Sleep was a lot better, but still not great. I felt pretty drowsy in the morning. That allowed me to keep sleeping. Snoring a lot, my throat hurts. Very slow to get going, but we’re getting there. I remember from December that Lyrica give me drowsy, slow mornings. Glad we’re at this point actually. After those nights with terrible sleep. I remember it lasting a week and a half. But I also remember the Lyrica stopping working at that point. I think I have enough to increase my dose now. We’ll see. I took 5.5g at 10:20. I really want to see if I can get on a low amount of kratom. 6 was good yesterday with the trips to dad’s. Maybe 5.5 will work. I haven’t been below 6 in months. We’ll still get 6.5 later. I do feel better than yesterday evening. That crisis I pushed through, thanks to the Lyrica, seems to be over for now. Caffeine, Lyrica, ice pack, and kratom treating me good again atm. Similar to yesterday. Probably not as strong, but that’s probably a good thing. I don’t feel any kind of kratom WDs or anything. All feels ok. Not even noon yet though. It will probably drop off before 3:30, but I was also late, so that will help. Made appointment at Loyola (even farther away) for rheumatology. Fuck it. I have the referral. It’s the first specialist I’ll have ever seen. Maybe she can help. I almost didn’t do it because I’m not actually sure what she can do that the primary can’t. At least a diagnosis of fibro could be helpful for SSD or future treatment. Most docs had appointments in June at the earliest. Fucking stupid. This one had one opening. Same way I got the pain mgmt appt. Fuck it. The worst thing that can happen is she tells me to just go back to primary doc. Gonna be a rough day though. Been struggling with pain for the last couple hours. On the couch. Pain definitely was not treated well with the reduced kratom dose. I got by because of the Lyrica. I don’t think I could handle that level of pain with just the Lyrica alone. Just took 6.5g at 3:20. This should save the day. I was counting on it. I wanted to listen to my headphones, but the noise is getting to me. Almost making me nauseous. Really affecting me. Yeah, that kicked off a bad streak. 6:00 and I’m struggling. On the couch, head feels bad. Pain is bad, but you know what, this feels like fibro ‘shock’ starting up. Maybe it’s beyond lyrica’s ability. Maybe I need to up the dose? Another tough night ahead. Took the Lyrica at 7 – a bit early. Went for short walk at 745. I don’t feel great, but I feel better. The fibro shock is at bay again. Lots of pain. Still no games today. I did have a walk. Not a good day. Was it better with the Lyrica? I’d say yes. Less meds too. More meds might have helped with the pain. I wanted to lower the kratom use, so I guess I knew what I was getting into. I did forget that though until just now! I probably can’t get through another one like this. My head is still decent though. That’s the Lyrica.