Therapy is exhausting!

Try not to stress too much about the warning labels.

Yay for new glasses!

Can vaginal estrogen cream make you tearful? I’m tearing up at Facebook posts when I had a flat affect this week until today!

I don't know ask your primary or pharmacist.

Drs office called. My calcium level is too high. Have to give a 24 hour urine collection. Plus I got all teared up while reading Facebook this morning after the estrogen cream. Before that I had a flat affect and could control my emotions! My doctor took other labs too. Sigh.

I looked up elevated calcium and found a list of like 5 types of cancers that can cause this!

I want my prolactin levels checked! I’ll ask about it when they call tomorrow with my blood results.

There are lots of causes of high calcium, many much more likely than cancer, such as parathyroid issues, taking too much calcium supplements, or even some others (maybe vitamin A or D?), medications like blood pressure drugs & lithium, dehydration. I know it's easy to say but try not to stress over it until your doctor has run all the tests he wants and has diagnosed what is most likely causing your levels to be high.

Prolactin level is normal. Still having vaginal dryness/pain/itchiness. Seeing Dr again tomorrow but I just read online that it can take up to 12 weeks to get the full effect of the estrogen cream! I expect to get my test results at my appointment.

I had elevated calcium levels and was told to stop my calcium and magnesium. I think my levels are normal now. can't remember.bizi

Dr said I need a calcium supplement - something about my kidneys excreting it. Seeing primary at 4. Nurse just called and said my prolactin level is significantly elevated- 400 something! Normal is like 25. This hopefully is whats giving me the vaginal dryness. I’m still itchy with discharge- might be yeast. We will see!

Edit: appointment is tomorrow not today! Oops. My medical file said the dr filling in for my primary dr wrote that the vaginal dryness is from the high prolactin level.

Therapy was ok. We discussed my mental health. During pregnancy and post partum.

She’s not going to be in the office for two weeks. My next appointment is the 9th.

My therapist said hallucinations are your body telling you that you need a break.

I think I have a raging yeast infection from the estrogen cream! Good thing I’m going to the doctor today!

Yes, the dr. can prescribe a more effective pill than Monistat. And less mess since you just swallow it. I forget what it's called though. My yeast infections only itch and don't have the discharge associated with yeast infections.

It's good to eat yogurt too; yogurt helps your vaginal bacteria flora return to the best pH down there.

I think you’re referring to diflucan. I can’t take it because it makes my blood thinner over thin my blood which could lead to internal bleeding. I have taken diflucan before years ago and it does work great!

Saw primary dr. Dr says high prolactin caused by risperdal is causing vaginal dryness and that and estrogen cream are causing a vaginal yeast infection. She said it's up to Pdoc to decide what to do about the risperdal. Prolactin was very high at 123. Normal is 25. Also my own low estrogen from the risperdal can cause a yeast infection too. Dr prescribed a 3 day vaginal cream which I can pick up tomorrow after 3. I’ve relayed all this to my psych case manager so she should see it tomorrow. I am NOT in perimenopause after all!!!!

Walgreens says the won’t have my prescription until 5 today. They had told me 3!

Pdoc says cut the 1 mg risperdal in half to take .5 per day until i see her next month.

I'm so overdue a pdoc visit but I won't go until my holidays - end of September. I see my gp on Sunday for a refill of Abilify.

I’ve had two counselors now tell me they don’t agree with the bipolar diagnosis. They believe it’s complex unresolved trauma. Yes, I agree therapy can be exhausting. Like you, I am trying to rein in my overspending. I hope your medicine helps.

Have you heard of kefir? it is a drink that deals with intestinal healing.
You drink 4 oz of it every night on an empty stomach
and let it do its thing! much better choice over yogurt.
It is in the milk isle. Needs to be refrigerator.
try the plain kind first see if you like it stay with it
if you don't like the plain try one of the flavored ones like blueberry. very tasty.
bizi

My credit card balance is about as high as I can afford to pay. Gotta reign it in!

Sorry about the overspending; I'm bad about that too.

Yeast infection cream doesn’t seem to be working.