Caught My Whimsy: 2007-09-16

Friday, September 21, 2007

Depression by optiknerve-gr @ DeviantART.com

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Days of Depression Do Pass - Just Be Patient

There really is nothing worse than waking up in the morning and realizing that you are going to spend the day being depressed.

So, I love my daughter, she suggested that we go get our hair cut today. So, we did. She got a lovely haircut from the woman who cut her hair, and I, of course, got crap. thankfully my hair is very long and all I did was get my hair trimmed. So, given a couple of months and it will be grown back out.

Then this early evening I got a cut on the inside of my mouth. So, here I am, blood in my mouth feeling just terrible and knowing that I will never be able to eat dinner. My day was just terrible.

So, what can I do to make tomorrow a better day? That's a really good question, and one that I wish I had a ready answer to.

I want to be able to clean my house and cook the evening meal. Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and constant pain have been the constant hounds from hell that have taken over my body.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Cycling on Guaifenesin

One of the most difficult things to learn about while taking Guaifenesin has been cycling. It is a difficult concept to grasp in the beginning, to be sure. On the one hand, you come to Guaifenesin for your Fibromyalgia symptoms because nothing else has worked. On the other hand, you aren't ready for the cure to be worse than the disorder. And, for a short period of time it certanly feels that way.

First, Let's define cycling.

You take a specified dose of guaifenesin (which you arrived at through titration) twice a day. When you "cycle" you are forcing the phosphates out of the muscle tissue that have built up over time. The build-up of phosphates has caused pressure on the muscle tissue themselves as well as pressure on the nerves from water build-up. Also a by-product of the phosphates.