Mar 6, 2023

I tried to sleep at midnight last night but couldn't get to sleep, first because of throat clearing that came on suddenly. I was sleeping propped up, which I've been doing regularly, so I'm not sure why putting myself in that position would result in a phlegm response. That interference ended before long and then I had a left restless leg. Eventually I got up at 1:30. I did the finger run down the left leg, peed, and used a tennis ball on my left glutes. I read for a short time and went back to bed at 2am. I was awakened by Jasmine at 7:30. My eyes were very dry this morning I had to put drops in 3x. I read for a bit and eventually got up at 9am. I also had a noticeably sore left him up at the top of the hip bone where it meets the torso. As I was fixing breakfast later, I felt it on both sides.

One of the things I've been failing to mention is that about a week ago the rash that the rash on my lower scalp and down my left neck, moved onto the right side of my neck, while staying on the left side of my scalp. 

I've written this at 10am, waiting to see how my body reacts to breakfast. Though I felt quite awake initially, I feel some of the wooziness from yesterday coming on and I suspect I'm going to have to go back to bed before really starting my day.

Next day recount of rest of the day:

I had to go back to bed for a while but didn't sleep long or deeply. I was out of the house by 2pm to go get groceries and started work at 3:15 and worked for almost 3 hours. Though I was fading in terms of ability to make decisions toward the end of my work period, I wasn't completely blotto. After supper and taking care of animals, I was able to finally (had been sitting waiting on my computer for a good 5 days) was able to sort through some shopping options on amazon for some higher cost (thus high stakes) purchases. However, this was very taxing and my ability to do it diminished the longer I was at it. The final and most expensive purchase taking me a long time to sort out and commit to. Starting at about 8:30 my energy was flagging and I was becoming nauseated. I sipped on a cup of water I'd brought with me, which kept the nausea from getting worse. I was off the computer by 9:30 or so and began my nighttime routine.

My latest plan is to try to get things done earlier in the day so that once tiredness begins (which I think is the armodafinil wearing off) I can simply give in to it and go to sleep, especially on days like today. So I was sure to have had the cat boxes cleaned and dishes washed before going in to the computer. Even though I stayed overlong (past first feeling tired) on the computer because I wanted to finally make a decision and the purchase, what I had to do once off of it was minor and I was soon in bed. I hope I can establish this as a new routine.