*snerk*
Sis is having issues with her stomach. Something has happened in there that is causing her to burp this disgusting hydrogen sulfate smell. When we were coming home from school the other day, we were sitting at a light and I smelled something. I asked, "Did you fart?" She said that, no, it was a burp. OMG I was so disgusted. I feel so incredibly bad for her, because she's living with fart-like smells emanating from her mouth. The thought actually made me nauseated. At least she's seeing Dr. Hall tomorrow, and hopefully he can straighten her out. It's making her icky, and we're talking about a girl who forced herself to puke on a regular basis.
I'm seeing Dr. Shah in the morning. While I'm not at all looking forward to driving in to the Med Center in rush hour traffic, I am looking forward to straightening out whatever is currently wrong with my brain. I'm thinking we're going to need to add another med to my cocktail. Not my first choice, but I'm maxing out on the dosages for my other meds, in particular the Lexapro and Lamictal. And the neurontin's no longer doing anything, but I don't know if it would be a good idea to take it out of the plan. That's what my brilliant pshrink is for. He's one of the few doctors that I really trust to know more than I do about my meds and what will work. Though he's awesome because he also trusts me to decide what's best for me... what's working and what's not. He prescribes things WITH me, instead of FOR me. Such a big distinction, and such a critical one for a psychiatrist to have. That he (and Dr. Hall, too) understands that only I really know what's happening in my body, and thus uses my input to make decisions is FANTABULOUS. I've had too many doctors, and especially psychiatrists, over the years who just threw meds at me and didn't ever really listen to what I was saying. (I had one who refused to believe that I HAD to have the Lexapro as part of the cocktail. He was of the firm belief that ALL SSRIs were bad for bipolar because they tend to trigger manic episodes. I always maintained that the Lexapro didn't do that to me, it just kept me from completely decompensating. For the entire time I dealt with him, he continued to try and force me to no longer take it. Ironically, for me, when I'm OFF the Lexapro is when I tend to go manic. What he didn't realize, it seems, is that psych meds are such a personal thing. What works one way for one person works completely differently for the next.)
I'm also thrilled with the Texans. 2-0 in preseason baby!! We beat the Jets and the Saints! By decent margins in both games, no less. While I'm a definite member of the WhoDat nation, I have to choose my Texans over them every time. Place of birth beats familial tradition, IMO. And this was all with a bunch of injuries for our offense! Now we just need to hang on to this momentum for the rest of the year...
REST NOW. REALLY.
I'm seeing Dr. Shah in the morning. While I'm not at all looking forward to driving in to the Med Center in rush hour traffic, I am looking forward to straightening out whatever is currently wrong with my brain. I'm thinking we're going to need to add another med to my cocktail. Not my first choice, but I'm maxing out on the dosages for my other meds, in particular the Lexapro and Lamictal. And the neurontin's no longer doing anything, but I don't know if it would be a good idea to take it out of the plan. That's what my brilliant pshrink is for. He's one of the few doctors that I really trust to know more than I do about my meds and what will work. Though he's awesome because he also trusts me to decide what's best for me... what's working and what's not. He prescribes things WITH me, instead of FOR me. Such a big distinction, and such a critical one for a psychiatrist to have. That he (and Dr. Hall, too) understands that only I really know what's happening in my body, and thus uses my input to make decisions is FANTABULOUS. I've had too many doctors, and especially psychiatrists, over the years who just threw meds at me and didn't ever really listen to what I was saying. (I had one who refused to believe that I HAD to have the Lexapro as part of the cocktail. He was of the firm belief that ALL SSRIs were bad for bipolar because they tend to trigger manic episodes. I always maintained that the Lexapro didn't do that to me, it just kept me from completely decompensating. For the entire time I dealt with him, he continued to try and force me to no longer take it. Ironically, for me, when I'm OFF the Lexapro is when I tend to go manic. What he didn't realize, it seems, is that psych meds are such a personal thing. What works one way for one person works completely differently for the next.)
I'm also thrilled with the Texans. 2-0 in preseason baby!! We beat the Jets and the Saints! By decent margins in both games, no less. While I'm a definite member of the WhoDat nation, I have to choose my Texans over them every time. Place of birth beats familial tradition, IMO. And this was all with a bunch of injuries for our offense! Now we just need to hang on to this momentum for the rest of the year...
REST NOW. REALLY.