It’s another beautiful day and I hope I get to enjoy the full extent of it. I didn’t fall asleep until 4am and woke up at 6:15am. Over the past 3 nights I have slept a total of 8 hours. I have a feeling I am going to end up with a crash day.

I think it is the new medication that I am taking. I’m glad to be back to being a morning person but I am still keeping night owl hours.

To summarize my situation this past winter I changed medications, stopping serzone which was making me more fatigued and going onto cymbalta which has shown to help with the pain from my fibromyalgia. I also needed an antidepressant and so the cymbalta fit the bill. I experienced some positive results with the cymbalta like having a clearer head but I had problems with sleep, switching from being a morning person to a night owl, and rather than help with the pain my pain level increased. Also, while I wasn’t really depressed I wasn’t interested in doing much except staying home.

So, a couple of weeks ago my doctor added zyprexa to the mix of medications I take (I also take neurontin for sleep and pain) and that has helped tremendously. I feel pretty great mentally and I’m back to being a morning person. My pain level is still pretty bad but it is easier to deal with where I feel mentally better. I just need to get off of night owl hours and maybe with some better sleep my pain level will come down.

I’m a little worried that I am getting manic because I feel so good.  I want to rejoin life again.  Today I am off to my dad’s place and then tonight I am watching a movie with a friend of mine.  Wish me luck that I don’t end up crashing today.

Ellen