Hi,
I saw my pdoc on Thursday.
Usually I tell him that I am fine so that I can leave and come home. This time I asked him to lower one of my meds because I have brain fog and feel sluggish. He took my blood pressure -- fine, thank God -- and then wrote out a lab request for some blood tests on my thyroid. I told him that my thyroid is fine: I'm not eating right and not feeling good. He said it won't hurt to check the thyroid.

He remembered that the last time we lowered the mood stabilzer, it didn't work. I said that that was three years ago and I was on Wellbutrin at the time. I am not on an AD now so maybe the mood stabilzer can go a little lower. Next time I see him I want to lower my benzo. I am tired of feeling like a slug.

I wasn't even able to respond to his questions properly. He asked how I manage at work. I told him that I am faking it.

Today or tomorrow I will pick up the meds from the pharmacy and start on the lowered dose of the Verapamil (my mood stabilizer). I hope that I am ok with the lower dose and that it does it fact help my cognitive stuff.

Mari