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the union contract renewed and in it the rx co-pay went from $20 to $40

.. which sux cuz i'm on alot of medication for the rest of my days, like it or not ..

last time i saw my neuro i explained to him how i'm still having alotta break through seizures and the ever loving grand mals and catamenial seizures continue ..

as it is i'm currently taking the max dose of lamictal and still having these break throughs on a regular basis .. so, we've added a new med to my medical cocktail

.. another one w/no generic equivalent, so there's another $40 a month i don't have ..

it's called lyrica .. it's used for fibromyalgia and is also used as an anti-seizure med .. aimed more for the break throughs, rather then the grand mals ..

he also wrote me up for some midrin, which is used for migraines ... post seizure migraines are incredibly painful .. migraines alone are bad, but added to the sore muscles from the fit previous to it, it's nothing short of murder ..

i can all but hear the pharmacies chime of register ka-ching every time as i walk in the drug store

here's what i thought i'd do in hopes of helping manage expenses ... figured i can cut back a little on my meds in hopes of making them last longer and save a buck or two

.. i did this last night, i took half of what i'm supposed to ...

... and had seizures all through the night ..

oh fucken joy

i've tried this before too, skipping a dose intentionally, or just forgot one .. and i've never gotten away w/it seizure free .. obviously i can't miss a dose

as if that's not bad enough, we're still in bed this morning and i'm nursing a massive headache, he throws at me that we're supposed to go to the farm today for easter ! ugh


as for the seizures, i've been on every and any kind of anti-seizure drug they've made yet in any and all combos to no avail .. last time i saw my neuro he said if the addition of the lyrica doesn't help, that i'd be a candidate for brain surgery ...

... again ...

they did brain surgery on my in '86 and i was supposed to be " all better " and " seizure free " there after ..
.. ya, 20+ years later and i'm still waiting for the fits to stop

i don't want to go under the knife again .. plz cross all ya fingers & toes for me that it doesn't come down to that