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Good evening, internet. Thought I'd drop in for a bit.
My drug resume has increased to 3, now. Alongside my anti-anxiety (citalopram) and migraine-prevention (nadolol), I am now taking sleep-assistance (trazodone). I'm not sure if it's done anything for me, yet. My doctor prescribed 50mg but said if I needed I could jump to 100mg (I did). He said it'd make me feel tired in ~30 mins and I'd fall sleep easier.
Well, I'm not feeling the tired bit, and it feels as though I take just as long to fall asleep as usual, and I'm definitely not improved upon waking. So is this drug incompatible with me, or do I need a higher dose? Do I want to? Or, perhaps I should be asking: do I need to? I know my sleep issues - horrible time getting to sleep, never feel rested in the morning - have been exacerbated by one of my two (or both!) current medication. It conflicts with my academics constantly; I've skipped class many times just to get an extra hour's worth of sleep.
I suppose the most I can do is keep taking it for the remainder of the week, and report back to my mother when I visit home for the weekend. Hopefully she'll be supportive.
As for everything else, it's been quite static really. We had an impromptu break with the Snowpocalypse two weeks ago; we literally went to school one day that week. It was pretty awesome as I spent all the rest of the time playing Brawl and Mario Kart Wii on my dorm's Wii with my gamer friends (a surprising amount in the art dorm, I think). It was gorgeous outside, too - though less the ice and more the snow.
Unfortunately such a break means getting severely off schedule in every class. Though we weren't faulted for it, many classes are left combining lectures and piling homework on (see: stats, psych) while others are cutting content (see: English). The administration has told us they will be scheduling make-up days, but spring break would be left untouched. So when? They haven't informed us yet.
So with all these interruptions to class, it's been maybe 4, 5 weeks we've actually gone to class, and things still feel new. I haven't even had an exam in stats yet! But I've got a much better grasp on my classes this semester than I did last. The difference is remarkable. My goal of receiving a 3.0 GPA this semester is within my grasp, at least as of this writing. We'll see how I do on my art midterm, first stats exam, and upcoming English paper.
That's really the state of my life right now, excluding fandom (because all I'd be doing on that front is rambling about Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch and new!Trek and videogames).
It's not a bad state of affairs, but as usual I feel uncomfortable when I consider it. So much is in the balance; very little has actually been accomplished. I've got a long way to go.
VerusMaya II
My drug resume has increased to 3, now. Alongside my anti-anxiety (citalopram) and migraine-prevention (nadolol), I am now taking sleep-assistance (trazodone). I'm not sure if it's done anything for me, yet. My doctor prescribed 50mg but said if I needed I could jump to 100mg (I did). He said it'd make me feel tired in ~30 mins and I'd fall sleep easier.
Well, I'm not feeling the tired bit, and it feels as though I take just as long to fall asleep as usual, and I'm definitely not improved upon waking. So is this drug incompatible with me, or do I need a higher dose? Do I want to? Or, perhaps I should be asking: do I need to? I know my sleep issues - horrible time getting to sleep, never feel rested in the morning - have been exacerbated by one of my two (or both!) current medication. It conflicts with my academics constantly; I've skipped class many times just to get an extra hour's worth of sleep.
I suppose the most I can do is keep taking it for the remainder of the week, and report back to my mother when I visit home for the weekend. Hopefully she'll be supportive.
As for everything else, it's been quite static really. We had an impromptu break with the Snowpocalypse two weeks ago; we literally went to school one day that week. It was pretty awesome as I spent all the rest of the time playing Brawl and Mario Kart Wii on my dorm's Wii with my gamer friends (a surprising amount in the art dorm, I think). It was gorgeous outside, too - though less the ice and more the snow.
Unfortunately such a break means getting severely off schedule in every class. Though we weren't faulted for it, many classes are left combining lectures and piling homework on (see: stats, psych) while others are cutting content (see: English). The administration has told us they will be scheduling make-up days, but spring break would be left untouched. So when? They haven't informed us yet.
So with all these interruptions to class, it's been maybe 4, 5 weeks we've actually gone to class, and things still feel new. I haven't even had an exam in stats yet! But I've got a much better grasp on my classes this semester than I did last. The difference is remarkable. My goal of receiving a 3.0 GPA this semester is within my grasp, at least as of this writing. We'll see how I do on my art midterm, first stats exam, and upcoming English paper.
That's really the state of my life right now, excluding fandom (because all I'd be doing on that front is rambling about Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch and new!Trek and videogames).
It's not a bad state of affairs, but as usual I feel uncomfortable when I consider it. So much is in the balance; very little has actually been accomplished. I've got a long way to go.
VerusMaya II