No picture with this blog. I look way to haggard and my fur babies are being predictably cute/loud/loud again.

So, under the advisement of my (non-usual, vastly overpriced and rather rude) doctor, I got blood drawn to check my kidney and thyroid functions in December. Both were, to put it mildly, shot to hell. So I started taking 50mg Synthroid in the mornings and lowered my lithium to 750mg from a former 900mg.

December: 750mg lithium, 15mg Abilify at night, 50 mg Synthroid in the morning (on an empty stomach for at least 1 hour)

I got my blood checked again in early February, and my usual doctor recommended I raise my Synthroid and lower my lithium again.

Early Feb: 300mg lithium, 15 mg Abilify at night, 300mg lithium and 100mg Synthroid in the morning. (damn you, empty stomach medications, I want my coffee!)

Got my blood tested last Friday, after my doctor appointment on Wednesday wherein my doctor noticed I had a ‘goiter’ (so sexy, am I right?) on my neck. The results came in today, and my thyroid is dying a horrible death, my lithium is exacerbating the situation, and I’m going off it and onto Lamictal. Raising my Synthroid as well, but not dropping lithium juuuust yet.

Today and for the next 6 weeks: 300mg lithium, 15mg Abilify, 25mg Lamictal at night; 300mg lithium, 125mg Synthroid, 25mg lamictal in the morning. ( would murder everyone you love for a coffee and a poptart in the morning but apparently I’ll have pills instead. so Utah.)

Oh, and I got an ultrasound, just in case the goiter is actually a growth of a malignant sort, so that was fun. 24-48 hours from now I’ll have results from that, too.

Everyone enjoying the semester yet?