My husband's so funny… I could never get him to use the heating pad before and now he's so attached to it. He's already killed one. He didn't use it at all yesterday, a good sign his back is feeling better for the time being.

I've been feeling a little sedated in the morning and I've been double checking that I haven't been taking my nighttime pills by accident again. I thought it was the allegra, but I stopped that and I realized yesterday it has to be the increase in amantadine. Drowsiness is a side effect. I did experience that for a day or two when I started taking 50mg, but I've been taking 100mg since Tuesday and it's still happening… I'm going for the opposite effect. I have no idea how long I should let this go on… I don't know how long it's going to take my body to get used to the sedative effect of this med, never mind how long it will take for it to give me energy- if it ever will. I see my pdoc today and will ask for her input.

I only bought a box of 5 pills of Allegra because I planned on only taking them until my cough cleared up. Well, it cleared up but came back when I stopped taking it. So, I guess that's another pill I'm stuck taking lol. I'm on a lot of scripts, thank God I have good insurance, but the OTC stuff is SO expensive! Because of brand preference, I buy my B12 and D3 online already and I think I'm going to see if I can save money getting some of this OTC **** online, too. It really adds up.