What an evening!
It was a relatively full-on day yesterday, in all fairness. My daughter was ill with a virus, and my son had some challenging behavioural issues (he is normally a well behaved young man - probably just an off day for him I guess. We all have those from time to time). I have continued to experience the same symptoms as I described in the previous entry, but at around 3:00 pm they started to amplify.
I have been setting my alarm for 6:30 am each morning, which gives me around 15-30min to wake up before getting out of bed. I usually spend this time productively checking Facebook etc hehe okay... maybe "productively" is a bad description haha. But honestly, how am I meant to start my day without checking the crazy new stuff Trump has done and getting my daily dose of memes? Life is tough
I usually take my Duromine 40 mg at around 7:00-7:10 am after having breakfast (a small bowl of cereal, quick oats or one slice of toast). I tend to not feel the Duromine kick in until around 10:00 am, so a coffee is a necessity in order to transform into a fully formed human for the day.
When the Duromine kicks in, I can feel my body start to heat up - kind of like that feeling of Morphine making it's way into your system. My limbs tingle, and I get an adrenaline surge. I take a deep breath, do a big stretch, and I am good to go for the day.
Fast-forward to 3:00 pm: This is about the time I start feeling the fatigue work it's way back. I have previously felt the 3:00 pm noddys kick in before taking Duromine, but this fatigue is like getting hit by a Bus. My muscles become weak and I feel like I could fall asleep at any moment. My face begins flushing and heats up. My body is already warm from the Duromine, but I get cold sweats and chills. The strangest thing is that I have no fever. If anything, my temperature is quite low. My feet and hands become ridiculously cold - multiple pairs of socks won't even heat them up! Let me point out - I live in Brisbane, QLD.... it's February.... it's not exactly tracksuit weather here at the moment.
It was a pretty terrible night sleep last night. Despite my fatigue, I couldn't get comfortable (hips and knees were aching) and it took quite a while to fall asleep. I woke a few times through the night (once for the bathroom) and at 6:00 am this morning I couldn't go back to sleep. That wasn't such a big problem as I had my alarm set for 6:30 am anyway.
This morning I took my Duromine at around 6:30 am instead of 7:00 am. I was feeling pretty good considering the poor night sleep. Energy levels were up, as was my mood. I took Panadeine Extra at around 8:30 am to help with the headache and joint pain, so by about 9:00 am I was back to normal.
it's currently 1:00 pm here now. My energy levels have waned, and the hot/cold sweats have begun early. Again, not sure if I have just caught the virus my daughter had, if it's a side-effect of Duromine that I didn't experience last time due to it being a lower dose, or whether there is something else going on related to the issues I went to the doctor for last week. I see my GP this afternoon at around 4:00 pm in any case. I should get my pathology results back, and I can ask him about the swelling in the lower right side of my neck. I will update later with the results
It was a relatively full-on day yesterday, in all fairness. My daughter was ill with a virus, and my son had some challenging behavioural issues (he is normally a well behaved young man - probably just an off day for him I guess. We all have those from time to time). I have continued to experience the same symptoms as I described in the previous entry, but at around 3:00 pm they started to amplify.
I have been setting my alarm for 6:30 am each morning, which gives me around 15-30min to wake up before getting out of bed. I usually spend this time productively checking Facebook etc hehe okay... maybe "productively" is a bad description haha. But honestly, how am I meant to start my day without checking the crazy new stuff Trump has done and getting my daily dose of memes? Life is tough
I usually take my Duromine 40 mg at around 7:00-7:10 am after having breakfast (a small bowl of cereal, quick oats or one slice of toast). I tend to not feel the Duromine kick in until around 10:00 am, so a coffee is a necessity in order to transform into a fully formed human for the day.
Fast-forward to 3:00 pm: This is about the time I start feeling the fatigue work it's way back. I have previously felt the 3:00 pm noddys kick in before taking Duromine, but this fatigue is like getting hit by a Bus. My muscles become weak and I feel like I could fall asleep at any moment. My face begins flushing and heats up. My body is already warm from the Duromine, but I get cold sweats and chills. The strangest thing is that I have no fever. If anything, my temperature is quite low. My feet and hands become ridiculously cold - multiple pairs of socks won't even heat them up! Let me point out - I live in Brisbane, QLD.... it's February.... it's not exactly tracksuit weather here at the moment
. It was a pretty terrible night sleep last night. Despite my fatigue, I couldn't get comfortable (hips and knees were aching) and it took quite a while to fall asleep. I woke a few times through the night (once for the bathroom) and at 6:00 am this morning I couldn't go back to sleep. That wasn't such a big problem as I had my alarm set for 6:30 am anyway.
This morning I took my Duromine at around 6:30 am instead of 7:00 am. I was feeling pretty good considering the poor night sleep. Energy levels were up, as was my mood. I took Panadeine Extra at around 8:30 am to help with the headache and joint pain, so by about 9:00 am I was back to normal.
it's currently 1:00 pm here now. My energy levels have waned, and the hot/cold sweats have begun early. Again, not sure if I have just caught the virus my daughter had, if it's a side-effect of Duromine that I didn't experience last time due to it being a lower dose, or whether there is something else going on related to the issues I went to the doctor for last week. I see my GP this afternoon at around 4:00 pm in any case. I should get my pathology results back, and I can ask him about the swelling in the lower right side of my neck. I will update later with the results
