'Sup
I'm resurrecting this blog to use as a place to document the journey that I am now on. Starting this past Monday, I am coming off the medication I have been on for 3 long years. And by god am I shitting bricks.
Luckily I'm in the best position I've been in for a while and, by documenting this, hopefully I'll be able to see how well I'm doing and get to the ultimate goal of being med-free or nearly med-free.
On Monday I had a last telephone appointment with my GP to confirm the plan. Since I'm on multiple medications, my GP decided it was best to tackle them one by one- starting with the one I felt like I needed the least.
This lil' bitch is called Propranolol and it is, according to google, a medication of the beta blocker class. I started this because I was still having problems with palpitations and, after clearing up everything with an ECG where they couldn't find a pulse (funny story), I've been on it ever since.
Like I said I'm lucky enough that now I can deal with anxiety much better and really I don't need the Propranolol like I used to. So this is the first point of call for coming off my medication.
My GP, strangely, thought it was a good idea for me to go cold turkey but I was less convinced. We agreed to go with a plan where I lower the dosage and take it every other day, spacing it out until I didn't need to take it any more.
So far it's going great. I feel heaps better being less drugged up. Of course the withdrawal is setting in and that's something I have to battle but I'm doing fine.
This is a long journey, I know, but one that is well worth going on.
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