I'm back from my visit with the neurologist with new drugs! Woo! I'd asked her to up the Klonopin prescription because it's just not doing what it used to do. She gave me a very emphatic "NO". She said that she doesn't want me to walk around like a zombie.

My employer will thank her.

However, I need something for the jerking and jaw clenching (yes, it's Baaaacccccckkkkkk), because some nights it drives me CRAZY. It also drives me crazy when the jerking decides to make an appearance in meetings. She said she'd up my dose of Seroquel and keep me at the same levels of klonopin, and add Requip. Requip is prescribed for restless leg syndrome, but she thinks it might help me with the full body jerking and jaw clenching.

I hope so.

The nice thing is that she always gives me 2 weeks of samples when trying me on new drugs. So, I'll start it tonight.

Now, the pamphlet tells me to talk to my doctor if I experience new or increased gambling, sexual or other intense urges (what? other than peanut butter M&Ms?) while taking Requip.

If you see me writing about quitting my job because I'm going to hang out at the pony races and talk of supplementing my income by working for Heidi Fleiss, be sure to let my doctor know. I have a feeling I might not notice because of all the other drugs I'm taking.

She told me that I'm pretty much where I'm going to stay (unless I bonk my head again). I'm almost a year out from the original injury and it's been quite a journey. The only time it really bothers me is when I'm under ANY kind of stress. I go back to ground zero immediately. It's really amazing to watch myself in stressful situations. I want to ask, "hey, where did Lori go?".

She said that I'll probably be on various combinations of these drugs for the rest of my life and I'm OK with that. Why? Because they really help and I don't have a problem in doing whatever it takes to make me feel better.