593 Down.......

......3 to go! Remember way back in this post I talked about weaning myself off my horrible awful anti-depressant? Well, I'm still working on that, but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter! I'm down to taking 3 teeny-tiny little white beads of this stuff; just over 1mg!

I made a big mistake about 3 weeks ago. Getting down to 6 beads all the way from 60mg was a huge step that seemed to take forever! So, I thought 6 beads couldn't be that big of a deal, right? My dumb self decided that I could just stop taking them right then. No big deal.

Well, I almost turned that light at the end of the tunnel into a train! The first day after I skipped a dose I had immediate side effects. Not quite as bad as when I tried to stop at 60mg, but they were still pretty nasty.

I guess 6 beads are a bigger deal than I thought!

So, I'll continue with my 3 beads the rest of this week, and then 2 the following few weeks. After that I'll just be taking 1 awful little bead for 2-3 weeks, until my body is adjusted to the tiny amount and I feel I function without it.

Pray for me over the next month or so as I end this part of my journey. Its hard without Mom here. She was so supportive through all of my medical issues, and as much as I'm happy to be near the end, I wish she was here to celebrate with me. I'm sure she's watching me from heaven and having a party for me though :)

I also need to make an appointment with my doctor. She wanted to see me again once I was off the medicine. I dread that appointment, because at this point she is unaware that Mom has passed away.