What The #&$*!!

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You won’t read this until later, but it’s 6am as I type. I’m shocked I can even see straight. I haven’t slept a wink ALL freaking night long. Not even half a wink. It’s the pharmacy’s fault.

One could argue that it’s my fault for not ordering my gabapentin refill (prescribed to me for nerve pain), but the pharmacy refills ALL of my other meds automatically each month. So, when my gabapentin refill came due, I forgot to order it. I blew through all of my extras after ordering the refill on the 3rd. The mail didn’t run due to snow last week plus the National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter so my refill was delayed. I took my last capsule yesterday morning. I normally take 1 in the morning, 1 at lunch, and 2 at bedtime. 

Beginning withdrawals from this pain-in-the-ass drug start within 12-48 hours. Symptoms include anxiety, insomnia, nausea, and sweating. (That’s just the first phase of withdrawal!) So, when I went to bed at midnight, I could not fall asleep to save my own life. I was sweating so bad that I threw my blanket off. It was not hot in the house by a long shot since we turn the heat off at night. It was probably around 40 degrees. My skin was cold but I was hot as hell. When it dawned on me what the problem was, I thought Hey, I think I might have a few extras in my purse! I sure did, so I took 2. That was at 4am and it helped with the sweating but I still couldn’t sleep and I had a pounding headache so I just got up.

And here I sit. I have extras to get me through tonight and one for Tuesday morning. That’s it. The roads look pretty good so the mail should run today. Hell, if the pharmacy wasn’t 30 miles away, I could pick up my refills. Who has the money for gas to go 30 miles one-way several times a month for refills in a town that I don’t frequent? 

Wish me luck. I’m going to need it.

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  2. Wow! It’s good you found some in your purse. Does your insurance offer a mail order pharmacy… they would set it up for automatic delivery for all your meds. Just an idea. Hope that all got straightened out by now!

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    • All of my other meds are filled and shipped automatically, not by my request. I had been ordering them myself online each month until about 6 months ago. For some reason, they started sending all of them as they came due, except for my gabapentin. I had remembered to order them each month myself and hadn’t contacted the pharmacy yet but in December, I forgot to order them! Ugh. Anyway, I did find extras but only enough for one day. It was 3 days I had gone without them in total. I ended up calling my NP for an emergency refill for a few days; got 10 days. I received my original refill in the mail on the same day I went to different pharmacy to pick up my 10 day supply. I saved those for my “extras” in case this ever happens again. I was not a happy camper while suffering withdrawals. Just awful.

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