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So for the past few weeks I've been experiencing pressure and pain in the mid-chest area. I thought is was just stress, then maybe depression (yeah, my chest hurts when I'm depressed) and then that I had a mild chest cold.
COVID test was negative. No other real symptoms, just fatigue. My life has been busy lately.
I finally got the the walk in clinic and they checked me out. A little bit of wheezing in the chest, blood pressure good, no fever, no COVID, no coughing. EKG was clean - no heart issues. So off to the X-Ray machine with me.
The X-Ray came back clean so no pneumonia. The doctor prescribed Prednisone 20 mg twice a day for inflammation.
Now things get interesting.
I'm still in a bit of a manic phase (it's cooled down a bit) but I could not get a good night sleep - much worse than normal. I could not settle, my mind was racing and my heart was pounding. All my usual tricks: getting a quick snack, staying up a little bit longer instead of thrashing in my bed, even taking a brisk walk at 2 AM did little or nothing. I maybe got 3 hours of sleep Thursday night.
I was fried on Friday but still put in a full day at work (remotely thank dog, I was in no shape to drive). I went to bed at my usual time and _crashed_. I woke up once to pee at 4 AM then _crashed_ again until 8. Had breakfast, tossed laundry in then _crashed_ until nearly noon.
I'm up and I'm staying up until my usual bedtime. I'm *burnt* though.
Some of the possible side effects of Prednisone? Restless! Agitation! Rapid heart beat! Argh!
My chest don't seem to hurt as much so *something* had inflamed my lungs... I wonder if it's my BiPAP which is under recall for causing lung problems.
Yeah.
I tried not using the BiPAP which probably disrupted my sleep patterns even more. I've been using one for damn near 20 years - I'm used to it but I really don't like it.
Is there a term for a medical condition *caused* by doctors treating you? I've been nailed by drug interactions multiple times in my life.
-m
COVID test was negative. No other real symptoms, just fatigue. My life has been busy lately.
I finally got the the walk in clinic and they checked me out. A little bit of wheezing in the chest, blood pressure good, no fever, no COVID, no coughing. EKG was clean - no heart issues. So off to the X-Ray machine with me.
The X-Ray came back clean so no pneumonia. The doctor prescribed Prednisone 20 mg twice a day for inflammation.
Now things get interesting.
I'm still in a bit of a manic phase (it's cooled down a bit) but I could not get a good night sleep - much worse than normal. I could not settle, my mind was racing and my heart was pounding. All my usual tricks: getting a quick snack, staying up a little bit longer instead of thrashing in my bed, even taking a brisk walk at 2 AM did little or nothing. I maybe got 3 hours of sleep Thursday night.
I was fried on Friday but still put in a full day at work (remotely thank dog, I was in no shape to drive). I went to bed at my usual time and _crashed_. I woke up once to pee at 4 AM then _crashed_ again until 8. Had breakfast, tossed laundry in then _crashed_ until nearly noon.
I'm up and I'm staying up until my usual bedtime. I'm *burnt* though.
Some of the possible side effects of Prednisone? Restless! Agitation! Rapid heart beat! Argh!
My chest don't seem to hurt as much so *something* had inflamed my lungs... I wonder if it's my BiPAP which is under recall for causing lung problems.
Yeah.
I tried not using the BiPAP which probably disrupted my sleep patterns even more. I've been using one for damn near 20 years - I'm used to it but I really don't like it.
Is there a term for a medical condition *caused* by doctors treating you? I've been nailed by drug interactions multiple times in my life.
-m
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