Today, I got new meds for my OCD. If I don't take them at 8 a.m. every morning with a full meal, I won't sleep for 3 days. Goodbye lay ins. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I started taking my anxiety meds. Without them I can't function because I'm constantly fighting off panic attacks, but with them I can't function because I get crippling headaches and heartburn and feel tired all the time. FML
Today, I woke up after taking the new sleeping pills I was prescribed for my insomnia. I slept for 12 hours and had 5 missed calls from my boss. FML
Today, I was prescribed medicine for anxiety. Without it, my stomach churns all day. With it, I shake uncontrollably and my eyes twitch. Now I have to choose between diarrhea and rude stares from people in public. FML
Today, I had to explain to my gaming friends that I can't be a night owl anymore because of a major health scare where I was suddenly unable to sleep at all. I now have to take sleeping pills every night and abide by a strict sleeping schedule. My friends are bummed out, and I feel bad for them. Fuck insomnia. FML
Today, my water pills are almost identical to my sleeping pills, so not only did I not get any sleep, I had to get up every 15-30 minutes to go to the bathroom. FML
Today, I woke up to my stomach being torn up from the inside. Barely made it to the bathroom, but of course, it wasn’t the one in my room, where I could easily change my clothes after a quick shower. After running down all my new meds, I realized it had to be my new sleep aid. It was helping too. FML
Today, I realized that the medication I take because of bowel issues only works for about 6 hours. After that, it's one run to the toilet after another. The problem is that I can only take it twice a day. FML
Today, I have to wake up in 3 hours for work, the medicine that should've made me sleep 8 hours straight failed and I woke up an hour later, not being able to sleep anymore. FML
Today, I reached a total of three doctors, one therapist, one psychiatrist, and five prescribed medications, all because my body refuses to let me sleep. FML
Today, I'm doing the school run. I went to bed early and took a sleeping pill for my insomnia so I could be productive. Even if I could sleep past my partner snoring like a cave bear with sinus infection, it turns out that my sleeping pills make me hyper. The next person who says ADHD is fun is getting slapped. FML
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Anderling 33
Have a chat with your psychiatrist maybe? They may be able to prescribe you a less strong dosage so you don’t have to eat a whole entire meal or you might be able to agree on a different time to take it.
mike3775 39
So if it’s one a day, why did you start it so early in the morning? When I got a prescription to be taken once a day with a meal, I started taking it when I normally would be eating dinner (around 6pm).
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RichardPencil 32
All you have to do is establish a routine. Shouldn't you be pretty good at that? Ironically, if the meds work, you won't be such a slave to routine, and you'll stop taking them correctly which will bring the OCD back. And then the cycle begins again. I'll tell ya -- those pharmaceutical people are geniuses!
Anderling 33
Have a chat with your psychiatrist maybe? They may be able to prescribe you a less strong dosage so you don’t have to eat a whole entire meal or you might be able to agree on a different time to take it.
mike3775 39
So if it’s one a day, why did you start it so early in the morning? When I got a prescription to be taken once a day with a meal, I started taking it when I normally would be eating dinner (around 6pm).
Yudith 28
Maybe it's the type of pills that makes you all energetic right after taking it, then sleepy after twelve hours?
mike3775 39
Could be, but even if it is like that, start taking it at a time convenient for them. If 8am is too early, start at 10
BurnInDemonFire 39
If you can't sleep later in the day, go to bed earlier at night and make up the difference.
tiptoppc 21
This sounds like bipolar/manic traits. You need anti anxiety meds, not for OCD, but a mood stabilizer for the large swings. But I think you need more than meds for OCD.