Prednisone - SUCKS!!
Okay so that allergic reaction to medicine I had last month, I was given the steriod, Prednisone, to have my body stop the crazy allergic reactions it was having to the anti-seizure medicine Lamictal. My skin is finally calming down and the hives are almost gone. But this steriod had some crazy crazy side effects. Depression, Mood Swings, Easily Aggitated and boy was I hostile at times...and still a little now and then. I can't wait to get off this medication.
My last appointment the other week, the doctor asked about suicidal thoughts and I had answered, yes I've been pretty depressed, but I try to focus on the stuff I want to do...and there is still A LOT of LIVING for me to do. Then the doctor asked me about..."Homicidal thoughts???" I was like..."Uh...What??!!!" And then I was advised that during the tapering down on the medication to be aware of my moods because it could swing drastically towards those kinds of thoughts. WTF?????!!!! And then I was asking them the taper down schedule and it looks like it'll be AT LEAST another month on this medication. Have to make sure my body can produce the needed steriods/chemicals on its own.
Today or I should say lately, I've been just obsessing on food, such instant gratification. I just want to eat. So bad, since it was just Halloween, Sydney got a good haul too. Trying to eat healthy, but I just want to eat, snack, snack, snack. I actually ended up leaving the house and talking a LONG walk. I posted about in Facebook. I did reward myself after the long walk and got some frozen yogurt. I also got some healthy snack foods from Safeway.
I'm hoping at the end of this whole medication ordeal I return to my original weight.
My last appointment the other week, the doctor asked about suicidal thoughts and I had answered, yes I've been pretty depressed, but I try to focus on the stuff I want to do...and there is still A LOT of LIVING for me to do. Then the doctor asked me about..."Homicidal thoughts???" I was like..."Uh...What??!!!" And then I was advised that during the tapering down on the medication to be aware of my moods because it could swing drastically towards those kinds of thoughts. WTF?????!!!! And then I was asking them the taper down schedule and it looks like it'll be AT LEAST another month on this medication. Have to make sure my body can produce the needed steriods/chemicals on its own.
Today or I should say lately, I've been just obsessing on food, such instant gratification. I just want to eat. So bad, since it was just Halloween, Sydney got a good haul too. Trying to eat healthy, but I just want to eat, snack, snack, snack. I actually ended up leaving the house and talking a LONG walk. I posted about in Facebook. I did reward myself after the long walk and got some frozen yogurt. I also got some healthy snack foods from Safeway.
I'm hoping at the end of this whole medication ordeal I return to my original weight.