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I've been feeling quite odd for the past few weeks. I don't know if I'm depressed, depressed about the whole GERD thing, or if there's something else going on. I just don't seem to have any oomph, and no appetite. Every evening Mike wanders in and asks what we're gonna do for supper, and I say "Damned if I know." Mostly because I just don't have any appetite at all, and the thought of eating makes me faintly nauseous.
The flip side of that, though, is my stomach starts to burn if I don't eat something. So I usually get up, eat a handful of antacids, sit on the computer for a couple of hours, go eat a cup of yogurt and a banana, take my morning pills, watch stuff I recorded the night before, take a nap about 2 or 3, get up at 4 or 5, throw something together for supper or else let Mike do it, eat that, watch TV until 10, then get back on the computer until about 1, go to bed and read until 2, then try to go to sleep.
That's another thing -- I'm having trouble sleeping again. That explains the daily nap even though I haven't really done anything. I check my garden, but this is sort of the intercrop time, the beans and peas I planted at first are all done, the early and late corn are all done, and the peas, tomatoes, peppers and corn aren't ready to do anything with yet. I just go out and water and spray, pick tomatoes and peppers as they come in, and freeze them. I process diced tomatoes when I have a couple of gallons.
I enjoy the cats, and Beau's antics coupled with Jack's kitten craziness make me laugh a lot, but something's just... off. Not sure what it is, but I don't really feel like ME. Rather a pale shadow of me.
I'm taking 75 mg Effexor right now, and I'm thinking I've built up a resistance to it, and maybe need to take 150 mg instead. I'll try that. I don't really feel depressed, but I for sure don't feel normal.
Oh, and my appt with the specialist for my GERD had to be changed to September 21, as he was going to be out of the office when my original appt was scheduled (this past Monday). So another month of wondering what in the hell is going on.
So that's the State of the Lorri right now. Just... off.
The flip side of that, though, is my stomach starts to burn if I don't eat something. So I usually get up, eat a handful of antacids, sit on the computer for a couple of hours, go eat a cup of yogurt and a banana, take my morning pills, watch stuff I recorded the night before, take a nap about 2 or 3, get up at 4 or 5, throw something together for supper or else let Mike do it, eat that, watch TV until 10, then get back on the computer until about 1, go to bed and read until 2, then try to go to sleep.
That's another thing -- I'm having trouble sleeping again. That explains the daily nap even though I haven't really done anything. I check my garden, but this is sort of the intercrop time, the beans and peas I planted at first are all done, the early and late corn are all done, and the peas, tomatoes, peppers and corn aren't ready to do anything with yet. I just go out and water and spray, pick tomatoes and peppers as they come in, and freeze them. I process diced tomatoes when I have a couple of gallons.
I enjoy the cats, and Beau's antics coupled with Jack's kitten craziness make me laugh a lot, but something's just... off. Not sure what it is, but I don't really feel like ME. Rather a pale shadow of me.
I'm taking 75 mg Effexor right now, and I'm thinking I've built up a resistance to it, and maybe need to take 150 mg instead. I'll try that. I don't really feel depressed, but I for sure don't feel normal.
Oh, and my appt with the specialist for my GERD had to be changed to September 21, as he was going to be out of the office when my original appt was scheduled (this past Monday). So another month of wondering what in the hell is going on.
So that's the State of the Lorri right now. Just... off.
