November 19, 2004
No rest for the wicked
I'm so tired of being tired. 11/2 I had a Dr.'s appointment. I went in with the same old same old symptoms. I also gave him a list of 9 blood tests that I wanted to run. (These should be done every 3 months and haven't been.) Within 2 days I get a call telling me I'm severely anemic and the Dr. wants me on iron and folic acid (B9). I was not surprised with all the flooding (bleeding) I have done for the last 3 months. At any rate about a month ago my GYN put me on birth control pills to correct the bleeding. (They still don't know if the estrogen caused the bleeding or not. I have been off it for 2 months and the flooding was as bad as ever.) It looks as if there might be a god after all. I think the bleeding has stopped. (Yea, no more messy accidents to clean up.) But I am putting on weight that I don't need due to the BC pills. I am still so very very tired. The lack of motivation and drive and concentration seem to follow me no matter how much sleep I get, which is alot. My blood pressure is still high and causes even more mental confusion than I already have. I have tried the Providgil for the sleepiness and it put me in a fowl mood so it looks like we are at the end of options. It looks like this is as good as it gets. Living with Addison's and all the side effects is a very hard act to follow. I had to discontinue the Vioxx due to the recall. I am taking Celebrex in it's place and find that it gives me gas and doesn't work as well , but oh well.
I have a dentist appointment today and hope that they don't cancel it due to my blood pressure being too high like they did last time. It takes me 3-4 months to get in so a cancelled on due to HB sucks. I have a tooth that broke off and I want it fixed before it starts to hurt. I don't want to have to start doubling up on Hydrocortisone if I don't have to.
It seems that alot of Addisonians have this same brain fog lack of concentration no motivation thing going on. I just wish I could get a handle on it. I'm tired of feeling like an idiot. Sometimes it will take me many many many tries to get this post done so you can understand me. It sucks. Oh well , I'm off to the shower so I can go to the dentist.......
Posted by Angie Noah on November 19, 2004 09:44 AM