Mentioned to Jason, who has a lot of experience with anxiety meds himself, that I'm on .5 mg of clonazepam twice/day. It makes me rather tired/sleepy and feel like I'm underwater a bit. I was hoping that, despite how little I want to do that with Elmo et. al., maybe it'll get better after a week or two.
Jason said that that is WAY too much be to taking. He said he would only take .25 once/day, and were he to take the .5 in the AM like I am he'd be a zombie. I truly could not imagine feeling that tomorrow in class, so I'm going to go ahead and take his advice and halve the pill. I KNOW, I'm always about the doctor knowing best, but it's hard for me to stay awake at all. And because the pills have a half life of anywhere from like 18-52 hours, it's building up in my system. He suggested I skip tonight's and take the half tomorrow and that should be fine for me, keep me calm and everything, but prevent the zombie state.
Other than that, had a nice time with Danielle and her family today. Leah was asking her dad if I could stay the night, lol. Danielle said, as my sister has, that I'm really good with kids. I think I am one-on-one, just as I am a lot more comfortable and happy with people one-on-one. Though it's still funny that I hear about being good with kids but Hetty keeps telling me I should only teach adults. Lol.
Hey be really careful with anti-anxiety meds. Most of them (including clonazepam) contain a fluoride or chlorine derivative, which binds to your thyroid's iodine receptor sites and can prevent your thyroid from getting necessary iodine to make thyroid hormone. If taking anti-anxiety meds, keep a close watch on your thyroid! Hopefully the anxiety goes away once you are not in that environment anymore... sending hugs!
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