I have not been feeling very well today. I was a bit down on Friday, then well yesterday, now ill today. It is mostly physical, at least, so I can work on it with painkillers and warmth, and it gets a bit better.
I am at the moment sipping one of my nice teas. Tea always makes me feel better, and this tea is very nice. At the moment I have a tea that is in between green and black. That is, it is only partly fermented, and it tastes very nice.
I have in my kitchen a dedicated tea and coffee corner, so I know where everything is, and can fix myself something warm in no time.
I keep having sleep problems, so I might decrease my anxiety medication further. Despite keeping me a bit calm, it gives me a very interesting and vivid array of non-stop dreams every night, which means my sleep is never deep enough, and I don't rest well, which then in turn makes me feel more depressed, etc. It's so frustrating! I am due at the doctor's soon, so I might wait and talk to him, despite having explicit control over the meds.
In knitting news, the Green Tea has already 2 of the 6-7 balls of yarn knitted into it, and I'm very close to closing for the armpits and continuing with the body (would have done it yesterday, but decided to try it on and realised I need to knit a couple more rows before that).
Hope you feel better soon. Interesting though, I'd always heard that antidepressants actually inhibited REM sleep, not increased it. Somehow due to the medication's affect on the neurotransmitters?
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ReplyDeletethanks for your wishes. I did take some more painkillers yesterday, and then took a nap, and felt so much better for the rest of the day.
With respect to the medication, what is messing with my sleep is the anxiety medication, not the antidepressants themselves. I take beta blockers for the anxiety, and one of the side effects is vivid dreams and nightmares. The dreams are actually rather interesting, but they leave me exhausted all the time.
I love your tea and coffee corner! I'm feeling inspired to create one of my own; a warm drink always helps take the edge off, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you're feeling ill, love your tea/coffee corner. :) I can't for the life of me drink coffee except maybe a single latte with lots of syrup or sugar, which is icky anyway, so I drink lots and lots of tea. :) Makes everything seem a little bit better doesn't it, just magical. I think the tea you're talking about(between green and black) is called oolong. It's half-fermented and I love it too, so mild and still has many layers of flavour. Hope you feel better!
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