We've been going through a bit of an illness here lately. Not exactly sure what it is, but at least two of the kids are showing signs of pink eye, and one of those two is my youngest, Kay. She's three and isn't very happy when she can't breathe through her nose. She was hard to get to sleep last night.
But this is more about yesterday, and either a bad combination of medicines, or I'm coming down with something weird.
Knowing I was going to be out weeding a lot yesterday, I decided to take a sudafed (a 24 hour one, which I've never taken before--usually just the 8-12 hour ones), a healthy joint supplement, and feverfew. All was fine for the first couple of hours. The kids and I got a lot done over the course of four 15 minute bouts of weeding.
Then I started feeling very...off. Almost like I took a Benadryl instead of sudafed. Only trippier. My limbs were very heavy and my head felt like it was full of cotton shrouded bees, politely buzzing behind my eyes. Making lunch for the kids was difficult. I had no appetite, so I got them situated and went to lie down.
My brain was very sleepy, but it was hard to actually nod off. I just laid there, dozing. Then The Weirdness started. My eyes were shut, but I had visual disturbances, as though I was rapidly blinking into a bright light. My heart started beating fast and it was hard to swallow. I recognized the heart/swallow thing as signs I was about to have a panic attack, but my brain was so fuzzy it didn't feel like following through with the threat, if that makes any sense. This happened two or three more times before I decided lying down wasn't a good idea.
Felt all druggy/boozy for most of the rest of the day. I wouldn't have driven, even if I had the car. Towards the end of the evening, my stomach started bothering me. When I stay up very late (uh, anything past 11, as I'm an old woman now), my stomach starts bothering me. This was the same feeling, but it was only 8:00. My body seemed confused--like I'd been up for far too long.
Because Kayla couldn't sleep well, neither could I. When I laid down (an hour early, btw), I still couldn't nod off--my Mom Alert was on full drive as I kept waiting to hear her start crying in her sleep.
I'm currently drinking my coffee for the day. Depending on how awake that makes me, I may also partake of one of the five hour energies we have stocked in the fridge for DH's study needs.
I have more to write, but this seems a good place to stop for this entry. Avoiding all drugs today to see if it was an illness coming on, or just a bad combo of meds.
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