So things weren't exactly great last time I blogged. Since then, I've been to my GP, who switched me onto a new drug. I was told to just stop the other one cold turkey, and start the other one. This resulted in me having intense withdrawal symptoms including vertigo and being unable to work for almost 2 weeks. I then saw my psychiatrist, who told me in not so many words that my gp had been an idiot, that from the high dosage I was on, no one should have stopped my dosage without tapering it down gradually. She also told me that the drug my gp had put me on wasn't useful for me, and so I've now stopped that, and am going back onto the ones I was on, only because my gp has messed with the dosage, I now have to gradually climb back up to where I was over a month and a bit. *sigh*
This means that I'm operating at a much lower level than I had been - I have much fewer spoons in any given day, and am much more quickly worn out emotionally as well as physically. Of course, this would be the week that I've got 5 hour long rehearsals coming up every day, so it'd be draining even if this weren't the case.
In good news though, my psychiatrist has referred me to someone she really recommends to help with my recovery, and has given me the names of other good people who I should hopefully be able to get NHS referrals for.
