Update

I started taking Cogentin today to counter the side effects of the Abilify.  It takes 24  - 48 hours for this med to start taking effect.  I hope this works, I'll give it about 3 days to see if it will start working, if not it's off to see my PCP to see if anything else is going on.  I am trying my best not thinking about what else it might be because just my luck it is something else but one step at a time and I need to stay positive.  So, I will wait and pray and hope this works.

 

The great (yeah right, not if your me) about the Cogentin is one of it's side effects not listed anywhere I looked but on the sheet from the drug store is sleeplessness.  So can you all guess which side effect I got from this med.  Just when I thought the struggle with the Trazadone was over.  It made me drowsy about an hour after I took it but then that worse off.  I have slept about 1 1/2 hours since I got up at 3 this morning (short of my 10 min nap when the phone rang and woke me up).  So, here we go again.  I was going to give Robert the Trazadon but luckily he forgot to take it with him.  We are going to have to work something out that it's not here but he remembers to bring me some when I need it.  I'm only going to be able to keep a couple.  The good news is, I only have 11 of them left.  But if I have to take this med for awhile I might need to get more Trazadon.

Some of this problem sleeping could also be because my body is not used to not being in a state of 'tired' all the time.  But I can't funtion long on less then 5 hours of sleep a night.

 

This is such a fun thing (NOT).  One can only hope that when all is said and done I can manage without an antipsychotic because I'm not sure I'm ready to try a new med.

 

updates to follow as they become available.....