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Sandstone rock wall in Petra, Jordan

Friday, May 25, 2012

Eeyore Grey

I'm starting to feel a little Eeyore grey.  The back drop is that my health insurance only lets me get my prescriptions from a mail-in pharmacy, and they always take a week or more to get the meds to me.  Well, I rarely am on top of my refills enough that I'm not a little stressed at each refill period.  So this time I needed a new prescription (which I hope the Doctor's office actually called in) and I am now completely out of my lithium.  I had to spread out my pills a bit for this last week, but now I can't even do that. Also, it's a long national holiday, so I either get the meds on Saturday or Tuesday (or later). And here I am, feeling a bit like Eeyore.  It's a subtle change, but my emotional energy is just lower, my patience with my children a little less, and I'm experiencing an increase in moodiness.  I guess the one good thing that has come from this is I know I'm not ready to go off lithium--it is doing me some good.  And even just the hint of depression is scaring the hell out of me.  I am not ready to back down that road.  It's a good juxtaposition in moods for me right now.  Now just get me my meds please!

2 comments:

Jessica said...

Will the mailorder pharmacy let you set up automatic refills? I'm not generally a user of that service, but it sounds like you need it.

Tina Fariss Barbour said...

Jessica has a good idea--automatic refills, if they allow it. I'm bad about getting my meds filled in time, too. Just a missed dose or two of one of them really makes a difference.