I went to see my doctor yesterday for a health check-up, and apparently the seizure I had the other day (it must have been a massive one) has caused some damage. I've now got labyrinthitis... basically, the balance system in my inner ear has been fucked by the convulsions I had, which is giving me bad coordination and constant feelings of vertigo. I've also wiped out a large chunk of my memory. Some of it may return with time, while the rest could have been permanently lost. At this stage, it's just a matter of waiting and seeing.
I've been prescribed prochlorperazine to treat the vertigo symptoms, which is a highly potent typical anti-psychotic, though it's an older medication that's no longer used to treat psychosis - just nausea and vertigo. The vertigo does seem to be slowly improving as each day passes, but I'm still having big problems with the memory. Hopefully that too will get better with time! The upside of the prochlorperazine is that it seems to prevent me from getting high on meth - I smoked a few shards yesterday and they did absolutely nothing.
My doc has also prescribed me 20mg's of diazepam a day on top of my 4-6mg's of clonazepam. I've been on clonazepam for about 6 years and have developed a nasty dependence to the stuff (possibly one reason why I had the seizure the other day!), so I'm not keen to start adding diazepam into the mix as well. We'll see how it goes. The diazepam was prescribed to help me relax and fall asleep (I'm too tolerant to zopiclone, temazepam, and most other sleeping tablets - plus I've got a history of overdosing and drug abuse, so I guess my doc is now reluctant to prescribe any of those to me), but lately my sleep has actually been pretty good. That seizure must have really drained my mind and body, because over the last few days I've been sleeping like a baby. The prochlorperazine probably helps me sleep too.
I've been prescribed prochlorperazine to treat the vertigo symptoms, which is a highly potent typical anti-psychotic, though it's an older medication that's no longer used to treat psychosis - just nausea and vertigo. The vertigo does seem to be slowly improving as each day passes, but I'm still having big problems with the memory. Hopefully that too will get better with time! The upside of the prochlorperazine is that it seems to prevent me from getting high on meth - I smoked a few shards yesterday and they did absolutely nothing.
My doc has also prescribed me 20mg's of diazepam a day on top of my 4-6mg's of clonazepam. I've been on clonazepam for about 6 years and have developed a nasty dependence to the stuff (possibly one reason why I had the seizure the other day!), so I'm not keen to start adding diazepam into the mix as well. We'll see how it goes. The diazepam was prescribed to help me relax and fall asleep (I'm too tolerant to zopiclone, temazepam, and most other sleeping tablets - plus I've got a history of overdosing and drug abuse, so I guess my doc is now reluctant to prescribe any of those to me), but lately my sleep has actually been pretty good. That seizure must have really drained my mind and body, because over the last few days I've been sleeping like a baby. The prochlorperazine probably helps me sleep too.
