I’ve been feeling a little better today, I’m going to stabilise on this dose of meds for a couple of weeks before I start reducing again, that way I get my holiday in Amsterdam in a stable state. It’s been nice to get back into my normal routine: swimming, reading...
I’m very relieved to be back home, it’s been a tough week, being in a place that I normally love but feeling a sense of deep despair and depression isn’t easy. especially difficult is the disconnect between how I’m feeling and how I should be feeling and that disconnect continued...
Well today is my last full day in Filey and the weather has been fantastic, but I’m still suffering a bit and I’ve decided not to push myself and stay for two nights. I’ve been relying on exercise to manage my mood and I’ve rubbed a blister on my little...
Yesterdays emotional turmoil was a little better today, each time I step down the meds I have a bad couple of days and then I stabilise again as I get used to the lower dosage. I’m currently opening the capsules and tapping out some of the power so that I’m...
Note: This post is a new version of an older post, adding new hints and tips I know my memory is failing me, it’s never been great, but ten years ago after years of medicinal steroid use (to help with my auto-immune condition) its decline really started to accelerate. By...
Although I’m sleeping fairly well I’m exhausted and my brain is a little soggy and depressed as a result of the lowering dose of my meds and the resulting withdrawal symptoms. I’ve written a short blog post about this today, but suffice it to say it’s a bit of a...
I’m now two thirds of the way through my, post retirement, three month long withdrawal from medication and it’s becoming ever more brutal even though I’m taking it easy. For example I’ve dropped from a high of 250mg of Lyrica down to a current low of 75mg and while doing...
It was walking along the excellent Welsh Coastal path (above) with Debbie that I decided on my next challenge, to write a diary for the next 30 days. It was clear to me that I wanted to write it as part of my blog, because diary posts would document the...
Yesterday’s plan was to go to Hull today and this remained my plan when I woke up, it was still the plan while I was eating breakfast at the country park cafe, but my plan changed not long after I programmed the satnav and set off. It changed because the...
When it threatens rain on the east coast there’s only two places to go, North to Scarborough or south to Hull. Today it’s Scarborough’s turn. I woke at around seven after sleeping surprisingly well, considering that I’d reduced my meds a little last night, and headed straight for Filey Country...