"As Directed"

I slept pretty well last night and woke up in a timely manner.  I was impressed.  I had a small headache but nothing major. 

The cats haven't been sleeping with me.  Torbie is sulking over the new cat door, the other ones are having lots of fun with the new arrangement. 

I did my God Time first thing.  That always makes me feel like I ran a couple of miles: HA! That's over!  Maybe not the best attitude. 

I needed to do up my pills. 

I had a bottle of half milligram Haldols (generic).  They are small orange tablets.  I had also picked up a refill for 1 milligram Haldols.  They are small orange tablets, identical to the smaller dose. 

The other night, I had a hard time with the invisible bugs and all.  I took two of what I presumed to be half milligrams, and continued to take two of the "half" tablets, every night, for a few more nights. 

Imagine my surprise when I realized I had quadrupled my dose!  Now, before you panic, a normal adult dose is four milligrams.  I didn't cook my brains, I just went from 1/8 dose to 1/2 dose. 

I've been feeling GREAT.  I may just talk to Doc about going up to 2 mg a day.  I don't have any side effects (nothing unusual), better symptom control, and did I mention I have been sleeping GREAT? 

So, we'll find out.  In the meantime, back to 1 mg a day until I hear otherwise.  I really do TRY to take things "as directed". 

I did up my pills.  I put powdered vitamin C into my drink mix (which I drink in the afternoon/evening), so I avoid that, but I have multivitamins, etc., in addition to the usual mood stabilizers, antipsychotic, and antidepressant medications. 

Let's see:
Multi with iron
Cat's Claw (for immune, and some minor arthritis)
Calcium, magnesium, zinc
Vitamin A (1600), if I don't take it my gums get mad and I get horrible boils.
Vitamin E (heart trouble runs in the family) 400 mg.
Milk thistle (I bought it for Ron but he won't touch it, it's good for the liver and mine has to clear a lot of prescription-y goodness). 
I have B 50's but I don't put them in my organizer.  I take one every couple of weeks.
Vitamin K (my shampoo has mineral oil, which depletes the body of fat soluble vitamins, A,D, E, K)

I did all that up, morning and night doses.  Antidepressants and multi in the morning.  Pretty much everything else at night. 

I would, ideally, add some Vitamin C (1000 mg) - that's the one thing Ron will take, by the way; and some Olive Leaf (same deal for Ron). 

Ron's been taking Vitamin C, Vitamin D (I forgot I do take one), and hopefully his multi.  But he said it "tastes bad".  He likes to swallow them dry.  And that just sounds so bad.

I'm going to tiptoe away from that imagery and move onto the rest of my day.  I did some organizing and took some stuff out into the garage.  I tried putting weatherstripping on the patio door, but it didn't work.  The door wouldn't latch.  That's a problem. 

I took it off (it has, some, already), and took a shower.  When I get stressed I sweat a lot, particularly my scalp.  My hair looked like a big, sweaty, hairball.  One reason I try to do stressful things before my shower. 

I shaved my legs so I don't have to hassle tomorrow. 

I need to remember to put my good soap into the enclosure.  I just did. 

I like this soap.  It reminds me of the stuff I used to make myself, loaded with wonderful butters.  I'm at that in between stage.  I don't need lotion, but some soap is too drying.  This works great, smells wonderful, and when I wanted a gift for my aunt I got her a bar of unscented (she has migraines that make mine look like puppies). 

Anyway, Ron was encouraging me to go out, so I did.  He paid for the cab.  I just went to Walmart and deposited my birthday check.  My (adoptive) Mom forgot and wrote my "single" name.  Ooops.  I have gone by this name, legally, for over 10 years.  The bank got a little squinty over that. 

Well, they're not youngsters.  I wonder if I should say something? 

At any rate, I went to the store, got a storage box, various items, and Halloween candy.  Yes, it's almost time.  We need to get the candy and bags.  I'm still waiting on the booklets.  I bought probably 400 mini sized candy bars today, and some Spanish candy.  I thought the kids might enjoy that. 

I would like more sour stuff.  Maybe 150 little Peanut M&M's.  Some hard candy, but overall I'm pretty happy with my "start".  I can always give the leftovers to the drivers.   I'm storing this all, on the Bible rack.  It goes to evangelism, and I bought the rack with my own money. 

These days, kids travel (at least here) in large packs.  So I can have 15 kids at the door, at once.  I cannot run out!  [gulp]

Ron and I have a hard-won reputation as "The Good House" and I aim to keep it. 

When I got home, I took a nap. 

Work tomorrow, Doc on Thursday.  "Can we up my Haldol?"