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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 160
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well, today it took me about 30 minutes to climb about 150 ft path from a lake back to my car...whoops, crap, lord please spare me a setback, please!
my resting heart rate is ridiculous 80-95 for someone that up until the accident in april was very active. i'm hoping that tapering off the amatryptaline will make my heart rate go back down and the pounding in my head (reason why i don't bolt up, or at least walk at a reasonable pace up the stairs) recede. if not, i'm at a loss for wtf is wrong with me.
that said, 6 weeks ago i could barely drive 10 minutes, needed to rest 20, and could then walk for about 10 min. now i walk/stationary bike about 1-2hrs/day, just at an ultra slow pace. gotta remember the progress and not despair about the present.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.
Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.
Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.
"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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