The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The good and bad are easy, there isn't anything to report.
The ugly has reared it's head this week.  I switched from Seroquel to Abilify and that all appeared to go well.  My thought process was in take (no comments from the peanut gallery - you know who you are!!).  Well, just because the thought process works doesn't mean the med is good for you. 
I personally like to get the uncommon/infrequent side effects of medication and this time is no different.  I started to get joint pain somewhere along the week.  It's hard to tell exactly when because lucky me has joints that already hurt.  By Wednesday just about all my joints hurt.  After making 2 calls to my Pdoc and my T calling and having him paged on Thursday he finally called me back.  It seems that no one told him I was having joint pain.  I was also having photosensitivity.  I took Thursday and Friday off from work but I didn't really get to enjoy them.  It's hard to stay comfortable and not in pain.  I also had to go for blood test on Friday morning to have the cholesteral test redone and some additional test my PCP wanted.
On Saturday my daughter did some of my housework since I really couldn't do it.  I've been sitting around doing as little as possible.  At times I get up and walk around some, it actually feels good but it last only for a little while.
So this weekend has pretty much sucked the big one.
I think I am going to take tomorrow off.  I can't imagine walking from the parking garage to the office and all around work tomorrow.  I'm going to call my pdoc and see if there is anything he can do to give me some relief so I can go to work on Tuesday.  I can't afford to take time off.  Too much work to do.  Of course if my doc tells me to, that is different.  I brought work home and couldn't even do it.  Hard to work when you can't sit still for long.
I have sleeping pills to help me get more then 3 hours of sleep at night but I can't allow myself to take them.  I'm afraid that if I open the bottle, I will want to take 3 or 4, which is 1 or 2 more then I am suppose to take.  I've called my T twice and I've just left messages.  I'm not up to talking with her right now but at least I've made her aware of what I'm struggling with.
 
All I can hope for right now is some pain relief so I can get back to work before I get reamed out by my boss a second time in less then a weeks time.
 
Stay tuned for the next installment of - How the Meds Turn