Hi,
I saw the Internist today.
Back in July she told me to go to the lab and come back in a month ( -- I am following my own time line )
I had gone to the lab for blood work about 3 weeks ago.

Today I told her about
--depression
--a neuro symptom or two that I don't want to talk about here at the moment


She has twice now (out of the three times I've seen her), recommend a psychiatrist nearby. I told her I have one already.

When she heard about my sleep problem today she thought that Seroquel might work.

My meds (Klonopin and Verapamil) don't make sense to her for bipolar. I explained that I have have a sleep phobia (and hence the Klonopin).
It's hard explaining things to people.

She did mention that the depression might be hormonal and that she could test hormones but I think I might go to the gyn for that.

She was very kind.
Overall I felt good about seeing her.
But I'm amazed that docs (the hospital neuro wanted to write a script too) are happy to throw med suggestions at me.

Blood work showed that vitamin D is very low.
She said to take 1000 per day. I reminded her that it interferes with the Verapamil. She said to take the D at a different time.

I think I read that vit D can affect mood. I need to read more about that.



M.