Couch 223: Jan 4: Darn Tootin'!

SlumberKitty · Jan 18, 2021 at 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by daisydid

Slumber, I am so confounded by your medicine issue. I also use CVS and in instances where my "home" pharmacy didn't have enough to fill my prescription, they've always been able to help me find a pharmacy that had the medicine in stock and would transfer the prescription. I would just urge you to try to find a solution instead of stopping the medicine cold turkey.

Possible trigger:

The last time I stopped a medicine cold turkey, I ended up in the hospital.

Confounded. That's a great word. I'm confounded too. Sometimes I have trouble getting this med but never this much trouble. I think I'm paralyzed by the situation and I feel hopeless about it which is leading me to find the easiest solution (just stop taking it) instead of the best solution (find someone else that has it). The pharmacy is being far less than helpful. The pharmacist is being downright rude. And I'm overwhelmed and shutting down. This is where HIPPA sucks. I can't have my parents advocate for me. I can't have someone else help me. I have to do it. But I'm not able to do it for myself right now. I'm unable to advocate for myself right now. I'm hoping when I call at the end of the week they will have miraculously gotten some in, but when the pharmacist told me not to get my hopes up, I just felt completely hopeless and just can't do it anymore.

atisketatasket · Jan 18, 2021 at 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it is a capsule so it can't be cut in half. If I can get some 30 mgs from my pharmacy at the end of this week I'll take those instead of taking 60mgs. Then I would have a little bit of the med longer. I need a better long term plan but my pharmacist told me not to get my hopes up that they will get the med in.

Oh, you can half-dose capsules—you just unscrew the capsule. I’ve had to do it and it’s tricky but doable.

LonesomeTonight · Jan 18, 2021 at 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Oh, you can half-dose capsules—you just unscrew the capsule. I’ve had to do it and it’s tricky but doable.

I had this thought, too. And you can order empty capsules online (Amazon or wherever) where you can put the parts you took out.

LonesomeTonight · Jan 18, 2021 at 04:56 PM

Kit, is there another medication that acts similarly that your pdoc could prescribe you in the meantime? I know with SSRIs, if I was switching to a different one, they'd sometimes switch me right to the other one (without weaning off the first one) because they acted on similar transmitters. Wondering if there's a different stimulant that's more readily available that could help keep you from going into withdrawal? Or where you could keep taking your regular dose while you have them, then switch to the other one until this med is available again?

SlumberKitty · Jan 18, 2021 at 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Kit, is there another medication that acts similarly that your pdoc could prescribe you in the meantime? I know with SSRIs, if I was switching to a different one, they'd sometimes switch me right to the other one (without weaning off the first one) because they acted on similar transmitters. Wondering if there's a different stimulant that's more readily available that could help keep you from going into withdrawal? Or where you could keep taking your regular dose while you have them, then switch to the other one until this med is available again?

I thought of that, but I don't know. I'll have to ask Pdoc but he isn't back in the office until Wednesday which is when I need to call the pharmacy to see if they can fill my prescription or not. Until then I think I'm just stuck. I am actually feeling a little better this afternoon than I was feeling this morning but I am still feeling helpless and hopeless and that fixing this problem is beyond my capabilities right now. Hopefully tomorrow I can put on my big girl pants and be more together and find more solutions besides just not taking the medication.

stopdog · 08:49 PM

There is a special place in hell for u.s. insurance comps and pharmacies and the entire ****ing FDA

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 18, 2021 at 08:20 PM

Has anybody ever done physical therapy for a rotator cuff injury? (my dr was pretty sure it's my rotator cuff, even before seeing the xray that I haven't had yet.) I'm feeling a little nervous about how painful it's gonna be since I won't be able to take any time off work this month. eta this is probably a dumb question considering it already hurts anyway...

NP_Complete · Jan 18, 2021 at 08:52 PM

Aww. These guys are cute. And hungry.

atisketatasket · Jan 18, 2021 at 09:05 PM

So now The Great Gatsby is in the public domain, someone’s written a prequel.

I mean, be a writer. Come up with your own freaking original story.

LonesomeTonight · Jan 18, 2021 at 10:23 PM

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Aww. These guys are cute. And hungry.

There's a whole family now? Aww... I watched the original ones about Chunk, and I think he brought a girlfriend (or just friend) at one point. Glad he came back--thanks for sharing!

unaluna · Jan 18, 2021 at 11:00 PM

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So now The Great Gatsby is in the public domain, someone’s written a prequel.

I mean, be a writer. Come up with your own freaking original story.

Like, The Great Cat's Byeee!

chihirochild · Jan 19, 2021 at 08:56 AM

Ugh. I’m getting a little obsessive about my BF. I can’t wait for him to text me back in the mornings after I send him a good morning text (I wake up really early but he wakes up at a normal time) and I was really bummed when he had to work late yesterday and we couldn’t hang out last night. I’m so effing BPD.

stopdog · Jan 19, 2021 at 09:50 AM

I find myself oft confused with how others define a funny story or interesting facts.

LonesomeTonight · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:10 AM

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Ugh. I’m getting a little obsessive about my BF. I can’t wait for him to text me back in the mornings after I send him a good morning text (I wake up really early but he wakes up at a normal time) and I was really bummed when he had to work late yesterday and we couldn’t hang out last night. I’m so effing BPD.

Sorry you're struggling with that. It wouldn't necessarily be BPD though. The feeling obsessive about wanting him to write back could also be an OCD thing, as I've struggled with it in the past with dating and now with hearing back from friends, family, my T. Even work stuff, I'm checking email obsessively, waiting for a reply on something. (Not sure that would make you feel any better...)

Also, I think most anyone would be disappointed if they were supposed to get together with someone for their birthday, then the other person had to work late and couldn't go. I don't think that's a BPD thing at all, just being human and looking forward to something.

chihirochild · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Sorry you're struggling with that. It wouldn't necessarily be BPD though. The feeling obsessive about wanting him to write back could also be an OCD thing, as I've struggled with it in the past with dating and now with hearing back from friends, family, my T. Even work stuff, I'm checking email obsessively, waiting for a reply on something. (Not sure that would make you feel any better...)

Also, I think most anyone would be disappointed if they were supposed to get together with someone for their birthday, then the other person had to work late and couldn't go. I don't think that's a BPD thing at all, just being human and looking forward to something.

Thanks, LT. We did end up having breakfast and dinner together on my birthday (and he brought home dinner and a nice cake); we just couldn't go hiking in the middle of the day like we'd planned.

Yesterday was just a regular day; we were planning to spend the evening together but his experiment ran late :/

LonesomeTonight · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:16 AM

And perhaps rather ironically...I emailed Dr. T after session yesterday to say I think we need to talk more about OCD stuff, as it's affecting me more with the pandemic (not just contamination fears, but other things, like with numbers, magical thinking, etc.). I titled it something like "To discuss in Wednesday's session," said I realized I'd been avoiding the topic (as I tend to avoid talking about OCD stuff because it feels shameful for some reason), and want him to help me bring it up later this week.

That's an email that doesn't really require a response, but I still thought he'd say "got it" or "we'll talk about it next session," as he has with a couple such emails before. It's not really bothering me that much (because, again, I wasn't expecting him to say much and didn't ask him to), yet I still keep glancing at my email. So I'm being rather obsessive about an email about OCD...

stopdog · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:38 AM

I have Glenn Miller's version of Perfidia stuck in my head.

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:39 AM

Hey LT, speaking of "expecting"- that ties right into an epiphany I had this morning while dealing with work frustrations. I need to let go of my expectations (of myself, other people, the company I work for, etc etc) and just let life be life.

I think that is maybe what L was trying to get me to realize last week.

Unfortunately, that's one of those easier said than done things...

ArtieTheSequal · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:41 AM

oh and good morning couch!

Lemoncake · Jan 19, 2021 at 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Hey LT, speaking of "expecting"- that ties right into an epiphany I had this morning while dealing with work frustrations. I need to let go of my expectations (of myself, other people, the company I work for, etc etc) and just let life be life.

I think that is maybe what L was trying to get me to realize last week.

Unfortunately, that's one of those easier said than done things...

Realizing it is always the first step though.

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