Archive for December, 2005

Every winter I end up with bronchitis or some insufferable chest gooey nasty phlegm related sickness. This year when I started dripping, as I do, I started taking Claritin D. Helped with the dripping and my chest felt better to boot.

Interesting side effect was decreased injection site reactions, fevers, general malaise … in other words my usual Rebif “flu-like symptoms”.

Word on the electronic street is that the antihistamines combat the slight allergic reaction some people have to the immuno-whatever that is Rebif and the like.

So, if you’re like me, check with your doc and try it out. All of a sudden I had energy. Cognitive clarity didn’t improve noticably but I was able to do things.

The down side is its drying my mouth and eyes so I’m trying to work out a schedule that helps the icks and keeps everything moist that’s supposed to be moist.

Ever since its been getting cold I am so blasted tired and achey I may as well be Methuselah. Not Young Methuselah, no more like Old Cranky Cantankerous Crotchety Methuselah.

A couple months ago I stopped taking my uppers figuring they were interfering with my sleep. Well they are mucking night sleep up, but things have degraded to the point where if I don’t take them I’ll have a whole lot of unfulfilling day sleep.

So I’ll take my 5mg of Ritalin or Provigil or whatever is needed. All the while I’ll be praying for a nice night of sleep. If the gods smile upon me maybe I’ll even dream. It’s been eons since I’ve had a dream.