*gives the fairy of expositions hugs and cookies*

I think I was in a thread with you before about how some fabrics and textures feels like its splintering off into our skin. X____x


I have CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome). It's supposedly like having the flu for eternity, no energy making me the defintion of lazy. (I've never had the flu, so I can't say if that's really what its like...) I get every sickness that goes around, I can't be near loud noises, strong smells or too much light or I get instant headache and pain. X___x I have about one splitting headache a day, which wouldn't be half as bad if it weren't for my allergies to most painkillers.  My roommate says I'm like a vampire, but didn't get all the vampire powers stuff. (except I'm rather strong she says...) I just want a doctor's note that says I'm clinically lazy D:


I also have some heart problems, but honestly have no idea what they are. And honestly, I dont' care anymore. They've tested so many things, given medicine. They were leaning towards it filling with fluid last.


I also got to have horrible depression problems, and sleep. For which, I almost ALWAYS get in fights with doctors with. I don't want to take sleep medicine as chances medicine will do something horrible to me are VERY high, and I'd be asleep and would have no idea. I've also completely lost people in the family I live with, and my one real family member because of medicine for depression (and other mental disorders.) They're COMPLETELY different people now and haven't been since they took them. I'm stubborn to begin with, and that killed all chances of it for me.

ExpositionFairy wrote:

BODY BEING TEH SUCK

...damn, that's horrible. Is it possible that your meds are making the sleep problem worse, though? I couldn't hazard a real guess without knowing exactly what it was you were taking, but I wouldn't think it terribly unusual for antiepileptics to cause that kind of problem (although I hear the opposite effect more than wakefulness). If you're taking something like metformin for your PCOS it's possible that could affect your energy levels too, although like I said, without knowing what you were taking I couldn't say. And I certainly wouldn't recommend stopping or adjusting them without speaking to your GP and/or specialists anyway, although in my experience if you have several doctors working with you that can be half the problem. They don't necessarily consult with each other well, and sometimes the prescribed meds conflict a bit and no-one ever does anything about altering it.

And if you're wondering where I am coming from on all this, I'm a practising pharmacist. Have been for a couple of years now, God forbid.

I myself have something my doctor strongly suspects to be Ménière's disease, although I don't generally have a problem with hearing loss (and when my hearing goes wacky, it's usually because I've had my iPod on too long...). I take meds off and on for it, and try to avoid situations that stress me out because they worsen the whole thing infinitely. However, given my occupation and temper, it never works for long. I probably have a mild form of PCOS too, actually, but I don't get the symptoms badly enough to want to do anything about it. Which I may regret later. Dammit.