Today was rough. I know I say that a lot, but it was really really ridiculously rough. And, yes, I realize that I say that all of the time too. I’m kind of like a broken record… Today’s issue, on top of the regular crap, was that I somehow managed to not take any of my pills before bed last night! Not one! Both Thursday and Friday night I had a really hard time falling asleep. So last night I felt just exhausted. Before bed, as part of my regular night-time routine, I put all of my pills into one of those little medicine cup things. I always do that before taking any of them to make sure I don’t miss any. The light fixture in our master bathroom blew out Friday morning. Not just the bulbs, but the actual thing started sparking and basically self-destructed. So, not only was I falling asleep standing up, but I was getting ready for bed in a dark bathroom. I had a bit of a glow from the light on my fish tank. I couldn’t even turn the main light on in our bedroom because the dimmer switch broke, so I couldn’t turn that light on either! (Yes, we have that kind of great luck!!) Anyway, I got all of my pills ready, as per usual, and was talking with my daughter at the same time. I guess I set the pill cup on the medicine chest (medicine chest??? I think that’s the first time I’ve ever called it that – lol!!) I then said good night to my daughter and went to bed. I was so tired that I fell asleep (which I normally can’t do without meds!) I had the weirdest dream and woke up a couple times with chest pains, feeling like I couldn’t breathe. I woke up early, which is way out of character for me! I was sweating and shivering and had a fever and a rotten headache. I went into my dark bathroom to have some water and take my morning pills. I thought I was coming down with something. Then, 🎶dum dum dum🎶, I saw the medicine cup still filled with last nights pills! And, for those of you who don’t know, I am not supposed to just suddenly stop taking any of my medications. I could have a seizure or a heart attack or something equally bad. So, I obviously didn’t have either of those, but I did get a nice fun dose of withdrawal…ALL DAY!!!! I couldn’t take the night -time pills until now, finally. My pulse is still vibrating and I’m still fevery…I never, ever want to feel like this again!! Not ever!!!  So, note to self, 💊💊DON’T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR PILLS!!💊💊

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health Topic List”!

Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!