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Woohoo, I could hear it! After all that loud partying in college, then all the years of ignoring, "Wah, she's touching me!" and "Are we there yet?" I thought for sure my hearing was wrecked.

I wonder how that could be? Oh well, I'm just glad there's still some part of me that's behaving as if it were 25!

Labels: health

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  I wasn't sure I was going to be...but here I am. BTW-Christmas was pretty good, how was it for you? I still haven't mailed my out of town presents, I suck.

Anyhoo, the reason I wasn't sure I was going to be alive, was that for the first part of this week I was pretty sure I was dying. I wasn't sick, I just stopped caffeine cold turkey. I went from drinking 6-8+ cans of Diet Coke a day, to none. Caffeine is a big trigger for both migraines and fibromyalgia, and I decided it was time to get rid of it.

Caffeine withdrawal is awful! I had my last can on Friday, because I knew Davin would be home this week so I could have any withdrawal symptoms in peace. Man, it was bad. I pretty much slept and hurt(!) the first couple of days. Then I got hit with a migraine that wouldn't go away. I finally looked up the symptoms of caffeine withdrawal and found out that what I was going through was pretty routine:
Irritability
Restlessness
Muscle stiffness
Difficulty concentrating
Headaches, moderate to severe
Chills and/or hot spells

I also found some interesting information about caffeine withdrawal. There have been some pretty interesting studies lately, one of which led to the recommendation that caffeine withdrawal be classified in the next DSM as a psychiatric disorder!

Caffeine Withdrawal Is Real

Researchers are saying that caffeine withdrawal should now be classified as a psychiatric disorder.

A new study that analyzes some 170 years' worth of research concludes that caffeine withdrawal is very real - producing enough physical symptoms and a disruption in daily life to classify it as a psychiatric disorder. Researchers are suggesting that caffeine withdrawal should be included in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), considered the bible of mental disorders.

I believe it!

I feel pretty much back to normal today, almost a week later. I've been drinking a ton of water (which I used to do, before I started drinking DC all day!) and I think I'm on my way.

Speaking of being on my way, I'd better get on my way towards the bathroom!

Labels: cold turkey, fibromyalgia, health, holiday, migraine

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  OK, I'm getting really serious about losing weight again. I was doing great for a while, then fell off the wagon, HARD.

My endocrinologist wants me to stay at 1000 calories a day, and that's what I'm trying to do.

My friend Heather is on the same wagon, well, sort of. She's got her own goals, just like I do, but we have a lot in common. So, we started a weight loss blog, just for our own accountability. It's called Friends on Track, and you can go peek at it if you like. We'll pretty it up as we go.

Happy Sunday!

Labels: health, life

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