It’s an update!
Hi there!
I see you’re okay. That’s good! I’m kind of okay this morning. The brain bugs haven’t bit me yet.
I now have a Kansas drivers’ license! I’m an official resident now. I thought I would have to take a written test because my California one had expired, but the Kansas office didn’t even bring the matter up. I had done some studying in preparation.
I have returned to Overeaters Anonymous. I was thoroughly demoralized and broken after the week of my birthday, when I realized I couldn’t pretend to myself anymore that I could control myself around food. Or in other areas of my life, for that matter; but acceptance of that is coming more slowly, I must admit.
I have begun a new antidepressant. It’s Celexa. It’s an SNRI for those who follow such things, which means it affects 2 neurotransmitters, not just 1. It may help me a little with my arthritis pain, too, according to my nurse practitioner. Right now, we’ve cut the dose of my Lexapro in half and brought the Celexa on board at a low dose; that will go on for a month. If all goes well, we’ll stop the Lexapro entirely and see if the Celexa needs to be increased. Right now, I’m feeing the initial tiredness that one usually feels with these drugs when starting them, so I’m not planning on driving anywhere for a few days.
This puts my tapering off Topamax on hold as you can’t have two medication adjustments going on at once. It’s too hard to keep track of the changing effects with more than one change going on.
I’m deeply saddened by what happened to the protests when they turned violent. I am shocked at what our country has become. This reminds me of the late 60s, when there were sumilar riots, and Detroit was ruined by them. I thought we had moved beyond those times, but we have not. People have not taken Dr. King’s words to heart, and the anarchists are out to tear our country down now merely because we have flaws. Anarchy is fun when you’re 20-I was a libertarian anarchist at 20, but at 59, I see the cost and I’m no longer in love with chaos and destruction. End of Rant.