[BlueMoon1950]

Originally Posted by bizi

WEll I spoke with Dr. orazio today ( my PDOC) and she wants me to start taking visteril an anti- histamine to sleep at night and 18mg of melatonin...I have never heard of taking that much have you?


She said to discontinue the zyprexa because of my restless legs...a symptom of TD. So we don't want to mess around with that. Thank goodness. I think I remember taking that in the past and having the same effect. I forget that.


I am glad that she is willing to prescribe something new.
I hope I sleep tonight.


So I told charmaine that I feel like I have OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder. She said to wait until my next appointment to discuss this. I asked her to relay this to my pdoc Dr. Orazio before so she has time to think about it.


Spend a good part of the day thinking about my compulsions(food, internet and alcohol, and picking). I think these can all be from an OCD type diagnosis. Carol is the one to mention it to me.



I called my sponsor (Carol) and told her that I was still drinking and that I wondered if I was right for AA. She said that there are a lot of people who still drink and go to AA. So I am still going to meet with her tomorrow night at 6pm and then go to the AA meeting at 8 pm on wednesday.


After work tonight I stopped by fat pats for a few beers.
After that I picked up my new rx for the visteril.


Jeff cooked Talapia for dinner tonight along with some edemami, It was delicious!. After cleaning up the dishes I came on here.
Having another beer or two before we watch downton abbey.
We really have been enjoying the show. The movie comes out in the fall I believe, looking forward to that.


Our kitty hattie has reoccurring cancer on her back. It has been operated 2 times and now has come back the third time so we are going to take her to baton rouge for an assessment and guidance toward chemo therapy. We can see doing that and not radiation. That would mean going to baton rouge once every 3 weeks like humans....not sure ...will wait and see what they recommend. It is an injection site tumor.
WE re just waiting for the cancer/tumor to cut off the blood supply to the skin above it to die and become a wound like the two last times. When that happens she will have to have dressing changes and wear the thunder shirt to hold the dressing in place.
Not sure where to go from here.....she is a sweet kittie and young 10 years old.
She is too young to just throw in the towel.
We don't have kids we have cats.
bizi

Hi bizi ~ Thank you for sharing the information about your restless legs and the possible connection with Zyprexa and TD. The year I was on Zyprexa, I had terrible restless legs. My psych doc put me on Benztropine. Parkinsons patients usually get Benztropine as it helps with muscle control with the legs. It did work for me and was able to sleep without being constantly being woken up with my legs jerking and moving around. Since stopping Zyprexa in December 2018, I have intermittent restless legs and now I constantly wiggle my feet and toes. I did like the affect Zyprexa had on my mind, it had such a calming affect.

I'm very sorry to hear about Hattie, you are a true animal lover, never willing to give up. Keep us posted as to her progress. My 12 month old Ragdoll has Feline Hyperthesia and Interstitial Cystitis. He has to be on alot of medication for all this. I have to plan my monthly budget around his medication and vet appointments, but he is my cat and I love him despite everything that is wrong.

I never thought about the thunder shirt for my cat, will look into this.

Blue

[bizi]

Met with my sponsor tonight, Carol.
I like her.
She gives sage advice and makes me think.
She is willing to go thru the 12 steps with me using the book
"A woman's way thru the twelve steps".
The original big book was written in the 30s.
I have not read it nor do I plan to.
Am sure it is out dated and written by a bunch of men.
So, I will order her a copy so she can read it herself.
Shared with her that I go to fat pats after work for a few beers
and talk to the bar tenders and maybe a person at the counter if the situation arises.
But usually I am there by myself surfing face book.
Now mind you ....I have beer at home!
I could easily just come home and have a beer.
But it is not the same.
I have gotten used to this habit.
I had 4 x10 oz beers...so that is about 3 1/2 beers.
That is enough for tonight.
Hubby was not feeling good when I called so I ate dinner at Pats.
Had a double bacon lettuce tomato sandwich
with a side of sweet potato fries which were great!
Came home and Hubby was not doing well at all.
Before the evening was over he threw up several times.
Poor guy. I hate throwing up.
He said he was having back pains.
It is frustrating for me because he won't
let me put some CBD cream on his back.

Tonight I am going to take the generic form of benadryl
instead of the hydroxine (visteril). Both are anti histamines,
so I would rather take an over the counter dose to see if it works.
I am still going to take the mega dose of melatonin like she said.
I have taken benadryl in the past..it worked well for about 2 years
then stopped but that was a very long time ago.
I am willing it to work this time again.

Getting ready to get to bed early.
Hope I sleep! and I hope hubby feels better in the morning.

bizi

[bizi]

I took 18mg of melatonin
50mg of benadryl
100mg of hydroyzine (visteril)
I have restless legs and can't sleep.
sigh
bizi

[mymorgy]

that is so awful.
bobby

[bizi]

Since my pdoc took me off of klonipin I have not been sleeping well.
She has me taking 18mg of melatonin. She wants me to take them 2 hours in advance. Then take the immediate 3mg of melatonin 30 minutes before bed.
To take the visteril 30 minutes before bed also. I tried taking benadryl last night by itself and it did not put me to sleep. so I took a visteril after 1am, got up at 3 and wrote on line for 45 min, was yawning so went back to bed and slept from 3:45am to 7:30am.
I am really tired, I had a few beers tonight and stopped before 6pm.
So am hoping that doesn't interfer with me getting a good nights sleep. I feel I could sleep on my own I am so tired.


Am getting up earlier this week for 8:30am appointments, and I work saturday again.


It was a bit cooler today less humidity, nice reprieve.
bizi

[mymorgy]

have you tried chamomile tea?

[bizi]

Originally Posted by mymorgy

have you tried chamomile tea?

Jeff drinks it occasionally and likes it with honey and lemon.

He drinks "sleepy time".

I don't care for it.
He takes 1/2 of one benadryl and he is out like a light.
I feel pretty tired and hope the meds kick in soon.
I have to get up at 7:30.


I have a stock pile of 1mg of klonipin if I am desperate.
but that won't last forever and I need something that I can count on.

bizi

[Dmom3005]

sure hope you slept.

Donna

[bizi]

I slept about 7 hours last night so that is good!
bizi

[bizi]

I tried a new sleeping aid called unisom it has doxylamine succinate in it as the main ingredient.
I drank too much and it did not work which is not giving it a good try. Hubby suggested that I not drink and see if it worked.
at 2 am I got out of bed having not slept and took the visteril and immediate release 3mg melatonin and got to sleep rather quickly. and slept until the alarm went off at 7:30. Got out of bed at 8;30 and had a cup of coffee.
Need to hop into the shower and take a quick one before getting my hair colored, roots touched up have to leave in about half an hour.
yikes need to get going!
bizi