I contacted drunk.org and made my follow-up appointment. It's not until February 3rd… long wait. The good news is it's at 4:30, so my husband shouldn't have to take the day off or leave work early.
I DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT $350 OUT-OF-STATE FEE!!! Woo-hoo!!!

I made a couple of calls and found an available and acceptable counselor. The initial visit will cost $195 and each additional visit will cost me $95. How much of a financial burden this will be depends on how many counseling sessions my evaluator recommends.

I looked up what the highs and lows of all those lab results mean, and they're all indicators of mild kidney dysfunction (except for the thyroid levels). I left a message on the results line at my PCP's office and specifically asked the nurse to convey my concerns about all the borderline results directly to the doctor. Waiting...

thanks for the update kay.
regarding your labs....Could this be an adrenal fatigue/insufficiency?
bizi

Hi, Kay,

Great news about not paying the out of state fee! It is great when things work out in our favor.

Mari

I just got a call back from the nurse in my PCP's office. She said that my doc wasn't recommending any med changes but he wants my calcium level checked in a month because it was high. That's it.

I told her I wanted him to draw a whole CMP (which includes calcium) when I come in because I have concerns about some of the other results. She got very testy with me, but said she would let the doctor know. She said she's going to call me back after she talks to him, but she doesn't have to: he'll order the test. I should have said I want my thyroid levels checked, too. lol. But he might order those anyway.
I can understand why he's not upping the synthroid now. The results are borderline and he is conservative in that area.

I feel better knowing that he's not concerned about my test results at this point, but I (obviously) think they need to be followed up on and I don't think that's an overreaction.
My next appointment is in 4mo. If there's something wrong, I'd rather catch it in 1 month rather than 4- thank you very much. If everything is fine next month, it will be a relief, and I'll only be out a few drops of blood.

My calcium's been high before, but I thought it was because I was taking lithium at the time… there are a lot of causes (including kidney dysfunction), but a s/e of many meds. And I'm on many meds.

Last night my husband flipped out and said he was going to go in the other room because I asked him if his hamburger was too pink… yeah…
I asked him where that came from. His only excuse was he was just in a bad mood. He's been in a bad mood since Saturday and I told him I'm tired of it.

I shined a light on some of his behavior. Sometimes that helps. He said he'd be in a better mood today. I hope he makes a conscious effort.

Cutting back on the daytime dose of seroquel didn't work out. I started taking 50mg less on Tuesday, and by last night the violent imagery was back in full force. It looks like I'm stuck at 750mg. I hope my blood work comes back normal next month.

I truly believe he can be in a better mood if he tries.
I hope he does for your sake.
bizi

Returning to 750mg of seroquel payed off and I stopped experiencing those symptoms

My husband complained about work for about 10 minutes when he got home (he's entitled), but after he got that out of his system he was in a good mood for the rest of the night I hope the good vibes continue for a while.

I'm getting my haircut tomorrow The same lady has been cutting my hair for almost 30yrs. I'm almost more excited to see her than I am to get my hair cut Because a cab ride would be too expensive, and I hate asking my husband for favors, this will be my second haircut in a year. I've just been putting my hair up because it's so long it's too taxing for me to dry it, and when I do it's so unhealthy it looks terrible. I have to make a decision about how much I want to take off. I need to cut enough off so I'm able to deal with blowdrying it, but I still like having the option of putting it up because I never go anywhere and I am lazy. It's been so long I think I'm looking at 2-3''

I am glad those symptoms dissipated.
Hair, always difficult to decide maybe pull it up when you see her and let her figure out how much you can have her cut off?
bizi

Kay,

I am happy to hear the report that your husband was in a good mood after talking a little while.

I envy people who have options for their hair. My hair has been thin since forever. I have to keep it short. Mom and sis and I have the same hair.

'Good that you are watching the seroquel (and the symptoms carefully).
It sounds stressful actually. Sorry.


M

I have thin hair, but have a lot of it. It does get weighed down and doesn't look good if it's long, so I usually cut the front just below the chin and the back almost to my hairline. I'm less concerned about how it looks when I dry it now because I don't go out. I'd rather be lazy and put it up, but I'm going to make a compromise.
Bizi, thank you for the idea about pulling it up. I'm going to have 2" cut off.

The seroquel business is stressful…
I was okay on a steady 600mg dose of seroquel for a while, but had to go up to 700mg because of PTSD sx (violent imagery) and intrusive thoughts.
I only went up to 750mg because I started having sx of hypomania.
I don't know why the PTSD sx came back when I went back down to 700mg.
I'm not comfortable being on so much seroquel. I'd like to have reserves (the max is 800mg and I'm at 750) and I'm concerned about s/e.

I'll feel a lot better if my blood work comes back normal next month. If it doesn't, I'll probably have to change to a different mood stabilizer since I can't reduce the seroquel and I don't even want to think about what a mess that would be.