so i had an appointment with Dr. Bat yesterday.  i imagine that notes were made regarding my displeasure with her, as she was extremely attentive and i even had a chance to speak.  imagine that.

she rolled through my file, asking me the same silly questions, mostly musing aloud.

“who put you on the Neurontin and why?”

“we have you diagnosed as Depressed, but there may be something more… i’m thinking bi-polar”.

i sighed loudly.

“that bothers you doesn’t it?”

“it bothers me that you keep saying it each time i see you” i retorted.

as i spoke about the past month, side effects and symptoms she asked me if i was depressed.

i laughed and pointed at the DSM code on my sheet.  “well, according to this i am”.

she narrowed her eyes at me.  “are you depressed RIGHT NOW?”

i explained that i’m extremely stressed, given the time of year, my occupation and other extenuating situations.

she mused for a few minutes, trying to figure a way to alter my medication.  for a moment, she wanted to switch out the Neurontin for Klonopin, but i talked her out of that one.  Klonopin makes me a fucking zombie, i know this already.

i’m still on 100 mg of Seroquel, but we’ve now split the dose.  instead of the full 100 at 5pm, i’m now to take 50mg at noon when i take the 100mg of Neurontin and the other 50 at 5pm with my last dose of Neurontin.

i suspect i should be a little weird around 1pm.  stay tuned.

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