Paroxetine

I finally got on an antidepressant: paroxetine (aka generic Paxil). I started it Friday night. It certainly isn't the nicest medication I've ever taken. So far I've experienced: nausea, anxiety/nervousness (24/7...feels like I could have a panic attack at any moment), sleeplessness (because I'm so jittery), metallic taste in my mouth and some blurred vision. I usually take it at night so I can try to sleep away some of the side effects, but that certainly hasn't been happening lately. I've noticed that I'm so jittery/anxious that I'm involuntarily clenching my jaws, so much so that my teeth are hurting. I'm giving it the rest of the pack (~26 pills) to see how things improve (or don't improve). I didn't have any problems when taking Pristiq, but it hasn't been evaluated for use by nursing moms yet. On the up side, however, I spent the whole day with Noah yesterday (had a bad migraine so I stayed home from work) and I didn't feel completely overwhelmed. I guess that's a start!

Today Noah has his four-month check-up. He should be getting his second round of immunizations, which is quite a bummer for all of us, haha. Hopefully he'll do just as well with these as he did the first round. He's been awfully fussy lately, with being so sleepy but not wanting to nap. Hopefully we can all get some good sleep tonight!