Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian members here!

Hubby and I will head out for our week away, soon. I just need to do some final household chores before we leave.

I didn't quite have enough of my regular Seroquel XR supplies for the upcoming week and my psychiatrist is away on vacation until tomorrow. I suppose I could go to a pharmacy in the town we are staying in, but I sort of wish I could first ask for my dose to be lowered before getting my current one filled again. My 600 mg is actually less weight neutral than even 550 mg. I've gained more than 10 lbs this past winter, plus I think I would do better on a little less now. I normally take 600 mg at night (two 300 mg pills), but I'd love to get down to 500 mg. Or at least 550 mg. I confess last night I only took 500 mg, in order to save the 300 mg pills for the trip. I also took all 50 mg pills (my only other Seroquel XR pills), which obviously required 10 pills of 50s to reach 500 mg. Way too big of a pile, indeed, with my other evening meds! Anyway, I slept only six hours last night, down from my recent 9 or 9.5. I didn't want to wake up late. I had some trouble falling asleep with the 100 mg less than usual. I will take 600 mg/night for the rest of the week. I see my pdoc face to face on October 19.

In Czech Republic, they don't give multiple medication refills like in the US. Only enough for a month to a month and a half. This is a negative, among mostly positives, though the docs can/will send a new script electronically based on a phone call request. My old pdoc in the USA could give me 5 refills per prescription (for regular pharmacies) or two 90-day supplies (for mail order). A good thing about Czech prescriptions is that you need not be affiliated with any one pharmacy. When prescriptions are submitted electronically, all pharmacies in the country have instant access to it. No need for prescription transfers between them, or paper scripts. You can even get a prescription in a scannable QR code form via text message.