Xstitch Dreaming

Yesterday wasn't too bad a bit spacey but nothing else so I thought the side effects were finally wearing off but after taking the evening dose everything went down hill I felt wide awake when these drugs are supposed to help you sleep, and every time I moved my head it was like the whole room was moving with it. I ended up not going to bed untill really late because I was so awake. I eventually went to bed around 2am but it took ages for me to get to sleep and I didn't sleep very well at all.
I have got up this morning feeling as if I have the worlds worst hangover and I haven't had anything to drink! My legs are weak and wobbly, I am excessively thristy, my eyes feel heavy and achey and of course my head hurts. Add to that normal fibro pains and feeling freezing cold (I am wrapped up in winter clothes and a blanket!) and all in all I feel absolutely S**T

Sorry for the whining but I want to have a complete record of all this for my doctor.

Last night I had the cold feet again but also cold hands. Both hands and feet (especially ankles) are swelling a little and the dizziness is stll there. I spoke with my doc about not take the midday dose so that I could get to work (as I need to drive to get there) and he said that would be fine as long as I took 2 tablets in the evening as I must keep to the same dosage. Ater taking too I was completely off the charts I couldn't look up or down and my house decided to start spinning lol.
The tablets are supposed to make you feel tired and help you sleep better ut I have to say they are making me feel more awake. I generally (pre-tabs) go to bed around 11pm and get to sleep fairly quickly although I wake several times during the night and find it hard to get back to sleep. Now I am going to bed at the usual time as I have to get up fairly early but I am finding it very hard to get to sleep and very hard to stay asleep.
This morning I feel more out of it and spaced out than yesterday morning so I guess thats the double dose. I am a bit worried as I need to be able to drive in the mornings to take the boys to school. Oh well will just have to give it some time I guess just not too happy with it all at the moment

Morning blogland I am feeling completely doped up and not with it this morning and still getting the dizziness, cold feet, dry mouth, and generally feeling kinda weird!

Alot and not alot has been happening in my world lots has happened but at the same time it is all normal family day to day stuff nothing majorly exciting.

DS#1 has been having a few more problems at school with this one boy they had a big row just before the last half term and I got called into school to speak to the deputy head. It turned out DS#1 had said to the other boy (who had his mum standing next to him at the time) that he was very rude and hadn't been bought up very well! You can imagine I was really embarrassed As I was told all this at the end of the day on the last day before half term I couldn't see the other mum until a week and a half later. So I went up to her when school was back and did the usual I am so sorry blah blah and she said "Yeah it was really weird they were talking and suddenly my son said to DS#1 your mum is really fat and ugly and so DS#1 said to my son well you are really rude and haven't been bought up properly!"
OMG!! how come it was just me called in for a talking to then? I can understand DS#1 saying that to the boy and the fac his mum was "so surprised" at what DS#1 said after her sons remarks speaks volumes to me! He is still doing really well in terms of learning though he is extremely bright.

DS#2 is doing really well he is getting really huge he looks much older than 5! He is in reception but has been doing year one work for several months now and is in the top groups for everything in the class with the year ones (it is a Recpetion year one mixed class) so I am very happy with him.

DD has had some induction days in school as she start reception in Septemnber se just turned 4 but like DS#2 she looks older than she is and I have been told she has the communication skills of a 6 yr old so it looks like we will be doing 3 lots of Uni fees So in about 10 years I will be robbing a bank to pay for it all

Here is DD on her first induction day they didn't have to wear uniform but she insisted on it rofl

So I had a rheumatologist appointment this week, after prodding all the fibro tender spots to make sure they were still tender OWWWWWWW he satdown and told me about a new med Pregabalin (or Lyrica is the common name). I am trying it out and started yesterday. After reading up on it I have discovered that it makes you dizzy for at least the first week if not all the time and the side effects start immeadiately but in 30% of patients it reduces fibro effects 50% or more.
So going to keep a note of how it affects me so that I can judge whether the benfits outweigh the side effects;

Day one Very Dizzy felt like the room was swaying at times! Also had a dry mouth and in general felt as if I had been on a 3 day bender! My feet got very very cold up to my ankles but nothing else felt cold and I had a complete loss of apetite

Day two: So far dizzy but not as bad as yesterday at this point and dry mouth and loss of apetite.

I will blog properly this week lots of new things to tell you all

Edited to add they are definately making me very dizzy! My feet are freezing lol and I have ahd a kind of numbness in my arms and tingling in my fingers rofl sounds like I will fall apart any second pmsl