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Nov. 13th, 2009 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckCordelia has mastered tying her shoes. I'd been putting the whole process off as velcro shoes work perfectly well, but when we were looking at size 13 gym shoes last Sunday, there weren't any in stock with velcro. Cordelia was enthusiastic about learning to tie laces, so we bought a pair. The learning process took about three days. During that time, other kids helped her out at school.
I finished a rough draft of chapter 3 of Torsion. At this point, I'm definitely thinking of the chapters as stories in an arc. I may actually name them at some point (or I may not. It's trouble I don't have to take). I'm now poking around at a couple of other works in progress, trying to decide which to pursue. Not touching something for months seems to be a real barrier to coming back to it.
I suspect that I'm having SAD issues. This is weird because I never have before. I've always preferred staying inside with the curtains closed and haven't missed the sun at all. Right now, though, I find myself standing by the kitchen window because there's light there or opening the living room curtains in the afternoon when the sun shines through. This is absolutely new. Ah, well, at least the fix is simple if it is SAD. I have to ask my psychiatrist if I can borrow her light box again so that I can test it. Last year, it did me no good at all, but I think it might help this year.
My second PT appointment is this afternoon. I'll be missing my volunteer time in the library (and I feel bad about it), but that was the only time available this week. The pain levels haven't really decreased, unfortunately. I had a couple of hours in the middle of the day on Wednesday when I felt pretty good, but things went back to normal after that.
I suspect that the change in the Geodon dosage has made me more vulnerable to migraines. I'm desperately hoping that that's not the case. I would hate to have to choose between anxiety and migraines. There may be something about meds that tweak serotonin that make migraines more likely for me. Who knows? Of course, if that's the case, I'm largely screwed. Pretty much all anxiety meds affect serotonin to some degree (or so says the psychiatrist).
I finished a rough draft of chapter 3 of Torsion. At this point, I'm definitely thinking of the chapters as stories in an arc. I may actually name them at some point (or I may not. It's trouble I don't have to take). I'm now poking around at a couple of other works in progress, trying to decide which to pursue. Not touching something for months seems to be a real barrier to coming back to it.
I suspect that I'm having SAD issues. This is weird because I never have before. I've always preferred staying inside with the curtains closed and haven't missed the sun at all. Right now, though, I find myself standing by the kitchen window because there's light there or opening the living room curtains in the afternoon when the sun shines through. This is absolutely new. Ah, well, at least the fix is simple if it is SAD. I have to ask my psychiatrist if I can borrow her light box again so that I can test it. Last year, it did me no good at all, but I think it might help this year.
My second PT appointment is this afternoon. I'll be missing my volunteer time in the library (and I feel bad about it), but that was the only time available this week. The pain levels haven't really decreased, unfortunately. I had a couple of hours in the middle of the day on Wednesday when I felt pretty good, but things went back to normal after that.
I suspect that the change in the Geodon dosage has made me more vulnerable to migraines. I'm desperately hoping that that's not the case. I would hate to have to choose between anxiety and migraines. There may be something about meds that tweak serotonin that make migraines more likely for me. Who knows? Of course, if that's the case, I'm largely screwed. Pretty much all anxiety meds affect serotonin to some degree (or so says the psychiatrist).
