11/25/10
Hurray! No disgusting pill aftertaste today! The weather here is fluctuating like crazy which means a lot of migraines for me. Just what I need. Monday night’s migraine had me vomiting for several hours of the wee morning. It really, really sucked. The only bright side: all the migraines since then have seemed almost pleasant [...]
Tags: fibromyalgia, migraines, sleep, sleeping pills
11/24/10
I know I said I couldn’t post for awhile, but I happen to be filling time at the moment. So I thought I’d take the chance to tell you that my mouth tastes like I licked a dirty car-tire. The reason for this disgustingness is a mild side effect from a pill I took last [...]
Tags: sleep, sleeping medication
09/12/10
It is about 4:30 in the morning. I am awake because I am feeling unbelievably awful – I’m talking hardcore ill. I feel sick to my stomach and the backs of my hips and legs are tense and restless. Needless to say, I can’t sleep at the moment. I try to keep track of what [...]
Tags: fibromyalgia, insomnia, nausea, restless leg syndrome, sleep
08/24/10
(Do me a favour, when you read the title of this post, read it with Soup Nazi emphasis! Don’t sweat if you have no idea what I am talking about, it’s really not important. Ok, to the important stuff!) For some unknown reason I have not been sleeping well for the past few nights. One [...]
Tags: fibromyalgia, omega 3, restless leg syndrome, sleep
08/21/10
The party was fun, so I didn’t leave as early as I meant to…but I still got home before midnight. So I probably would have been fine, except that I got inspired to start writing a song…and stayed up until 1:00am. Again, I could have probably got a decent night sleep at that point. However, [...]
Tags: allergies, canary melon, coconut, fibromyalgia, food, muscle spasms, salmon, sleep
08/18/10
I just got back from another stint in Muskoka. It was a perfect weekend, which involved a lot of late night star gazing (there was even a meteor shower!). I expected that I would take a few days to recover from my awesome weekend. However, instead of a drawn out period of really feeling my [...]
Tags: fibromyalgia, meditation, recovery, sleep, yoga
07/02/10
For some unknown reason, the past three days I was freakishly exhausted and freezing cold (picture everyone else walking around in shorts, while I am in long pants with a long sleeve shirt and a sweater, sitting under a thick blanket with a heating pad on my back, drinking tea – still complaining about the [...]
Tags: Canada Day, fibromyalgia, plans, sleep
05/25/10
Five hours in a car + fibromyalgia = ouch (especially because I kept falling asleep in the most uncomfortable positions ever. I mean really, how could I possibly have fallen asleep with half my face pressed against the window and my hip smushed against a seat belt buckle?! Oh but I did.) Anyway, happy to [...]
Tags: fibromyalgia, Geo-Incline Mattress Topper, sleep
05/13/10
I’ve had this string of really pathetic days – translation: I still have no energy, and due to a tiny lull in my busy schedule, have spent the last few days on the couch watching tv and movies. I know that this type of resting is necessary for me, but I really wish I actually [...]
Tags: energy, fibromyalgia, sleep
04/13/10
So as you may have sensed, this past week and a half has been hellish and difficult. I’ve had problems with health, housing, school etc. and of course had to deal personally with all of it. This means that I’ve been constantly operating with a high level of stress, not sleeping enough and generally being [...]
Tags: exam, flare, sleep, stress, study