team THRIVE, I received a message asking me what has changed over the last several months. My quick answer is A LOT. Heres one of the big changes in my life... I changed my medication. I went from a medication that I trusted for 18 years (that gave me severe psoriasis, that was quite painful, all over my body)...to a whole new medication that would make it so I would no longer have psoriasis and was weight neutral. The change onto the new medication was really hard for me. The first weeks my body really didnt know what to do with the new medication. I took a little vacation time from work because I felt like I was doped. At first it was like I was drunk and high...and my vision went coo-coo. It was bad. A month went by...two months went by...I wasnt doped, but things were still not right. I wanted to quit the medication so badly. Yet something gave me faith that I needed to give the medication more time. So I sat down with my psychiatrist and told her what I was experiencing (which really didnt make sense to her). Telling her, I dont feel like myself. didnt help her understand how to help me. It was frustrating but I was determined to make this medication work. Some would call me stubborn, others would say Im persistent, I just wasnt ready to give up. So I asked her for more time before she tried a new medication on me and asked her if there was a different way for me to take my medication so that my body could tolerate it better. So we came up with a plan of how I could take my medication so that it wouldnt be so hard on my body and our plan worked. I began to feel better immediately. When I looked in the mirror the sparkle came back to my eyes and I could see and feel my-Self again. Its been several months and Im still not used to my new skin...smooth soft skin. And Im still accepting and coping with the new side effects. For instance, I now experience pain in my feet at times and I feel coldness in my bones at times (even when its hot outside, sometimes Im cold). Its weird and uncomfortable and I dont like it...yet I live with it. The medication doesnt make my life be exactly what I want it to be...thats not what medication does...theres no magic perfect life pill. :) But the medication is working...and Im doing my best at being human and working on the rest. ;) Has anyone else been through medication changes that were hard and youre making it through the changes and coping with the side effects?
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:09:01 +0000
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