09/14/2023
My website is currently down due to financial problems with me being out a week with Covid. So I’m going to do a little update here…
If I’m being honest, It’s hard for me to be this vulnerable again. But here we go…
I’ve stopped taking my prn anxiety med, my sleep pill (hints the 4am post), my “bipolar” med, and I’ve cut down my venlafaxine by 75mg. I also cut down my other anxiety med by 15mg.
I’m feeling great. I could be manic but it hasn’t done me any bad yet. 😅🤣 or I could actually just be finally doing better. 🙂🙏🥺
Ive done all of these things slowly then finally stopped when reaching the lowest dose. I’ve done most of those things without the help of my psychiatrist because he was rude to me at my last appointment. Then I had to miss an appointment and now he won’t see me again til mid October. But won’t refill the sleep med or prn med til I see him again. Same guy that had his nurse tell me to stop taking one of my meds and it threw me into serious withdrawal. And when I asked him about it, he said well I never gave that order. But it’s whatever, sorry for the rant. I can do this. I am doing this. 🙂😁
Note: I AM going back to see my psychiatrist at my scheduled appointment. And I do go to counseling once a week to help manage my mental health. I am also continuing some medications. Right now I take the following:
Morning:
Venlafaxine 150mg
Buspirone 30mg
Bedtime:
15mg buspirone
10mg abilify (mood stabilizer)
Birth control pill
You guys I am ECSTATIC that I don’t have to take so many pills anymore! Please pray that I continue to utilize the tools that I’m learning in counseling so that I can continue to taper off my meds and live a normal and healthy life. 🙏❤️
If you’ve made it this far, I’ll also tell you that I have a new job making really good money. It’s stressful but I still love my job. 🙂 I have some pretty cool coworkers too 😝
Anyways, I’m gonna wrap it up for tonight. See you next time!