Mood: erm... uh... what did I come in here for?

[dreamer_easy]

The last time I saw my shrink, I asked if we could reduce my nightly dose of my mood stabiliser, Epilim, back to two pills from three. He suggested we try increasing my antidepressant instead. That's done nothing to address the problem which alarmed both outsdr and acelightning earlier this week: my nagging aphasia. Hell of a problem for a writer!

I've now confirmed from multiple reliable sources that memory and focus problems are common side effects of Epilim. It's doing its job of stabilising my mood, but what's the point of swapping one mental fog for another?!

So: balls to this. I'm going to step down the dose myself, back to two pills a night, starting last night and alternating two and three pills over the next week or so. (Can't cut 'em in half.) I'll probably have to do the same with the antidepressant (Cymbalta) to avoid becoming absurdly high.

(I'll be sure to see the shrink ASAP to discuss this - with luck, in a few weeks' time.)

Comments

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Tonight! Three of the lilac buggers.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

And two tonight.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Three pills tonight.

Brief (half an hour?) but unmistakeable agitation this afternoon.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Two pills tonight.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Three pills tonight. Terrible sleep the last two nights due to the heat, but nothing to report on the withdrawal/mania front.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Much better sleep last night. Two pills tonight.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Three pills last night (7-1-15). Which marks the last of the three pillses. Two pills only from now on.