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[tylik]

Yesterday I felt increasingly like crap... left the lab early to go home and read, spent a while wondering if I had a migraine, and then it occurred to me that my neck was flaring up. It's looking like I might be responding to pressure shifts associated with the thunderstorm patterns here. Not a happy thought, but I took a bunch of gabapentin, and felt better. And stoned. (I have been down to taking a small dose, and only at night, so I don't have much tolerance.)

And felt massively better in the morning. Did a second open hand day in a row, which was good because yesterday's really didn't touch on the more intense forms, but which happened because it was raining and I didn't want my swords to get wet. Wasn't sure what practicing in the rain would be like, but it was really nice. Quite warm. I was disappointed when it stopped raining. Finished up with that almost eerie "I feel great!" bit going on.

Felt much better today, but still decided to take more gabapentin this afternoon -- I really want to get things calmed down, and I did not get on top of this fast enough. And then I had a beer with my labmates. Um. So, altered me.

Sometimes my dependence on the pharmaceutical industry really irks me. OTOH, so much better than becoming randomly non functional. (I should remind myself just how much fun it was to end up flat on my back for a day and a half after a two hour exam.)