Stopping medications is scary
Hi,
I'm so tired. I'm practically falling asleep as I type. I'm not sure why I do this to myself... *sigh* I've been battling chronic illness for 6+ years now (can't believe its been that long) and things were actually going well for the last year. My doctor was evening tossing around the "R" word (remission). He's still throwing it around, because now he's stopped my drug therapy. I have to admit I'm a little freaked out. To go from 6 years of rediculously scary medications to none? I went into shock a little when he told me he wanted to do this. I'm completely out of sorts and in a fog and don't know where to turn. I go to work to try to distract myself from it... but i think my stress level and the fact that i'm in a daze isn't helping my coworkers.
The reason my doctor took me off the medications is because I was having adverse reactions to them. He thought maybe I wasn't tolerating them because I didn't need them anymore. This would be great! I'm just so afraid he's wrong and i'm getting sick again. I really over did it these last 2 weeks so now I don't know if I'm having a "regular" flare or a "lack of medication" flare. I have to admit that I'm really starting to like the idea of less medication. Living with a chronic illness is a horrible thing.
I'm so tired. I'm practically falling asleep as I type. I'm not sure why I do this to myself... *sigh* I've been battling chronic illness for 6+ years now (can't believe its been that long) and things were actually going well for the last year. My doctor was evening tossing around the "R" word (remission). He's still throwing it around, because now he's stopped my drug therapy. I have to admit I'm a little freaked out. To go from 6 years of rediculously scary medications to none? I went into shock a little when he told me he wanted to do this. I'm completely out of sorts and in a fog and don't know where to turn. I go to work to try to distract myself from it... but i think my stress level and the fact that i'm in a daze isn't helping my coworkers.
The reason my doctor took me off the medications is because I was having adverse reactions to them. He thought maybe I wasn't tolerating them because I didn't need them anymore. This would be great! I'm just so afraid he's wrong and i'm getting sick again. I really over did it these last 2 weeks so now I don't know if I'm having a "regular" flare or a "lack of medication" flare. I have to admit that I'm really starting to like the idea of less medication. Living with a chronic illness is a horrible thing.