Just me and Enterprise

Just when I thought I was getting used to these tablets I get kicked in the teeth; last night I was frozen. Physically shivering, teeth chattering. I was wrapped in a double duvet, and a single duvet, as well as wearing two sets of pjs, a hoody and 3 sets of socks. And my teeth were still chattering. I was still shaking. I was still cold. I would expect my body to react that way should I be stranded in the middle of the antartic in my underwear, not at home in a duvet nest. Part of me expected to see my breath clouding infront of my face when I breathed out. I must have been there a few hours before sleep took over, but those few hours felt like a life time.

At 3am I woke up sweating, looks like my temperature gauge finally kicked in. So I stripped down to my first lot of pjs and threw my single duvet on the floor. My head was spinning, I could barely keep my eyes open - they were sore and painful, I felt sick, I felt dizzy. I crashed back into bed and huddled into the warm duvet hoping for sleep. I didn't dream. Again. I awoke at 9am feeling as though I'd merely blinked rather than slept, my head still filled with marshmellow. I called in sick again, as I had done the past three days, knowing I have another weeks worth of these side effects before the Amitriptyline should settle and I would return to some semblance of normality. I miss the gym, I miss the rock climbing, I miss being able to walk to the shop without feeling too exhausted to walk back. I hope that this tablet is the cure for the migraines, because otherwise I'll be going through this hell for no reason.

I dragged my double duvet downstairs and threw it on the sofa, both my dogs eyeing it up as a comfortable place to sleep should I stay out of it for long enough. I grabbed my DVD boxset from the table and placed disc 3 into the DVD player, another day of Star Trek Enterprise. I cuddled up on the sofa, wrapped in the duvet and generally geeked out. I could lose days and days watching that series, it shouldn't have been cancelled after 4 seasons......though I haven't seen Season 4 yet. But will be doing should these side effects carry on!