Let me just say… Effexor withdrawl is a bitca!!!Â? (Yes, I spelled that right.Â? It’s a Buffy reference and you can thank Pisco for it.)

Effexor XR is a class C medication which means that they don’t know if it’s OK for pregnant women so… my doctor decided to take me off of it.Â? She gave me a taper pack instead of having me go off cold turkey.Â? Half my dosage was fine — it’s probably what I should have been on all along.Â? A quarter of my dosage?Â? Dizzy spells and MASSIVE panic attacks.Â? Panic attacks so bad that I had to leave work early yesterday.

I saw Dr. Awesome today and she told me to get my butt onto the Wellbutrin that she had prescribed me (it’s a class B medication which means it’s unlikely to hurt the baby).Â? She also told me to get some rest and gave me a doctor’s note to excuse me from work for the next couple days.

The other reason I haven’t blogged a lot: my parents were here this weekend.Â? This was a good thing but really tiring.Â? On Saturday, we went up to St. Mary Lake and it was pretty though rainy.Â? I get to see them once or twice a year so this was really nice.