So. They cut the test short at about 2 pm, saying without a doubt that it’s narcolepsy. Um. Hm. When further questioned, he still has only ONE symptom for this disorder, and it is that he falls into REM sleep too fast. He has no other symptoms. He has NOTHING that matches any of the other symptoms at all. He has more that matches the apnea or simple insomnia then Narcolepsy, but they have saddled him with the diagnosis and are giving him medication. Expensive medication. _I_ have more symptoms for Narcolepsy for chrissakes!<\/p>\n
When asked what the side effects of the Medication is, the doctor said “None at all, really.” When pressed, he again said “none.”<\/p>\n
The most common side effects of PROVIGIL are headache, nausea, nervousness, stuffy nose, diarrhea, back pain, anxiety, trouble sleeping, dizziness, and upset stomach. PROVIGIL may cause the following infrequent serious side effects. Call your doctor or get emergency help if you have any of these or any other serious side effects while taking PROVIGIL:<\/p>\n
* Chest pain
\n * Mental problems
\n * Allergic reactions such as a rash or hives, or other allergic reaction<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Heh. Yeah. None at all really. Though it does say that the side effects are rare and generally mild in most people – I think we’ve already proved that physically the Asshole is NOT like most people, hm? *smirk*<\/p>\n
So, they won’t give him a full release until Thursday – give the drug a couple of days to get into his system. At this point, we anticipate Work saying that since it’s already the majority of his week off, just to return for his normal shift on Monday. Oh. Goody. Still more time off without pay. He hasn’t been able to see about getting a draw from his pay, because the two people that would need to do it are not in the office today, so he is going to look into that tomorrow before coming home. I suggested talking to his doctor – his primary physician about releasing him to go to work tomorrow. He won’t do it, because he has already had it mentioned to him by the VP of the company that if put on meds, to wait a couple days to be sure they’re working before he comes back to work. *Sigh*<\/p>\n
He will then be home until Saturday, at least. We have someone that likely can get him back to Anchorage on Saturday, and then he’d have to spend a couple of nights with Christa again before leaving monday morning for work at last. Of course, it’s likely he’ll pitch a bitch about that, even if it is a couple of nights, but christ – what does he want me to bloody do? There’s only so much I *can* do.<\/p>\n
And he’s all up in my grill about the finances and shit again, already, still. I told him to just let me handle it right now because this is what I do. Beg borrow steal and get shit paid. But he’s all in my face and shit. I need him to go to work, let me take care of shit for a while, and just leave me the hell alone for like… a month. Then he can start his looking over my shoulder. But give me a month to get things situated [read: fixed. hee. god bless tax refunds.].<\/p>\n
So yeah. Lessa’s stressed and irritable. So what else is new?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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