Phase 2: Clinic Visit 3 (Lexapro plus "mystery pill")

I guess I haven't told you guys how my clinic visits have changed since I got randomized and put in phase 2 of this study.

Well, I have had 3 of them so far, and they've gone about the same way:

1. Fill out forms I filled out for phase 1, plus a whole new set of forms that ask some different questions and have me rate different things (different side effects, mood effects, pain levels, etc.).
2. Sit with Research Assistant (been seeing Research Guy lately for some reason) and they ask me the same set of questions as from Phase 1, plus a whole new set of questions about different side effects (like the twitching....weeeee!).
3. Sit with RN to talk about how I am doing on the medicine and tell them about any side effects I am having as well.
4. Have my blood pressure/pulse rate taken and step on the scale for a nice dose of weight loss motivation.


I also had another EKG at my 2nd clinic visit, but they said I won't have to have another one of those til right before Phase 3.

So I had one of these visits today, and basically they want me to keep doing what I am doing and just see how it goes. twitching is getting less intense, but dizziness is still pretty intense for a few hours, so hopefully they both go away. SOON.

I'm still waking up at 8:30...which is fun. Also, last night I lay down for a nap at about 4:30, set my alarm for 6....and woke up at 1:30am. yup. also fun.

Beginning to wonder if all this crap is worth it (even though I haven't felt depressed in like 2 weeks). I'll give it a few more weeks to see if things even out.

weight: 201 (*sigh*)
depression symptoms: a little bit irritable with people...
possible medication side effects: twitching, dizziness, blurry vision, erratic sleep patterns

Dizziness.

Dizziness so severe that I had to leave work early. It's been pretty consistent the past week or so, but seeming to get worse.

Called RL. Stopping mystery drug for 2 days to see if symptoms clear up. If they do, then I restart the drug in two days and see if they come back. If they come back, we know for sure it's mystery drug causing them. If not...who the hell knows.


*sigh* trading depression for severe dizziness. good stuff.