FnX
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Okay so I fucked up a little, I was supposed to see my psych doc to have my prescriptions refilled this month before I head back to school the next, but I thought he was on vacation in June instead of July. Long story short, most definitely running out of meds before I can see him again, I have an appointment but it's over 5 weeks later than I thought it would be.
It's going to be extremely unpleasant, but thank god I have a vacation as well for the most part of it. I'm rather concerned about the clonidine though, because I have been on it for almost a year, taking a steady 300ug every night except for the last few weeks when I've had to raise the dose to 450ug at night to actually fall asleep. We have 150ug pills here, so that's 2-3 pills a day, and I have only 14 left, totaling for 2.1mg if that's easier to picture. I was thinking of something the sort of dropping straight from 0.45mg to 0.3mg for 3 days (3 times 2), then down to 0.225mg for 2 days (2 times 1.5), leaving me at either 5 days on 0.15mg (5 times 1) or 3 days of 0.15mg and 4 days of 0.075mg (4 times 0.5). I'd rather leave the end of the taper slightly open so I can go according to how I feel at that point unless that puts me at risk. I don't mind unpleasantness in particular, but the rebound hypertension really worries me. I will also have to drop my clonazepam dosage from 1mg to 0,75mg right away and to 0.5mg after 3 or so weeks if I don't want to run out, which should be a gentle enough temporary taper down that no special advice is needed, but I believe this will also be a factor with the clonidine.
Other than that, tzolpidem (ambien) runs out in two weeks which I'm not really worried about, but if I wasn't tolerant to it already it could have been a relief. I'm also prescribed stimulants (amph) which I believe I have to drop for the time being because of their side-effects, ironically they're the only thing I wouldn't run out of early. Can this tilt the equation a little bit towards lower blood pressure, or am I going to run into something unpredictable physiologically? I don't drink or take any other drugs except for nicotine at a rather high dose (e-cig ~60-70mg/ml nicotine solution) perhaps 0.5ml a day, I have always preferred small but potent dosing not too many times a day for various reasons. I think I might have to put this habit on hold too, hopefully not stressing myself too much just from all the combined withdrawing.
I wouldn't do anything like this if I didn't have to, the girl who gave me the appointment on phone wasn't too helpful when I explained her the situation (except for what medications I'm taking, not sure if the customer service has access to that kind of information or if they even understand it) and asked if there's anything I can do besides wait. Doctors here have this weird attitude towards each other where they kind of either don't stick their noses in other doctors stuff at all or harrass them as much as they can with complaints etc if their treatment methods are against some personal belief what is proper treatment, and the public sector is somehow offended by the private sector (perhaps in part because all doctors are kind of forced to first serve publicly when they first graduate) so nobody else will have these scripts refilled I suppose. If there is a medical emergency the ER will of course treat me and in fact that is probably the only place where I can see a doctor without first waiting weeks to months. It will only be a quick patch-you-up-off-you-go thing though from what I have heard.
But yeah, this is completely my error regarding the doctors vacation. I had my last refill in january so we didn't talk about how the doctor was going to spend his summer vacation and I'm more used to dealing with the public sector where this isn't an issue, but I can't get a contact from there right now without waiting too long in line first.
Any input is welcome, like how to go about the day, nutrition etc. I'm 30 years old and high blood pressure isn't a specific risk factor for me.
It's going to be extremely unpleasant, but thank god I have a vacation as well for the most part of it. I'm rather concerned about the clonidine though, because I have been on it for almost a year, taking a steady 300ug every night except for the last few weeks when I've had to raise the dose to 450ug at night to actually fall asleep. We have 150ug pills here, so that's 2-3 pills a day, and I have only 14 left, totaling for 2.1mg if that's easier to picture. I was thinking of something the sort of dropping straight from 0.45mg to 0.3mg for 3 days (3 times 2), then down to 0.225mg for 2 days (2 times 1.5), leaving me at either 5 days on 0.15mg (5 times 1) or 3 days of 0.15mg and 4 days of 0.075mg (4 times 0.5). I'd rather leave the end of the taper slightly open so I can go according to how I feel at that point unless that puts me at risk. I don't mind unpleasantness in particular, but the rebound hypertension really worries me. I will also have to drop my clonazepam dosage from 1mg to 0,75mg right away and to 0.5mg after 3 or so weeks if I don't want to run out, which should be a gentle enough temporary taper down that no special advice is needed, but I believe this will also be a factor with the clonidine.
Other than that, tzolpidem (ambien) runs out in two weeks which I'm not really worried about, but if I wasn't tolerant to it already it could have been a relief. I'm also prescribed stimulants (amph) which I believe I have to drop for the time being because of their side-effects, ironically they're the only thing I wouldn't run out of early. Can this tilt the equation a little bit towards lower blood pressure, or am I going to run into something unpredictable physiologically? I don't drink or take any other drugs except for nicotine at a rather high dose (e-cig ~60-70mg/ml nicotine solution) perhaps 0.5ml a day, I have always preferred small but potent dosing not too many times a day for various reasons. I think I might have to put this habit on hold too, hopefully not stressing myself too much just from all the combined withdrawing.
I wouldn't do anything like this if I didn't have to, the girl who gave me the appointment on phone wasn't too helpful when I explained her the situation (except for what medications I'm taking, not sure if the customer service has access to that kind of information or if they even understand it) and asked if there's anything I can do besides wait. Doctors here have this weird attitude towards each other where they kind of either don't stick their noses in other doctors stuff at all or harrass them as much as they can with complaints etc if their treatment methods are against some personal belief what is proper treatment, and the public sector is somehow offended by the private sector (perhaps in part because all doctors are kind of forced to first serve publicly when they first graduate) so nobody else will have these scripts refilled I suppose. If there is a medical emergency the ER will of course treat me and in fact that is probably the only place where I can see a doctor without first waiting weeks to months. It will only be a quick patch-you-up-off-you-go thing though from what I have heard.
But yeah, this is completely my error regarding the doctors vacation. I had my last refill in january so we didn't talk about how the doctor was going to spend his summer vacation and I'm more used to dealing with the public sector where this isn't an issue, but I can't get a contact from there right now without waiting too long in line first.
Any input is welcome, like how to go about the day, nutrition etc. I'm 30 years old and high blood pressure isn't a specific risk factor for me.