The ER doc did not believe me when I said I could only raise my arm when lying flat on my back. He said it wasn’t possible and made me demonstrate several times.

Fuck that guy.

I listen to doctors pretty frequently because of work and my favorite doctors are the ones who say things like 'you know what is normal for you better than I do' or will give flexible instructions on meds like 'if you feel like X take a full dose, and if you feel like Y only take the morning dose'. Some of them really understand that we have a lot more experience with our bodies than they do, others, not so much.

sj, SO glad you've found a good doctor.

I was on Wellbutrin for a few months post-partum, because it isn't prone to transferring via breastfeeding...but it also did exactly nothing for my depression, so I went back to Zoloft and shifted to formula (it's been 15 years and the kid doesn't seem to have suffered).

I was on prozac the whole time I breastfed, ltc seems okay.

Prozac stopped doing anything for me about a year after Francesca was born. So, I switched to zoloft, which takes the edge off but that's about it. I'm hoping the combo, which I've never done a combo of meds before, will really help.

I was on Zoloft and Wellbutrin together a couple decades ago, and it was uneventful. I've also been on both separately. Really the only side effects that I noticed were for Zoloft - the libido dampening effect, and it also scrambled my brain in terms of short term memory acuity when I took it. I was on Zoloft during the Hospital Year recently, so who cares about either of those effects there, but I've tapered off now. Don't think I need anything right now, but we'll see.

I hope the combo works well for you, sj.

Yeah sleep, sj! that schedule sucks, askye.

so, something happened today that has me very worried.

A new neighbor moved into the apartment next to mine. He is a very angry man. there also seems to be a child living in a tiny apartment. I don't know age or gender but I'm worried about them. I can't be sure but the man is verbally abusive to the child, they were moving so there was a lot of banging and thumping going on, so I can't be sure about any physical abuse.

I went to the drugstore to pick up a prescription, and when I came back I could hear the man talking, possibly on the phone and he sounded like he'd been drinking. Of course, I can't be sure of anything. I work full time from my apartment but I'm tethered to the phone as a CSR for Insurance agents.

I've only seen a glimpse of the man, it's quiet over there now. the man's a smoker so he has to go outside to smoke so I may run into to him sometimes. Not sure how I'm going to handle that.

For now, it's another source of stress.

sj, what you have sounds almost exactly like what happened to ND when he ended up with a herniated disc in his neck — he’s also on gabipenten (too lazy to Google spelling), and it’s really helped it. It takes awhile to build up in your system, though, so he would probably say to be patient if it doesn’t work right away. He also had side effects initially that faded over time.

Also, Wellbutrin worked well for me and for my ADHD until it didn’t, but that’s just weird brain chemistry. It has a great track record. I hope it helps.

Thanks, Pix. That is what my PCP was leaning toward, and she was the first doctor to even consider my neck as the source of the problem. I see the orthopedic tomorrow. I only have the gabapentin for at night, was ND on it more often? What did they end up doing for it?