Team me

     Since I talked to my support team I feel much better. My ears, nose and lungs are clear; no infections. Yay! My BP was 128/75. I had my blood and urine taken for tests. When my physical comes in September my results will be in. 

     When I wet to the pool with my dependent I didn't have any major problems. I minimized my Lexapro to 20mg and took 1mg of Xanax. No problems there. I'm remembering why I got off Lexapro. Side effects affecting my heart rate. That affects my nervous system. Then if have to take a Xanax. Then I'd feel over medicated. The original intent was to find a different medication other than Lexapro that I have NOT YET taken. 

New dosage starts today.

Today my Lexapro dosage drops 10mg again. I continue .5 Xanax daily. Next week I'll see the dr. to see @ new Rx. 

A difference already?

I'm keeping tabs on my side effects from coming off Lexapro. First day I was knocked out. I missed Sherlock on PBS. However I was with my D watching a movie. 

My Rx change

I saw my team. Dr. F. Is taking me off lexapro over a two week period. At the same time I am now taking Xanax on a daily basis. I am also to check my BP once a week. And see if my current BP Rx is correct or too high. 

G. saw my dependent today. We learned that D. gets nervous taking math tests. D. begins to have a case of the itchies and scratches. This doesn't allow D. to finish the test. Same thing happened with AR quizzes in 1st grade. 

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P.S. 

The change in Rx ha me sleepy last nght. Whoo. 

Driving

This past week I drove 3 times with my relation to the convenience store with numbers on it. Tonight I drove us to our old pharmacy. I took the residential streets until an intersection with traffic lights. There my relation told me to turn left. I said, "I don't think I can do this."   Now before we left i had just finished taking my regular night time Rxs. So that helped. 

The light turned green and I turned left into the right hand lane after making sure there were no oncoming cars to have an accident with. I continued until the next major intersection. Relation told me to wait until the light changed (Just like drivers training again). I turned right into a major street. I even went into a left lane and back before the next traffic light. "Boy, I hope a Sheriff didn't see that.", Relation said. Of course the sheriff station is nearby, but no deputy was on site. 

We get to the traffic signal before the pharmacy...I'm freaking out with anxiety; not panic just anxiety. Symptoms included slight tightness of chest and hyperventilation. I did my breathing exercises. I told my relation, "I don't think I can do this." And considered pulling over. It was easy to do at night. The driveway was for a gas station. Relation said, "You can do this. You can do this." I took deep breaths from the diaphragm again. The light turned green and I paused a moment before I crossed the intersection. I turned into the pharmacy and was relieved. Relation drove home as I was still recuperating (coming down) from the drive. 

Relax it's just the weather and your period!

Ugh I got a double trigger whammy. I got my cycle a week early. Oh joy! I also got a mini heat wave going on. Summer's gonna be REAL fun! I'm sitting in the coolest part if the house with a damp wash cloth on my belly to help cool me down. 30 minutes ago I took half a lexapro. Not Xanax, lexapro. Tonight ill take the other half. 

I saw Doc today. Reviewed my rxs and my recuperation. I made a new friend today. This person knows how to knit. Yay! We both had our bags of yarn, hooks and needles. We sat talking about crafting as we waited to see our doctors. 

We had group session this week. The case mgr did a good job facilitating. We took a walk around the block. We have a new member. Seems to be a good mix in the group. 

This week's session the crafting was on knitting. I taught the ladies how to start a loom knit for beanie hats. I explained that thick yarn is needed to produce a viable hat. I told them that today's lesson was to enjoy the process of making a beanie hat. The product was not going to look right because its the wrong yarn. 

I also let them know some of the errors that they might find because they're still learning. I told them that I had only learned myself a few weeks ago. They looked at me in surprise. 

I made sure to model the appropriate loom knitting to every lady in the group. The activity lead to open communication. We all smiled and giggled. On occasion there was frustration as we discovered yarns were too tight, or wrapped the wrong way. We plan to have a crafting group once a week as part of our socialization goals. 

I received a $5.00 gas card. They want the card and receipt returned. I knew about the card, just not about the receipt. Oh well. Receipt and card it is. 

Overnight 4,12-4.13

Good night. I took my name brand Lexapro earlier tonight after my pm nap. I've been awake for a few hours now. Now I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I'm supposed to travel out of town with family. Lets see what happens.