So I'm Not Nuts

I saw the shrink yesterday and told him, "I may be out of my mind, but when I take Mucinex DM, I feel FANTASTIC! It's amazing! Am I nuts?" He explained that no, I wasn't nuts. The (hang on, gotta look it up...) Dextromethorphan (yeah, that was a TOTAL copy & paste there) drives up the levels of Prozac and Strattera in my system and takes priority over the enzymes in my liver. What that means is my liver concentrates on metabolizing (breaking down) the Dextromethorphan (copy & paste again), and leaves my Prozac and Strattera alone in the meantime. More Prozac and Strattera in my systems equals happy happy and focused focused. So lest I have to take cough medicine every day, he increased my Prozac and Strattera. And I must say that today, I feel fan-fucking-TASTIC!

He doubled my Strattera to 240 mg, which surprised me because he said a typical adult dose is between 60-80 mg. He's a very "let's do this tiny bit by tiny bit so you're not taking more than you need" kind of doctor. But hey, I feel fan-fucking-TASTIC, so I DON'T CARE!!

He gave me beaucoup samples and a new drug (Nuvigil) that's supposed to help with alertness and concentration. We're only going to test that one out if I can't get the concentration levels I want with the 240 mg of Strattera. So that's something to think about.

All in all, it was a good visit. I hadn't seen him in 2 years. I talked to him for an hour. It was like catching up with an old friend. I <3 my shrink.