Day 3 on Pristiq

No success with sleep again. I woke up early, and glanced at the clock sometime later. 3:45am. Ugh. I took my Xanax and went to sleep until 7am. (FYI-My therapist recommended I take the Xanax for now while adjusting to Pristiq). I didn't have too much nausea this morning (WINNING), and ate half a banana with my Pristiq and nausea medication. I didn't have too much time to get ready. Tyler went to work, and dropped me off at work on his way at 7:45am. I made some oatmeal and brought it with me. Work was okay. Some nosy people stopped by to see what was wrong with me, but I didn't clue them in on anything. I managed to finish my oatmeal in the 2 hours I was at work.

My dad picked me up and took me on a walk on the levy for 1hr15m. Then of course he dragged me back to Walmart :) We went back to his house and I tried to eat, but really couldn't I didn't feel like it. I made a sandwich and basically tore it to pieces hoping it would be more edible. Nope, it wasn't. I decided to go lay down and watch So You Think You Can Dance (LOVE that show). I think I did fall asleep here and there for a couple minutes. But nothing big. I started getting acid reflux, so I sat up. My body started to feel restless, and I immediately started thinking about getting manic. I fought it, got up and made some popcorn, and managed to eat some of it (With my dads dog Thors help). I decided to get up and join my dad while he watched some old person show on TV. I looked up some Pristiq success stories, and that seemed to help. Some people said they were restless, didn't sleep, but that it'll pass. I just have to hang in there.

My step-mom got home and we talked about some other people in our family that suffer from anxiety and depression. It seemed to help, but I started to feel really anxious. I did take 1/2 Xanax when I started feeling pins/needles. They made some dinner, I actually are all of it! and we watched My Cousin Vinny. My dad made me. He said 'It's a classic' about a million times. lol. It was pretty funny.

I decided to drive home, and that was interesting. I haven't taken my contacts out in, um, forever so I kept having to blink. Decided driving through town might be safer, and now and home in my PJs.

I know tomorrow will probably be full of even more energy and restlessness. I need to accept that as a part of the process of the medication if I want it to help. Here's praying I get a decent night sleep! Hubby is in McPherson for  LAN computer thing, so I get the bed to myself :)

Night Beautiful World :)