oh kay, glad that you made copies!
Have a good day.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

My anxiety is climbing again, but it's not out of control. 1.5mg of klonopin is still doing the job. I'm still not taking anything in the afternoon or evening even though I could use it at times.

I over did it vacuuming, doing laundry, and food shopping Friday. I did more laundry Saturday morning, and my nap ended up lasting 5hrs. I'm sore and still paying for Friday.

I got up at 5:30am this morning. I can't sleep in. When I'm up, I'm up. But for some reason I have the hardest time waking up from naps.

Tomorrow I'm calling for an appointment with my PCP. I'm praying he finds something treatable that's contributing to this. I desperately need some relief.

I am sorry for your fatigue.
Please be kind to yourself,
maybe just do some work spread over several days?
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Anxiety is really hard. I hope the PCP can help you.


M

This morning I called an made an appointment with my PCP for today at 2:30. In addition to my regular complaints, right now I'm feeling "off." I felt a little sweaty so I took my temp and it was 99.6 so maybe I'm sweating out a little fever. I guess it's a good day to have a doctor's appointment- as long as he doesn't confuse this with why I made the appointment in the first place.

I hope that the doctor's appt was helpful.

M

The only thing worse than having a cold is your husband having a cold lol. The poor thing is much worse off than I am, too. I hope I don't get as sick as he is because I won't take OTC cold meds.

My appointment with my PCP did not go very well. He went "Med-Blind" and is convinced it's the seroquel- even though I told him I had reduced the daytime dose and it hadn't made a difference, and I know the difference between fatigue and sedation. He wouldn't consider anything else.

After a cursory exam he did order labs, but it was a fight. I was satisfied with what he ordered though. He also increased my synthroid from 50 to 75mg because my levels were off but borderline last time.

I have an appointment with my neurologist on Monday. I should have the results of my blood tests by then, and they'll be helpful. Since I'm not having a clear relapse, it's important for my neurologist to know other things have been excluded before he can assess my symptoms in terms of MS. I wonder how much weight he will give to my med list? He may order an MRI, but I hope not. They're expensive and I'm still paying my percentage of the 999,999 I've already had. In general, I don't have high expectations for the appointment. I don't expect him to do much more than examine me and take notes.

Just for the hell of it, I'm going to go back through several months to find the dates when I made the increases in seroquel that brought me up to my current dose of 750mg. I know that the fatigue has become a major problem for about the last month, but I'm going to check up on that, too. I want to see if there is a direct correlation.

9/19- Finally stabilized on 600mg seroquel pm and 400mg gabapentin (which has remained steady)

11/30- added 50mg seroquel am (50mg am, 600pm)

12/4- added 50mg seroquel am (100mg am, 600pm)

12/18- added 50mg seroquel pm (100mg am, 650 pm)

1/25- changed dosing to 50mg seroquel am, 700mg pm

Between 3-6 days I said I adjusted to the sedative effect of the increased seroquel while taking 1-1.5mg of klonopin daily.

I didn't go over all my posts during this whole time period. I was only looking for the date when I finally stabilized, and the dates I increased the seroquel dose up to where it's at now.

I noticed I've been complaining about fatigue on and off since at least October, but have consistently started bitching about it since early January and it seems to have gotten much worse since the 1/18.

as i have said i was a zoombie on seroquel and even my friends saw the difference. I wasn't even close to the amount you are taking. i got off of it so fast. I felt i had no control.
bobby

good for you for being able to find documentation.
I am thankful we have this forum for support and a tool to help us do exactly what you just did.
good for you.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi