State of the Bear

[mdlbear]

I was too busy to update yesterday last night, which I suppose is good, all things considered. An hour of dozy snuggle this morning after my alarm went off suggests that I'm likely not to have quite as much time as I'd like today, either. But it was worth it.

I may need seven hours of sleep after all. Do not like.

I also do not like the way my weight has been creeping up over the last week. Grump.

The allergy tests were entirely negative. So what I have is "vasomotor rhinitis", which is another way of saying that they don't know either. But it's mostly caused by irritation, including dust, pollen, and smoke. The tip-off is that antihistamines don't have much of an effect. I got a prescription for ipratropium nasal spray; it's supposed to be very effective on runny nose/postnasal drip. On the other hand, so far the "dry mucus membrane" SSRI side-effect seems to be taking care of it.

Still not all that good at socializing, but at least I spent most of Wednesday evening out in the living room taking occasional part in the conversation, and had a couple of nice one-on-one catch-up chats with Toby and Stacy, neither of whom I've seen for quite a long time.

The books (and preamp) that I ordered last week were waiting for me when I got back to work yesterday. I have some reading to do.

Comments

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

If I remember right, some of the depression medicines can cause (or at least abet) weight gain; you may have to adjust exercise or food intake to adjust. You can talk to your doc as to whether this is one of them, and for suggestions as to what to do if this is a side effect for you.

[mdlbear]

:( I've been having enough trouble without that side-effect.

(although weight gain isn't listed as a known side-effect, so there's hope that it's just me being careless with my diet, plus a week or so of bad weather and busy schedule cutting into my walking)