I fell asleep within minutes and don’t remember a thing until I woke up at 3. It was glorious. But…I slept horribly after that. Constant wake ups. Lots of pain through the night. I was up for about an hour at 5:00. Half a Zanaflex helped and I woke up at 8:30. I felt completely wrecked when I woke up. This cold feels the worst now. Really dragging me down. Of course it hits now. It’s always something. I had a coffee, then 5.5g at 9:30. 10:30 now and I finally feel better. These shitty nights and tough mornings I think will be the biggest barrier for me. The insomnia shouldn’t be as bad as a CT, but clearly it’s starting. And my normal sleep is super awful. anyway, so I need to get used to going back to that place. It fucks me in the morning though. I want to run straight to the kratom to help. But it’s like a caffeine addiction also. You can’t get going in the morning without it. Kratom is doing that same thing. I felt like if I dropped down this morning, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. I can always pause for a day or two if I need to get used to the lowered dose. From what I’ve seen, half a gram a day is aggressive. If I wasn’t sick this morning, it would have been easier. Just a reminder to wait it out, don’t panic, take the appropriate amount. Relax and push forward. It paid off today. It can pay off every day. Afternoon dose is down .5 today to 6g. No walking today. Went to Aldi. I feel wrecked with this man cold. Wanted to fall asleep, but can’t. Not really any symptoms other than feeling spaced out. 6g at 3:15. Long walk in afternoon. Did 30 minutes on the bike. Ended up doing another long walk in the evening. Had some good energy. Enjoying the cool weather. Gotta get that activity in when I can. 5/6 tomorrow – drop in the morning. I bet I feel that one – especially if I wake up feeling as crappy as I did today.