Yeah sleep, sj! that schedule sucks, askye.

so, something happened today that has me very worried.

A new neighbor moved into the apartment next to mine. He is a very angry man. there also seems to be a child living in a tiny apartment. I don't know age or gender but I'm worried about them. I can't be sure but the man is verbally abusive to the child, they were moving so there was a lot of banging and thumping going on, so I can't be sure about any physical abuse.

I went to the drugstore to pick up a prescription, and when I came back I could hear the man talking, possibly on the phone and he sounded like he'd been drinking. Of course, I can't be sure of anything. I work full time from my apartment but I'm tethered to the phone as a CSR for Insurance agents.

I've only seen a glimpse of the man, it's quiet over there now. the man's a smoker so he has to go outside to smoke so I may run into to him sometimes. Not sure how I'm going to handle that.

For now, it's another source of stress.

sj, what you have sounds almost exactly like what happened to ND when he ended up with a herniated disc in his neck — he’s also on gabipenten (too lazy to Google spelling), and it’s really helped it. It takes awhile to build up in your system, though, so he would probably say to be patient if it doesn’t work right away. He also had side effects initially that faded over time.

Also, Wellbutrin worked well for me and for my ADHD until it didn’t, but that’s just weird brain chemistry. It has a great track record. I hope it helps.

Thanks, Pix. That is what my PCP was leaning toward, and she was the first doctor to even consider my neck as the source of the problem. I see the orthopedic tomorrow. I only have the gabapentin for at night, was ND on it more often? What did they end up doing for it?

Yikes, nothing worse than an awful neighbor. Loud angry voices and thin walled small apartments would freak me right out. How awful, sorry this is happening.

I only have the gabapentin for at night, was ND on it more often? What did they end up doing for it?

He would be able to answer that better — I've let him know to check in when he can. He started only at night and ramped up to multiple times a day.

Gabapentin is the bomb for nerve pain for a lot of humans and dogs. It doesn't help my neck because that is vertebrae moving towards my left ear and getting locked out of place. But for my lower back and hip, it helps a lot. It can cause fatigue but that seems to be something the patient either ramps up dosage, frequency or it just normalizes pretty quickly.

sj, I'm glad you found that doctor.

quester, I'm sorry about the neighbor. I guess that staying alert is the only thing you can do now?

Quester, as someone with a history of awful neighbors, I’m so sorry you have to deal with that.

Thanks, Pix. Right now the drowsiness of the Gabapentin is the best part of it because I can sleep! I woke up a little early today, but I slept through the night before that.

The mornings are the worst part right now because I haven’t medicated in eight hours so the pain is bad. Hopefully TCG will wake up soon and there will be tea. I’m so grateful right now to be married to a man who capable of cooking all the meals and doing laundry etc. I feel bad that he is missing so much work driving ltc back and forth to school and me to appointments, but he hasn’t complained. So many of my meatspace friends and relatives married men who don’t help with much of anything.

I'm sorry, quester. Very unnerving for sure.

TCG is indeed a keeper. I can't imagine what I would have done without a helpful partner DH when raising the boys.

So many people were in aww when he would change her diapers etc when ltc was a baby, and he would get so mad because he’s the dad, of course he’s changing diapers.