Energy Depletion

Posted by Nuzzling Muzzles

For the past two Saturdays in a row, I embarrassed myself by repeatedly falling asleep wherever I was -- in a chair, on the couch, on the bed, even on the floor.  It was bizarre.  I had no control over it.  I just keep getting hit with waves of exhaustion and next thing I knew I'd be waking up from a deep sleep.  Upon waking up, it took all of my effort to sit up, and walking was very painful.  Usually, I'd try to do something like get something to eat or feed the horses, and then I'd crash again.

This is very unlike me.  I have every day planned out with a list of tasks I plan to get done, but whatever the heck is going on with my body makes it impossible for me to even do the most basic activities.  I watch TV and see people doing activities that I can't do because I don't have the energy and feel too much generalized pain.  Then I start worrying that something is very wrong.  It's like I'm developing narcolepsy and fibromyalgia at the same time.

After all that sleeping during the day, I'd expect to be up all night, but I feel like I'm slipping into sleep even as I type this post.  The only two things I can think of that these two Saturdays had in common is that I took my regular medications, but did not have my usual two tumblers of caffeine in the morning.  It occurred to me that I may be over-medicating myself and haven't noticed, because I'm usually a coffee addict, which counters all the medications that make me sleepy. 

So, I'm going to experiment with cutting back on my medications while giving up coffee, and I'll see if I have the energy to actually complete some of the tasks on my To Do List.  In the meantime, nighty night.