tired, itchy, dizzy, sick, stressed

[baratron]

Feeling very dizzy and ill. Some of it is stress. The rest is breathing badly because my nose won't stop itching. I don't know what to do about it because all the drugs I'm aware of are out of the question for one reason or another. But I have to do something, because otherwise I'll get really ill again. I suppose I'll talk to one of my friendly local twin* pharmacists in the morning, on the basis they know everything I'm on and most of my "issues".

Can't think straight. My head is full of fog. Most of my skin itches all over. Have Raynauds-type thing going on in my feet. Don't think I can bear a night of feeling like this, but I don't trust pharmacists I don't know to recommend something that doesn't clash with something else I'm on, even less a random GP who doesn't have my medical records. Am breathing into my cupped hands, and trying to resist the temptation to rub rub rub my itchy eyes and itchy nose. Not really succeeding.

Sorry my journal's been all drama queen lately.

* Yes, my local pharmacy is run by identical twins. I didn't know this for a very long time - I thought it was one guy who just changed his hairstyle on a regular basis. It was only when I saw both of them together that I realised!

Comments

[judiff]

eeek - if it gets any worse you should prolly think about going to A&E
i'm/we're sorry you're having such a nightmare time at the moment

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Nah, don't need A&E - these are all symptoms that I recognise as chronic hyperventilation. That's why I'm trying to breathe into my cupped hands - to boost the carbon dioxide level of my blood. The problem is that while I can control my breathing when I'm awake, I can't when I'm asleep - so if my nose gets blocked I can breathe through my mouth for hours before I wake up. That means I wake up with a sore throat and dry mouth, and a headache from too much oxygen. Amazingly (!), too much oxygen is v. bad and leads to chronic fatigue. I didn't believe it either, until I read some books and saw a physiotherapist and actually started to get better.

That's why I'm feeling paranoid - I know the next stage after this is pain pain pain and sleeping all day and I want to stop this before it gets there, but I don't see how I can until my allergic thing gets sorted out.