Trazedone and other stuff
So the trazedone didn't really do much, at first that is. First night I took it, I got a headache about an hour later. No drowsiness at all, still wide awake. The second night, same headache, but a highly mild sedative effect. In this instance, I mean mild to the point that I wasn't even sure it was attributed to the meds, it could just as easily have been a sugar low. On the third day I went to the doctor again to report that neither one was working. He told me to stop both the trazedone and the meloxicam (which was continuing to do nothing more then give me stomach aches). Instead he gave me Rozerum and anti-biotics, hoping that some of this was some weird sinus thing.
Rozerum isn't going to work for me though. Rozerum requires taking on a highly regular schedule. If you start taking it at 9 and going to bed at 10, you continue doing it on that schedule. I can't do that when my work won't give me a static schedule. So I haven't bothered to. I took another chance on the trazedone, and it worked. It has been working pretty well ever since. I have stuck to the original dose, and just take one about an hour or so before I want to sleep. I still get a mild headache, but then I go to sleep, and it's gone the next morning. No other side effects so far.
So, I have been getting a bit better sleep. Work is, well, work is ok. Oddly, we have had an astounding amount of grumpy people coming through lately. My brother figures its linked to now being the hottest part of the summer. I guess people are just grumpy right now. So we end up highly busy, but mostly with people that just want to waste our time. Not to say they all are of course, but a good amount right now.
Other stuff:
- I'm trying to take up wiring. I am trying to learn some of the basics, and anyone who has any really simple tutorials, please send them this way. It would be greatly appreciated.
- Along that same vein, I am considering several electronics providers to order some starting parts from, the primary ones I am choosing between are Jameco, Digikey, and Mouser. Any suggestions here are also appreciated.
- I am also trying to take up microprocessor programming, particularly, I plan on buying an Arduino and an AVR programmer soon.
- I have been doing some programming, but not much
I am trying to shift my work schedule, I am hoping for a 4 day week. Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri 10-6. This is good for a few reasons, it allows me to go in only on days that our carpool was needed anyway, and it gives me a day in between to rest up my ankles and such. Hasn't happened yet, but the person that does scheduling says it may be possible.
So thats it I believe. Later.
Comments
hmmm sleeping problems no good. i myself have been having a bit of trouble sleeping the past couple of days. admitadly though that is mostly due to a lot of things going on in my head. here in valdosta there are 5 main churches that like to get togethor this time of year and paint the town with as much anti as they can. so that makes for a lot of problems for us as missionaries. what with people yelling at us from their cars and trying to force us off the roads while were on our bikes and what not. not to mention that people who we thought were solid investigators are not avoiding us like the plauge.
so next tiem your all stressed, think to yourself "it could be worse, at least i dont have some bozo trying to run my off the road on my bike." not to down play your situatuion at all of course.
Its a shame I can't like, buy you a crossbow or something.
I'm actually a pretty strong proponent of the "I don't really have it that bad" ideal. I mean, my health is actually not bad (my blood pressure for instance, has actually become a healthy level, whereas it wasn't about 2 months ago), I have a great family, great friends (what few there are anyhow). Life just isn't bad. That should be pretty obvious since the biggest thing I have to complain about is my job (where at least I have one) and a lack of sleep (which blows, but really isn't a huge deal).
Actually, part of the reason I wrote about the trazedone, is that when I wanted to find some people's experiences with it before taking it, I couldn't fine much. Its weird stuff dude. It seems effective though, so I may as well keep using it for now.
Hey, I am sending out a letter to you tomorrow hopefully. It is written and in an envelope, just need to get to a post office.