Long But Good Day!

Long day! I worked, went to the dentist, and taught a class this evening. My class was very well behaved. :) Although the day was long, it was good.

Every day this week, I have felt kind of sickly. Like tired, dizzy, nauseated. I think it is medication-related. I was wondering if it might be the gabapentin increase... dreading that... but I am not sure that is it. I take my gaba at breakfast, 3:00 pm, and 9:00 pm. I feel sick in the midmorning to midafternoon. I am wondering if it is one of the other supplements I am on. I should have started them one at a time. I began taking iron, alpha-lipoic acid, acetyl l-carnitine, and milk thistle.

Maybe I will drop the iron and see if that is the problem. That is probably one I care about the least.

I just looked up the side effects for those supplements. I had checked drug/supplement interactions for everything before taking them, but I had not checked side effects. Iron, milk thistle, and acetyl l-carnitine can cause nausea. Dizziness is a common side effect to gabapentin, but I have not had that during the daytime before. A little in the mornings when I first started that medication. I do not want to reduce it again--I love being able to sit! I will ride that one out and hope it gets better.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 1

-Tingles: 0

-Dysesthetic pain: 1 :)

-Paresthesias: 0

-Numbness: 1

-Vision: 2, blurry, glowy on bright things, difficulty focusing, a little pain in my right eye.. nothing new

-Nerve pain: 1

Motor:

-Walking: 1, kind of hard this morning but got better

-Sore muscles: 7 when I woke up (like hard workout), but I stretched it out and have felt more like 2-3 all day

-Fine motor: 0

-Weak muscles: 4 

-Spasticity: 4

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 1

-Memory: 0

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 0

General:

-Fatigue: 3, I had it start to hit this afternoon and expected it to get bad, but then it got better.. without a nap! Maybe the ALA and Alcar are doing their thing.

-Balance: 1

-Sleep: 4

-Bladder: 0

-Proprioception: 1

Emotions: I got a little choked up at the dentist's office today, telling the hygienist about my MS. And when the secretary saw the chart and expressed genuine sympathy. When people are kind to me, it generally brings tears to my eyes... not even related to MS.