It’s been almost a week since I reduced my dose of Tegretol from twice a day to once a day, and my body is still acclimatising.
The first day was excruciating. I couldn’t think, had no balance, everything hurt (including my face). My skin was overly sensitive and every sensation was unpleasant or painful. My team took one look at me and said go home. I sat down and did some work, but then gratefully took them up on their suggestion and went home to curl up on the couch and watch my latest high value distraction: Mind Hunter.
The second day was a bit better. I no longer felt like every part of my body was on fire with fever aches. I didn’t have much balance, and in fact I sat back from interacting directly with the horses during our practical session due to this, but I was more alive than day one.
I’m now almost a week in. I’m pretty sure I’m coming down with a minor cold or something of that ilk, as I’ve got the heavy duty fever aches, extreme lethargy, and overall fogginess. While this is a symptom of my fibromyalgia, it’s usually reserved for ‘coming down with something’ rather than ‘you’ve done too much’.
I will not be getting acupuncture this week, as my acupuncturist has had a family emergency. I’ll see if I can get two acupuncture treatments in next week or the week after, whenever he’s back, to hit the trigeminal neuralgia hard. It’s been acting up a bit on one tegretol, and I’d like to settle it back down.
As you may be able to see, my thoughts are still sluggish and somewhat disjointed. I’m going to blame that on the plague rather than the tegretol, and have a nap.
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