Tuesday, March 18, 2014

It's funny about things...

Sometimes I feel not as bad and then the coughing begins again and yep, it's time for the yuck stoppage medication sure enough, every four hours like clockwork.

It is somewhat ironic that I am now taking two more medications, be it only temporary, I hope, when I have once again been through all of this making a concerted effort with weaning myself off of two other medications, my prescriptions of Baclofen and Gabapentin.
As of this past Sunday I am down to only two ten MG. dosing on the Baclofen and as far as the heavy duty Gabapentin goes, now I am proud to say as of that same day I am only on six hundred MG. in total, three hundred in the morning and the same dosing at bedtime, TA DA!

Yes, the weaning process especially for Gabapentin is a weekly event as originally prescribed by my last neuro. I also knew that from what I had read about the drug, it could be nasty situation otherwise. At this rate, I should be done with it in two weeks.

Baclofen over these last nearly eight years that I have been on and off of it is not as dangerous to play with dosage wise, at least not for me and what I would like for it to be around for is when I have any difficult spasms; as I did use it that purpose for a few years not that long ago. 

In case some of you have forgotten what those two meds were for here is some information Gabapentin generic, Neurontin is used for epilepsy and for spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis and Baclofen is an anti-spasmodic. For a while there I must admit some of my spasms were pretty bad as if I were suffering from a Grand Mal seizure, but thankfully months ago that had subsided when I weaned myself off of it that last time. The only reason the doctor put me back on them was due to pain from that stupid herniated disc, would you believe?

I HATE DRUGS!
With those two gone I will have gotten rid of three prescription ones and one other was lessened in strength. My one blood pressure medication and the other were cut in half MG. wise!
My last several taken blood pressures have either been low normal or very low just like the old days! 
I have eleven days left of my 20MG. of my Copaxone my MS injectable medication, which will make my last day a week from this Saturday, PERFECT!
Why, one might ask, well I'll tell you because I like the way you asked...KIDDING! I can't hear you, and you all know that, but it's because on that very next Monday after that last Saturday of the 20MG. I will be beginning my 40 MG.

What, that's more than what you were taking, I hear you asking, actually you know I can't, right?  

NOPE! Since that Copaxone 40 MG. is only taken on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, yes, you heard me right, just three days a week, whoopee!  

I do believe I will leave you all on that gleeful note and now allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all those overages with you who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

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