Unfortunately, I have been a little bit too fuzzy headed to post lately; I'm on a new medication called gabapentin and it seems to be interfering with my ability to think.  I'm hoping this is going to work for my pain, because it certainly doesn't seem to be working for my brain. I start on a higher dosage today and I don't know what that's going to do, so I may or may not be able to post for while. I feel like I have ADD, I can't really concentrate on anything; even when there's music playing it makes it difficult to think. My thoughts are so scattered right now I am having a difficult time even writing this post. I'm hoping this is going to get better, because it does seem to be having some effect on my pain. I'm not having the mood swings that I was having with Lyrica, which is a good thing. That's the main reason I had to stop taking the Lyrica, it was working really well on the pain. However, yelling at your husband 24/7 is not really the way to go through life. Anyway, I'm going to try and keep up on blogging, and keep up with my posts, but I don't know if that's going to be possible. I'll do what I can, but it may be several weeks before my brain calms down enough for me to think again. Wish me luck.

I didn't realize how long it had been since I posted. It's been a bit crazy around here, but I will try to behave and write more.  This post is mostly me complaining, so feel free to skip it if you'd like. My health had been an issue the past few weeks. I've been off all meds for my Fibromyalgia, and things were seriously going downhill, with pain levels sitting at 7-8 pretty much constantly. I honestly thought I could make it without anything. I was hoping I could make it without anything. So far all the meds I've tried (Lyrica, Savella, Cymbalta) have had side effects that seriously interfered with my life. Of the three, Lyrica was the only one that did anything for the pain; but it turned me into a brainless idiot with major mood swings. I swear, it took my standard fibro-fog spaciness and turned it up to 11. Not good. I finally caved and called my Rheumatologist, and we are now trying gabapentin. It's similar to Lyrica, so I have hopes for the pain relief. It's different enough that I also have hopes that it won't turn me into a complete and total space case. We'll see. Brian is under orders to watch me and make sure the mood swings don't get too bad. I'm tired of pain. I'm tired of Fibro. I hope someday they find something that works to just turn off the pain, y'know? Most of the time, my pain is at a 4 or a 5... which isn't bad, until you realize it never stops. Even when I'm sleeping, I hurt. I dream about the pain. I wake up in pain. I hate it. Gah. I'm just whining. Sorry. I promise the next post will be more cheerful. *grin*

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