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.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Oct 20, 2010 3:48:22 am PDT #713 of 30001
Because books.
Hil R. - Oct 20, 2010 4:09:08 am PDT #714 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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.)
Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 4:14:47 am PDT #715 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe it will be the new lupus. Countdown to a House episode starts now.
Heh.
Jessica - Oct 20, 2010 4:15:11 am PDT #716 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.)
billytea - Oct 20, 2010 4:39:37 am PDT #717 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
(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.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 4:51:59 am PDT #718 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
Theodosia - Oct 20, 2010 4:56:02 am PDT #719 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
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.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 20, 2010 4:58:40 am PDT #720 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
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.
Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 5:02:12 am PDT #721 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
megan walker - Oct 20, 2010 5:03:09 am PDT #722 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So, I'm used to hearing fire trucks because of the retirement community across the way, but this morning they seemed a little loud when I woke up. I finally look out the window and it turns out there were trucks up and down both streets fighting a huge fire around the block.