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Ugh, I have been fighting the same non-stop migraine for days now. So over it! I will say, despite the side effects of the topamax, and the fact that it didn't get rid of my daily headaches, it did help lower the frequency/severity of the Super Douchey ones I usually get right around my period. Sucks. I wish there was something similar to it that I could take, MINUS the side-effects. I already took Excedrin AND an Imitrex today, and it still hurts. WTF, brain, get it together. Jeez.

I'm a bit…IDK, meh, too. Okay, but sort of sad, tense, aware that it's a holiday I usually would've spent with my sister & her kids prior to last year, aware that my nephew's birthday is this Thursday, aware that if my uncle were still alive I might've gone over there today, wanting to go to another meeting tonight but unable to unless I take a cab home (holiday bus schedules), and yeah. Stuff like that. Plus I ran out of my anti-depressant on Friday & didn't take the time to pick up a refill on Saturday, so that's probably adding a bit of wonkyness. The pharmacy is closed today though (as it was yesterday), so there's nothing I can do about it. I just have to wait.

I'll probably go lie back down for a while--hopefully that'll help the headache. I've got my TV turned to HLN though, and I'm paranoid to turn away from it because I want to see the live coverage of the verdict if it comes in today (for the Casey Anthony trial). Heh. So obsessed at this point, seriously. I'm still disappointed I missed so much of the closing arguments.

While I'm being whiny though, one more thing: my neighbor's dog? WILL NOT STOP BARKING. Like, for days now. OMG, rage.

Okay, that's all. If I start feeling better, I might update again later, but we'll see.

For my VotD, enjoy some appropriately patriotic singing:



ETA: Okay, my day just got 10x better. There's a Firefly marathon on cable for the next 7+ hours. THANK YOU, TV GODS.

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Date: 2011-07-05 01:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gina227.livejournal.com
OMG I don't know how you function AT ALL after skipping antidepressants. All it takes it for me to miss one dose and I'm a shaking, quaking, head-achy, nauseous, psychotic bundle of nerves.

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Date: 2011-07-05 02:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachg82.livejournal.com
I think it has a lot to do with the drug & the dosage. The discontinuation symptoms for Effexor, for instance, were terrible. All sorts of shocky electric feelings, stomach problems, and so on. I don't notice nearly as bad an effect if I suddenly miss a dose of Prozac, though of course I try to avoid running out anyway. Not really a good thing to frak around with.

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Date: 2011-07-05 01:20 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Effexor is what I'm on, so yeah, everything you said. Uggghhhhh, just thinking about it gives me the shivers. Of course, according to my dear old mother, this qualifies me as a drug addict.

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Date: 2011-07-06 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachg82.livejournal.com
Well, remember my mom and her "What's Prozac, Rachael? Jelly beans for the Easter Bunny?"-doucheytimez? I feel your pain.

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Date: 2011-07-05 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nomnivore.livejournal.com
Hope the migraine lifts soon. Happy independence day!

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Date: 2011-07-06 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachg82.livejournal.com
Thank you, sweetie!

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Date: 2011-07-05 11:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] huh920.livejournal.com
Hope you feel better and I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July!

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Date: 2011-07-06 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachg82.livejournal.com
Thanks, bb! I ended up going to bed early on the 4th, so there wasn't much in the way of celebrating, but it wasn't what I'd call a bad day so it's all right.

How was your fourth?

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Date: 2011-07-06 07:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lytab5.livejournal.com
I hope you feel better very soon, Rach! *hugs*
Migraines suck the life out of a person... ugh. *kicks migraines*

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Date: 2011-07-06 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachg82.livejournal.com
God, they really do! Yesterday my head hurt ALL AFTERNOON & ALL NIGHT. I finally dragged myself to the grocery store & was so out of it from the pain, I'd walk into an aisle & be like, "Wait, what did I come in here for?" Oy.

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