After an epic meltdown last night, I'm trying to push on today.
It's going to be a relatively easy day though because it's way too hot for me to be outside.
I took the dogs for a walk at 9:30 this morning and it was already 85 degrees out.
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I started a new medication today: Midodrine. (I've mentioned it before)
It's...interesting. One of the side effects is that it makes your scalp tingle- and boy does it ever.
I feel like someone rubbed novocain all over my head.
It's not awful, but it's very weird and unnatural; plus it gives me chills.
I'm curious to see if it will go away once the new med builds up in my system.
It's going to be a relatively easy day though because it's way too hot for me to be outside.
I took the dogs for a walk at 9:30 this morning and it was already 85 degrees out.
******
I started a new medication today: Midodrine. (I've mentioned it before)
It's...interesting. One of the side effects is that it makes your scalp tingle- and boy does it ever.
I feel like someone rubbed novocain all over my head.
It's not awful, but it's very weird and unnatural; plus it gives me chills.
I'm curious to see if it will go away once the new med builds up in my system.
Amount of sleep: maybe four or five disjointed hours? Not much or enough
Diet:
- Breakfast: bowl of strawberries with brown sugar, 3 cups water
- Lunch: mac and cheese, 1.5 cups dr. pepper
- Dinner: roasted chicken, green beans, onions, mushrooms, pasta and applesauce, 2 cups water
- Snack 1: rice krispies treat, 4 cups water
- Snack 2: 3 cups gatorade
Exercise/activities:
- two walks early. (one with each dog)
P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: extreme heat intolerance, dizziness, nausea, heartburn, pounding headache, arrhythmia, cold extremities (how?)
Misc:
- started taking midodrine
A friend of mine gave me this quote today...pretty appropriate considering how I'm feeling:
The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmities, but a broken spirit who can bear?
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