SSRIs month 3

[maggief9812]

It’s been a while, thought I’d check in. The meds are definitely helping, but I wonder if they’re being as effective as they could be. I had a bad triggering event, on top of PMS and abruptly switching from 3rd shift to day shift by staying awake for over 24 hours straight and restarting my intensive curriculum at school... it was a rough few days and I struggled bad for most of a week afterwards. I know that I was having a higher than usual level of stressors, so I questioned whether how I was feeling was appropriate or if I could be doing better. I talked to my doctor about it and last week I had a cheek swab taken to test which medication would be best for my genetics. I’m excited to see the results soon and hope that I continue to get better as I work on myself and my doc helps with the right meds.

[Agora1]

Maggie, it certainly sounds like your doctor has your best interest at heart.

Considering the level of stress you have been under, he may leave everything

as it is or possibly raise the dose a bit. Let me know how the cheek swab test

turns out. I've never had that done. Things do get better all the time saving

some of the trial and error period that I went through. Good Luck xx

[maggief9812 in reply to Agora1]

Thanks, Agora. We did discuss potentially raising my dose. I am doing pretty well most of the time. Even when I have events I know would be triggering for me I’ve gotten better at pausing and considering my reaction instead of going into a tailspin. I’m sure that some of it is the emotional work I’ve been doing, but I think that the medication is also helping to calm my body’s reactions from running away with me.

I’m still waiting on my cheek swab results because of an insurance issue, but I will update as that particular story progresses. I’m intrigued and optimistic about it.

[maggief9812]

My cheek swab results finally came in after an insurance company related delay. My report is like 10 pages long and it is cool AF! Turns out, I only have the metabolic ability to process my current medication somewhat. Which explains why I feel like it helps a little, but not enough. My doctor is switching me to a medication that should be more effective for me. I’m going to wait until tomorrow to start my titering up my first dose and titering down my current meds so that any side effects hit me over the weekend and spring break next week. Hopefully I’ll be stable enough by the time break is over. More details to come soon in a separate post.