Ok, still havent slept.

Called the pharmacy to ask if it's normal for there to be frequent urination while withdrawing from amitriptyline. Yes, it is. But it's not really normal to have the same symptom when you're taking an extremely low dose of amitriptyline, which is one of the big reasons I quit taking it last week. The constant potty breaks were driving me nuts. I quit the ami because I thought it was one of the things causing me to practically sleep in the bathroom last weekend.

While talking to the pharmacist, he was reading the info about amitrip, and noticed that it messes with your blood sugars. So, he asked me if I was thirsty. (oh yeah) and then he asked me if I was shaky. (yep) hungry? (starving!) still peeing very few minutes? (*grumble* yes...dangit!)

He said that he wondered what my blood sugar is. He thinks it might be elevated. I think it's low, because I'm starving and shaky.

Called my regular doctor's office and got the nurse-on-duty to call me back. Got the rude physician's assistant that I hate, and she returns the hatred. Basically wouldnt answer my questions and I asked if this could be an emergency. She said it could probably wait till monday. (what? huh?)

I do have 2 small symptoms of the dread UTI. The obvious symptom, and another one.


Why does this always have to happen on a weekend, in the middle of the night, when the closest emergicare is closed???? (they dont open for 2 more hours)

My dad (a nurse) is going to be up in a few minutes, so I'm going to ask him if I need to go NOW, or if I can wait till 8am.

I think I started out with some mild withdrawal from the amitriptyline, but a UTI snuck up behind me and is trying to drive me bananas.

I know high and low blood sugars are bad. I have no idea what mine is. I'm guessing low, because I had soup and bread for dinner at 8pm saturday night. Didnt have anything after that except for maybe a couple of sips of pop. (diet, since that's all my dad buys) And I've been drinking water.

I hope this is just in relation to the stupid amitriptyline, since I know it can screw up blood sugars. I really do not need another autoimmune disease. One is enough.

I'm going to complain on monday to my regular doctor about the PA being rude. I know it's 6am, and I woke her up, but she's openly snotty to me. Even when I see her at the doctor's office. (I'm guessing that has something to do with her being an idiot with one of my MRI reports when she didnt read thru all three pages of the report and told me wrong information, she only read the first page, and didnt read the Impression at the end, which had the important stuff that I needed to know)

I'm guessing the pharmacist is right, that I might have wonky blood sugar, and probably a flaming UTI. (is it 8am yet? I want to go pee in a cup so that someone can play with their chemistry set)

I really hope I dont have a UTI, because I hate antibiotics. I take it for one infection and it trades me another.