Well that was embarrassing!! I have spent 2 weeks trying & failing to log in due to my forgetting my email address! How silly. I have an excuse though. I have been undergoing a medication change & have had to adjust to that. I must say it is going rather well & I got over the Seroquel DT's easily enough considering the dose. I am now taking Aripiprazole as well as the venlaflaxine & have been getting up nice & early every day & sleeping a lot better. Life in general has improved AND I am starting to see my waist again!! Yea! God did I put on some serious weight on the Seroquel. Jesus, I looked like Heather from Eastenders's fatter twin! & as I hardly eat, that is some going! I have cleared ALL of my washing (Depressives will know how much I had, with a family of 5 & several months of low ones) I have put together 3 new beds & changed rooms around, joined a gym, bought new clothes, got a new TV up & running, & now plan to decorate the living room this week!! Yes I have felt a little like a speed head on these drugs but BOY do I get things done on em!
Ok. So what now? I have been waiting for the low one I am told will come after a few weeks (yep cheers for the optimism Doc) however not here as of yet thank God. Will I end up in the end of a bottle like poor Carol Jackson without the bulldog chewing a wasp expression? I hope not! I may actually be getting, dare I say it, better? I am starting my driving lessons again next week & plan to be on the road within the next few months I hope. Then I can really say I am on my way. (I have been trying & failing to learn to drive for 16 years!) This depression has taken my life away but I am fighting back now. Kids are great, partner is fab & my wedding is soon. What more could I ask for?
So for now, toodles folks. I will check in again soon & if I can't sleep, them my little fingers will be tapping away on here very soon.
Chow for now,
