It's almost 1 AM

I should be sleeping. This is one side effect so to speak that I can't get used to. I don't know what it's a side effect of, but it has only been happening in the last year. As tired as I am, when something wakes me up, I can't fall back to sleep. Sometimes it is hours before I can get back to sleep. So far tonight I've been up since 11:45, after going to sleep at 10:00. I had an exhausting day and fell asleep very quickly. I'm still exhausted so I don't know why I haven't been able to go back to sleep. Sometimes I just need to get out of bed for a little while and then try again. Then I end up falling asleep right before my alarm goes off. And then I'm a wreck at work.

Speaking of being a wreck, this week is going to be rather stressful. After all of the recent rain, we've had a lot of flooding in our basement. And mold. Who knows how long the mold has been there, or if it's been contributing to any of my health problems. So I'm anxious to have the basement fixed and the mold removed. But that comes at a price (my sanity). We have to have everything moved away from 2 whole walls of the basement (that's half of the entire basement). Everything has to be moved 8 feet out from the wall. All furniture, carpets, everything! When your basement is partially used for storage and the other part for living in, it's no easy task to find space to move everything TO. I spent the day today going through toys, trying to get rid of stuff, moving things around, and I feel like I got nowhere. Sure, there are several boxes and bags of stuff in the garage to be donated, and some trash, but there is still so much to do and I'm really stresses about it.

On top of that, Jackson's birthday party is on Saturday. So i have errands to run to prepare for that. Then family will be coming over after the party. Thankfully, I know they understand the situation and will forgive me for not having a spotless house. In fact, a few of them are even staying to help move furniture on Sunday in preparation for the french drain installation on Monday.

And of course, I have a job to go to all week.

Side note, I had no idea how many DVDs we had accumulated throughout the years. I filled 2 boxes while emptying the entertainment center, and that doesn't even include the kids' movies which are stored somewhere else!

Medication side effects

There is never a dull moment for me. Between migraines and fevers and aches and pains, I also have to deal with the side effects of the medication that I take to try to help all of it. I'm now on another antibiotic to treat a Lyme co-infection called mycoplasm pneumoniae. With all of the fevers, the doctor is convinced that there is another infection going on. Since my tests show positive for a past infection, the doctor is treating it. I'm taking an antibiotic called Biaxin. I've never been on this one before. The first thing I noticed was an awful taste in my mouth. And it just won't go away. After a few days on the medicine, I started to have stomach pain. The kind of pain that wakes you up in the middle of the night. Funny that one of the listed side effects is diarrhea, but since I never get the usual stuff, I'm having the opposite problem.

For the adrenal fatigue, my primary doctor has me on pregnenolone. It's not exactly a steroid, but technically it's the precursor to steroids. No surprise that I'm having the typical steroid side effects. If I take it without a full meal, I get really nauseous within a half hour. And I'm starving all the time. So of course I'm gaining weight. And my favorite... I have to pee constantly. I can't stay out of the bathroom.

So today I'm home. I woke up with awful stomach pains and a migraine. Hopefully things will get better soon.