I have officially been taking Fluvoxamine for four nights. (this is night number four.) It took me this long to look up what the heck was keeping me from sleeping. Apparently this medication does not react well with caffeine. Well, no, I should rephrase: It reacts entirely too well with caffeine! Of course, since it has been making me tired, I have been upping my caffeine intake, and that, apparently, has been the reason behind my inability to sleep at night.
Who knew?
So my side effects thus far:
* Tired
* Cannot sleep
* Lethargic
* Total lack of motivation
* Too tired to get upset about anything (so that's a plus.)
* Chills
* Sweats
* Temperature fluctuations (which, for me, is WEIRD. I have not had a thyroid for 3+ years. My body takes its sweet time to get acclimated to a climate.)
I am reasonably certain that had I slept longer than (almost) 3 hours last night, I would have been feeling more "normal" today. But the near total lack of sleep on an already completely exhausted body definitely did not work to my advantage today. So, I let the kids watch movies all afternoon after naptime, and I just relaxed and watched along with them. They were so well behaved, it would have been an ideal time to do some laundry, dishes, pick up a bit, or anything, really. But I know I need to cut myself some slack while I'm getting acquainted with this medication. Especially since I'm such a caffeine junkie. I wish I would have known the bit about not drinking caffeine whilst taking this.
Ah well.
What can I do other than know that I am going to have a massive caffeine headache tomorrow since I will be foregoing my usual beverage of choice.
Everything I have read about this medication seems to say that these awful side effects will dwindle with a short amount of time. Let's hope that this is true for me.
I think that tomorrow I am going to wake up as late as possible and see if the husbAndy can take the kids to work with him for a while or if he can stay here a bit late in the morning so I can go work out or go for a run. I don't know why, but my body has been telling me I should start running. (I feel somewhat Forrest Gump-y about the whole thing. I Just want to start running. And I have always hated running.)
Well, so. There you have it. Day 3 of medication is done and I am into night #4. Let's hope and pray that things get better from here.
