Turns out Perphenazine has the same “urinary retention” side effect as Fluphenazine! Why didn’t that psychiatrist at the hospital know this? So I’ve decided to not take it. I feel short-tempered. It’s an antipsychotic not a mood stabilizer and I don’t feel psychotic- no hallucinations or delusions.

I’ve still got the catheter in. I hope my primary doc will take it out on Tuesday when I see her. I just can’t have it any longer! It’s only been a day and a half already and I’m already sick of it. Meanwhile, nobody could get ahold of my psych nurse practitioner on Thursday and I didn’t hear from her yesterday.

I think I’m just going to have to be unmedicated for a while. It’s always a problem finding a med I can tolerate.

Today, we are doing Xmas at my mom’s. She and I got in a short fight already. I really have no filter and I’m swearing a lot and very short tempered.