Change of treatment

Was lucky enough to get an appointment to see the Doc today. What's even better was it was an evening appointment. Told my boss that I had an appointment to discuss my problems sleeping and he was and walking me off to the coffee shop for a cup of tea and a chat. He asked if everything was OK did I want to make any changes etc etc. I reassured him that I was fine it just that the sleepless nights were giving me problems.

Talked to the Doctor explained that I was still having problems with sleep and it wsa beginning to become an issue. She offered me 2 courses of treatment

1) A short term perscription of mild sleeping pills to see if it was just a remenant of the depression
or
2) A change to a less agitating medication.

I didn't liek the sleeping pills route, as if it is the Fluoxetine that is giving me the problems then the sleeping pills may mask the problem but when I stop them I'll be back to square one. So option 2 please. She thought it was a good long term plan as well. So I've got some new medicine - can't remember the name of it at the moment.

Changing medicine could get a little tricky. I have to wean myself off the Fluoxetine by taking it on alternative days before starting the new stuff. The problem with that is I could go back to being nervous/upset etc etc before the new stuff starts taking effect. Oh Joy!

The Doc offered to sign me off if need be but I said I would like to carry on. If I didn't feel up to working then I would just phone in sick. If it carried on then I would phone her and get an appointment/sick note.

I'll speak to he boss tomorrow and explain the situation to him. He'll then understand if I don't come in one day or go home at very short notice.

On the positive side I went for a run afterwards, schedule said tempo run and I felt like turning up the speed. So a gradual build of speed and then on warp factor 8 for a couple of minutes then slow down.
Here is the vital stats

Mile	Time	HR
1	9:21	145
2	8:21	158
3	7:01	171
4	8:37	163
4.54	4:58(9:15m/m)	146

Total 4.54 miles in 38:19, Ave HR 157 and Ave pace of 8:26. Again I'm quite pleased with that effort.