#i'm off the amitriptyline now btw; back to pregabalin for me

[sycamore-seedling]

so y'know how may is fibromyalgia awareness month?

my body really said…you gonna be aware this month!

or technically two weeks ago, where i ended up in my local ER for a racing heart….and came out with a diagnosis of inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST), a form of dysautonomia/autonomic nervous system dysfunction most likely caused by my fibro (turns out there are more syndromes under that umbrella than just POTS and you don't have to faint like i always see ppl talking about 😅 thankfully a lot of the treatment and management is the same!).

i was also dehydrated bc my parents (mainly my mom) replaced the tea water in our house that i've been drinking everyday with purified water about 6 months ago, which means i wasn't getting enough electrolytes (in my case, potassium and magnesium) which both help your nerves and heart function.

also i was taking a med for my fibro (amitriplyline) which can affect your heart as a (rare! so don't worry too much if you're taking it as well) side effect.

and then i got a bad case of icu delirium/psychosis or sth. i was only in the hospital for 9 days, but my brain is still recovering from it all. esp bc it was my first time ever staying in one and it was…a lot.

im now on a month leave from work, so im taking a hiatus for a while from tumblr blogging also. my brain needs to rest and i need to re-learn my body once again. 🙃

this is getting long so just gonna wrap up now: happy pride if im not back in time for the start of june! hope everyone's doing well and your pain is low and life is treating you okay. take it a day at a time if its not (like i am) and hopefully i can come back before too long🤞🏾