After much deliberation (ok, I freaked-the-fuck-out), I have made the decision to scale back the medications that I am taking, to include only the ones that would not deform potential fetuses. That seemed like the holistic, organic, naturalistic approach. "Oh, this deforms babies? No thanks you, then. I'll pass."
I spoke to my therapist and to the RN who is in charge of prescribing, and they were very supportive, which i honestly wasn't expecting. I was all geared up for a battle! I was ready to defend my rights, make my case, and it kinda took the wind outta my sails when they were like: Yeah, if I were you i would make the same decision.
So I'm going back to basics. Back to just the thyroid medicine, and we're gunna see how that goes. But I'm also going to look into the age-old treatment for mood disorder: Diet & Excersize! What a concept! lol. But now instead of looking at it as "I should..." I will have to look at it as "I HAVE to..."
Of course last night I had a bowl of stuffing for dinner. Not a stellar choice. But a very, very, very delicious and comforting one!
Work is getting more challenging every day. And I didn't think that was possible. I'm there now, as I type this, and I'm wishing I were curled up in bed with a tea and a good book.
Instead I've gotta shlepp downstairs to wait my turn at the copy machine. Eck.
And I have a super-dee-duper busy weekend ahead of me! I am doing two seminars at a conference about teaching drama! Imagine that?1 Me, teaching other teachers. Yikes.
And on Sunday there's this big town wide yard sale that Aaron's running, so that's where I'll be. Meanwhile I'm drowning under piles of papers that need to be corrected, grading that needs to get done, and lesson plans yet unplanned!
All this while going OFF the drugs. Wish me luck folks. At this point happy thoughts are about as likely to work as vitamins and st. john's wort!
I spoke to my therapist and to the RN who is in charge of prescribing, and they were very supportive, which i honestly wasn't expecting. I was all geared up for a battle! I was ready to defend my rights, make my case, and it kinda took the wind outta my sails when they were like: Yeah, if I were you i would make the same decision.
So I'm going back to basics. Back to just the thyroid medicine, and we're gunna see how that goes. But I'm also going to look into the age-old treatment for mood disorder: Diet & Excersize! What a concept! lol. But now instead of looking at it as "I should..." I will have to look at it as "I HAVE to..."
Of course last night I had a bowl of stuffing for dinner. Not a stellar choice. But a very, very, very delicious and comforting one!
Work is getting more challenging every day. And I didn't think that was possible. I'm there now, as I type this, and I'm wishing I were curled up in bed with a tea and a good book.
Instead I've gotta shlepp downstairs to wait my turn at the copy machine. Eck.
And I have a super-dee-duper busy weekend ahead of me! I am doing two seminars at a conference about teaching drama! Imagine that?1 Me, teaching other teachers. Yikes.
And on Sunday there's this big town wide yard sale that Aaron's running, so that's where I'll be. Meanwhile I'm drowning under piles of papers that need to be corrected, grading that needs to get done, and lesson plans yet unplanned!
All this while going OFF the drugs. Wish me luck folks. At this point happy thoughts are about as likely to work as vitamins and st. john's wort!
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