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Slow But Steady...

This week has been slightly more productive than most of the others over this summer. Despite having gone off my sleeping pills, and totally switching around when I take meds/vitamins/supplements, I have been able to get more done and get up earlier in the morning recently. Which, of course, means I am now just attacking a huge stack of "little shit" that has been collecting all around my computer. Ugh. Forms to fill out for Jareth's school, and a zillion other things that have been "awaiting my attention". Busy, busy, busy...

As for the meds, I am glad to be off the sleeping pills finally. After over a year on them, I don't think I was getting decent sleep AND they were no longer helping me GET to sleep in the first place. Without them, it takes me forever to get to sleep and I toss and turn and only get a decent sleep about every third night. Brian and I have been working with Melatonin in my system to try and reset my clock though and it's been getting better slowly. I think I have a problem with Restless Leg Syndrome though, and just started new meds to combat that last night...

Of course THEY made me nauseaus and then knocked me flat on my ass, leaving me drowsy again this morning - much like the sleeping pills left me drowsy. Argh. And that was the LITTLE dose. We'll see how the next few nights go, but I was at least getting better QUALITY sleep without nighttime meds when I did sleep, AND I was able to get out of bed in the morning. I don't want to go back to the sluggish, "I can't get out of bed" crap in the AM again - I lose nearly half the day. Not only that, but Jareth starts school again at the beginning of September so I'll HAVE to drag my ass out of bed and then DRIVE! I was having enough trouble before... ugh.

I've also started meds for my blood pressure. I have joked with Brian recently that all my worrying that I'd get cancer one of these days was clearly out of place - I'm going to get EVERY OTHER LITTLE FUCKING MEDICAL ISSUE INSTEAD!!! ARRRGH!!!

*pauses to destress, and thus bring blood pressure back DOWN again*

Ahh, yes. Much better.

I've been through the list of possible things that could cause blood pressure problems and the only one I can really blame is stress. I did have my blood pressure go up at the end of the last pregnancy though, and it has been "elevated" ever since. Now it's high enough that my new doctor has giving me meds to try and help.

Damnit.

Damnit. Damnit. Damnit.

I'm in a phase where I'd like to reduce as much medications from my system as possible, and detox, so to speak. I've already reduced my caffeine intake back down too. Mrrrgh. It's starting to feel like I can't have anything anymore. Nevermind I've been eating salads and slimfast bars for most of my meals for weeks now and not lost a damned pound.

*snarls vicously*

Oops. There I go again. Probably because I'm about to go stuff myself into a bathing suit again and walk down to the beach with the kids. It's wonderful having a little private beach in this neighborhood, only about a block away. It's not so wonderful having to go up and down the Super Steep Hill to get there though. But, more on that later.

Oh... did I mention that I've moved. Yeah. Except it's a pain right now, as we still need to sell the old house. At least it's finally on the market... at the worst possible time to be selling. But we're closer to the school Jareth is going to, and we have more room and a room I've been allowed to claim to be my studio... But, more on that another time. Meanwhile, I've got to get the kids some lunch before the beach. But, I wanted to check in. It's been a while since my last post. Not that I haven't written a thousand posts in my head again. I just haven't had time to write them.

Later!

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