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Aug. 11th, 2016 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI ended up taking a cab to the appointment.
We’re going to try a new medication for me. It’s a bit of a gamble, and I can’t try it until Scott’s home and awake and all of that. I did a little research recently that indicates that cardiacselective beta blockers aren’t a danger in people with asthma. The studies are small enough that I’m not completely convinced, but if there is something I can safely take that’s not Ativan, it would be spectacular. My psychiatrist says that beta blockers don’t help most people with anxiety and that they’re certain to make it harder for me to exercise. We just figured it wouldn’t hurt to try this as an option before we jump to an MAOI and give me another massive set of dietary issues. She did suggest trying an MAOI patch to see if I can tolerate that because it comes with significantly fewer dietary restrictions.
She wants me to try walking to the bus stop every day and to keep doing that until it gets down below a three, anxiety-wise. (Right now, it’s up around an eight or a nine, and I can’t do it.) Then I can try getting on the bus and riding a stop or two. If I can use Ingress as an impetus to do it, all the better. I’m pretty sure that, at this point, I could walk to the stop for the #23 and back without falling over. The hill is pretty steep, but I’ve been going up and down it to hack the portal at the church. I’m still pretty done in by the time I get back to the top, but I don’t think adding a couple of blocks of mostly flat walking would make that worse.
I made it to the library to pick up holds, and I had lunch at a diner, a cheeseburger and fries. A huge indulgence. Sadly, I’m exhausted enough that having had lunch is not helpful at all in terms of staying awake. I have no idea how I’m going to manage it. The cleaning lady is here, so showering isn’t an option (and it might not help anyway).
We’re going to try a new medication for me. It’s a bit of a gamble, and I can’t try it until Scott’s home and awake and all of that. I did a little research recently that indicates that cardiacselective beta blockers aren’t a danger in people with asthma. The studies are small enough that I’m not completely convinced, but if there is something I can safely take that’s not Ativan, it would be spectacular. My psychiatrist says that beta blockers don’t help most people with anxiety and that they’re certain to make it harder for me to exercise. We just figured it wouldn’t hurt to try this as an option before we jump to an MAOI and give me another massive set of dietary issues. She did suggest trying an MAOI patch to see if I can tolerate that because it comes with significantly fewer dietary restrictions.
She wants me to try walking to the bus stop every day and to keep doing that until it gets down below a three, anxiety-wise. (Right now, it’s up around an eight or a nine, and I can’t do it.) Then I can try getting on the bus and riding a stop or two. If I can use Ingress as an impetus to do it, all the better. I’m pretty sure that, at this point, I could walk to the stop for the #23 and back without falling over. The hill is pretty steep, but I’ve been going up and down it to hack the portal at the church. I’m still pretty done in by the time I get back to the top, but I don’t think adding a couple of blocks of mostly flat walking would make that worse.
I made it to the library to pick up holds, and I had lunch at a diner, a cheeseburger and fries. A huge indulgence. Sadly, I’m exhausted enough that having had lunch is not helpful at all in terms of staying awake. I have no idea how I’m going to manage it. The cleaning lady is here, so showering isn’t an option (and it might not help anyway).
