Amy, do you have fibro? my mom's fibro causes her restless leg all the time.

I'm not sure, msbelle. I've had some problems with all-over muscle fatigue and I'm beginning to think I'm developing arthritis, especially in my hands -- my mom has lupus and fibro and arthritis (hat trick!), so I pay attention. The restless legs have gotten bad just in the last few years.

One of my cousins recently had surgery for chiari malformation. His mother asked me if I had been tested for it, since it sometimes happens along with EDS or hypermobility. I haven't been tested, but I don't really have any symptoms, so there's really no reason to test me. (I used to get migraines right around the time I got my period at least a few times a year, but since I started taking Yaz, that's completely stopped.)

Maybe it will be the new lupus. Countdown to a House episode starts now.

Heh.

I'm very thankful that I've never had to deal with insomnia. Sleep dep, yes, but that's parenting-induced and temporary. Temporary being measured in years, but still.

(And currently in the midst of the waking-up-every-two-hours-to-pee phase of pregnancy, but I figure that's just biology's way of preparing me for the inevitable wake-up-every-two-hours-to-feed-the-baby phase which follows.)

(I used to get migraines right around the time I got my period at least a few times a year, but since I started taking Yaz, that's completely stopped.)

Clearly, the only way was up.

I have had many MRIs, but I don't know if I've had a sideways one. They all blur together at this point.

As does my life. I'm clutching my Red Bull and trying not to cry. I know for sure I didn't get to sleep before 1:30, and subjectively it felt like a lot less than five hours, because there was a lot of rolling around in the silent wee hours.

My head is pounding again, and I'm finding it hard to keep the damned drink down, and, just, this is a lot of experimentation to be doing with my real life, you know?

I switched taking my Celexa to night, and have less sleepiness during the day. When I first started on Paxil, for the first time in my life I was able to regularly deeply nap (i.e. fall all.the.way.asleep) without serious illness helping things along.

I had a sleep study and they found that RLS was the cause of my problems. It's a nasty one. Mine's related to fibromyalgia and EDS, apparently. Pregabalin (for nerve pain) has, unintentionally, helped a bit. I take zopiclone (sleep drug that I think is similar to Ambien) when it gets impossible to handle.

Edit: Wishing you rest and less pain, ita.

You guys. YOU GUYS. Did you see where Clarence Thomas's wife called Anita Hill and asked her for an apology??? [link] What the fucking fuck.