away from the world but then i made myself stop because i need to be around my kids and grandkids.
Hope you got to go to the health fair and had fun