Diligence is the key

Something I am learning from this whole thing is paying more attention to detail and being diligent. Stopping one medication and starting another at the same time isn't easy. It's confusing, both trying to make sure you are taking the right dose of each medication at the right time, but also it makes you confused. At least it does for me. I have a hard time focusing on everything, I jump around in my thoughts, start one thing and skip to another completely unrelated thing. I get confused and forgetful, and I just feel like...well I can't really explain it. It's not fun though. I can't complete thoughts or express them properly sometimes and I have to go back and almost put a little PS at the bottom re-explaining what I want to say.
Tuesday I did my last Lithium blood test. As expected it came back low again. Yesterday my dr called in my new prescription, Lamictal, or Lamotrigine to some. I think it took my pharmacist (is it bad when you have a favorite one at your pharmacy and she knows your family well? lol) longer to explain my new medication than it did to prepare the prescription. It's slow going to start. Two weeks a 1 pill in the evening. Then two weeks of 1 pill in the morning and 1 in the evening. Then another 2 weeks of 1 pill in the morning and 2 in the evening. And I have to stop this pill several months before we plan on having another baby because it can cause problems like cleft lips etc.
Last night I spent 10 minutes getting all my medications ready for the week. I feel like an old person with my little pill containers, all my medications ready. Now all i have to do is to create alarms on my phone so I take my medications at the right time. Heres hoping it works and there are no more medications needed.

Finally a new plan

My dr finally heard back from my paychiatrist today. We had 3 options. 1. Up my dose of Lithium. 2. Add another med with the lithium or 3. Switch medications all together. After talking we decided to just switch. No point in keeing to try a medication thats not working in the slightest. So i still have to go for my.blood tests and it will help us figure out how quickly to lower my lithium and start my new medication, Lamictal. It's not the most ideal med but we are going to try it! Cross your fingers it helps!

Work Already!

So this is my 4th week on Lithium, and it may also be my last. Its just not working. I don't notice any changes at all. And its frustrating. My dr is trying to contact my psychiatrist to see about changing me from Lithium to something else, possibly to two others. I hate waiting though. I'm one of the most impatient people in the world. And of course my psychiatrist only works at the clinic 1 day a week. My dr thinks its Tuesdays so hopefully tomorrow I know more. I hate feeling like this, I just want to be normal, or feel normal.