Woke up with a bad headache overnight. Started treating it. It has been somewhat controllable, but it has still been bothering me all day. Headaches have been the big red flag for flare ups. I went back down to 600mg of the guaifenesin last night and this morning. I’ll increase it back up to 900. I don’t know if I should commit to the higher dose, or if I should throttle up and down like this. As long as it’s in my system, it should be doing its thing. Starting and stopping isn’t good. I really don’t know what today is though. Just a shit day in general. Not really a flare up. I’m OK with it as long as it’s not fibro. Shit days happen. Today feels like a hangover, even though I didn’t drink any alcohol. Pain has been the same. Another no progress day. I’ll leave it at that. I’m not panicking yet over a fibro flare up like a couple nights ago, but I know these headaches are a predictor of a flare up, so I’ll have to do something. I haven’t eaten all day. Finally making something at 5:00. Just no appetite. Not from excessive pain like normally. Weird day.
This headache has me feeling really crappy. It really feels like a red wine hangover. I’ve been dehydrated and very low energy. All day with it. Since I’ve started the guaifenesin, the headache has always preceded a bad flare up. Usually for a day or a day plus overnight. I would expect to wake up feeling crappy tomorrow based on this. I’m going to increase the dose again tonight to 900. It worked 2 days ago. I didn’t expect it to then, and I’m not expecting it now. This is actually following the advice of the folks on the support forum. It’s all pseudo-science, so who the hell knows.