My neurologist insists that most of my confused-sleep issues are probably due to failing to go to sleep at a regular time, and has imposed a 1 AM in-bed curfew, which I blithely ignored over the weekend. He also gave me "nuvigil" as a replacement for the provigil - it's longer acting, at a lower dose, and seems to be keeping me at a tolerable baseline longer. As they're trying to force people onto it and away from provigil, Cephalon (the manufacturer) has not only offered it at 2/3 the price, but is offering a year's worth of coupons to greatly reduce the cost. They also raised the price of Provigil, which they have somehow
Neurologist also says to resume the practice of 15 minute deliberate naps at the key down points when I start falling asleep, and to stop drinking caffeine in the afternoons, which I choose to interpret as "after 5pm" - and I need to drink more water anyway to help with blood sugars.
My general doctor agreed that if the metformin I take for diabetes is to the point of causing IBS then I want to go off it, but started down the path to some OTHER stuff, before I said "Why can I not simply take appropriate insulin?" ... what is with these guys going down a path based on the assumption that people won't be willing to accept a particular medication? My issues with insulin were addressed last year.
Anyway at that point he had the AHA! reaction, and agreed to it. I will be seeing an Insulin Training And Dosage group on Thursday, which should allow me to get and manage the stuff. I don't think I have any more needles though.
I should inform the folks at United Health that I'm changing both. Otherwise they will do bad things regarding PAYING for the stuff.
I wonder if I can reach them on the phone as it's MUCH easier to manage.
