bitter magnet

well, today was an interesting day. first i went to the doctor (re: my very frustrating pain in my legs). to make a long story short, i ended up being prescribed Prozac (yep, never thought i'd need that!) at a very low dose. the doc mentioned that since the Elavil had helped (at least initially) i probably just needed another anti-depressant med that has less side effects (i could NOT handle upping the Elavil to 20 mg..i tried to do so for 2 days and had constant stomach pain that was almost unbearable). So i took one pill around noon, and it did make me feel "out of it" for a few hours, but now i seem to be doing ok. i'm supposed to pop a pill each morning (instead of at night, like with the Elavil), so let's see how that goes.

Oh, and today i made an appointment (for Tuesday) so see an acupuncturist at Cambridge Racquet & Fitness. I talked to her on the phone and she mentioned that acupuncture would likely be very effective for things like sciatica (which i have a problem with). So i'm really looking forward to that..i've heard a lot of people tell me that it's made their pain go away.

So right now, this stab to get rid of my pain is a four-pronged approach:
(1) medication - was Elavil, now is Prozac (10mg/day)
(2) acupuncture - see how that will go, will start 9/28
(3) trigger-point self massage - i ordered the book on amazon, should get by 9/1
(4) diet - no dairy or wheat (wheat is mainly to reduce tummy pains)

..and one more, that's not really one, but whatever:
(5) appt with rheumatologist - earliest appt is November...hopefully i'll be cured by then!!