Happy New Year!

[halbashes]

Happy New Year Dysautonomia Community!  How is everyone feeling so far this year?  Are you feeling any better, or worse than you were in January of 2009?  (If you aren't able to remember that far back, then feel free to answer this as a comparison to how you felt last month, or even yesterday.)

[halbashes]

I completely understand about anti-epileptic drugs causing one to feel very much like a zombie!  Oh my golly goodness!  I hope you are soon able to find a balance between pain-free and non-zombie.

[AireScottie]

Hey all!  I was doing better, but Neurontin, then Lyrica, are taking me for a ride!  Sorry I haven't been writing much.  They're great for pain, and seem to slow down the tachy, but I'm such a zombie!  Hopefully I can find a good dose and be back here soon

[halbashes]

Last year was a difficult year for me.  Despite having Dysautonomia for more than half of my life at this point, I don't think I've ever had so many medication changes in a single year as I did in 2009.  So, I'm hoping that 2010 will be an excellent year for our entire community!

Like Heiferly, if I look at my life more critically, I can't really say that I've magically developed an autonomic nervous system that can actually handle some of the simple everyday tasks that I would like to be able to accomplish on my own.  On the other hand, I think my medication regime has improved.  So I too am feeling optimistic about 2010.

[Heiferly]

I'm actually laughing at my self on this one.  I know for sure that last winter I had remarked on some things that I was unable to do that I had been capable of the winter before that.  Other than the fact that I haven't magically regained the ability to do those things (being able to scrape all the snow off the car without fainting or setting off a horrid cascade of symptoms?  was that really ONLY two winters ago??), I really can't recall enough to say how things have changed over the past year.  Perhaps that should be a vote for the memory slipping further, since last year I *could* put my finger on at least one concrete change.  

I will say that I feel very OPTIMISTIC about my progress in cardiac rehab, even though I'm not very far into it yet.  It seems to be going well.