My pdoc prescribed Tegretol on Tuesday, but I wasn't able to start it until last night because of it being out of stock. The pharmacy switched me to a different manufacturer so I could get the prescription filled. Since I'm slowly working up to 400 mg twice a day, I only had to take 200 mg before bed. My pdoc warned me that, if Tegretol ends up working out, we might have to up my lamotragine because of how the two meds interact. The pharmacist told me that being on Tegretol could also end up leading to an increased dosage needed for my two other meds (wellbutrin and risperidone). Although, I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to stay on risperidone. My blood pressure has been low (to the point that it may be the cause of my dizziness instead of it being part of my vertigo like I originally thought). I read that risperidone can lower blood pressure so, at some point, I'll ask my pdoc about it. My primary care and PT suggested more salt, more electrolytes, and wearing compression socks to see if that gets it up.

Since people will be able to see the socks when I wear them to work, I let my students vote for which set of fun designs I should order online. They voted for a set with different animals on each pair. Tomorrow will be day one of silly sock day for me.

Oh, tomorrow will also be the first day I will have to see my ex-boyfriend since we broke up. He will be at a birthday party for a mutual friend of ours...I'm not looking forward to this but have counseling beforehand so can at least prep a little bit before with her before going to the birthday gathering.