The YMCA was closed for a week for cleaning and repairs and I missed my swims. Today I got right back into the habit with twenty laps. I don't want to brag or anything, but I can swim twenty laps in under an hour. Whew! So fast!! Twenty laps, incidentally, is two-thousand meters. I think.
Did I mention I swam twenty laps?
The XR version of Wellbutrin is continuing to give me very mild headaches. These are the type that I can ignore as I go about my day, and they may well cease once I'm back on a strict regimen of waking at the same time each day. I've read lots of feedback from other patients online, and many of them say the headaches do taper off, so I'm willing to continue with it.
I've eaten lots of carbs in the past few weeks, mainly in an attempt to curb the headaches. It doesn't really help, so I'm going to stick more closely to the low-carb eating for the rest of the summer.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Wellbutrin Update
It's been a week, and I'm now officially off of Nortriptyline and taking only Wellbutrin for the migraines, the ADHD, and the SAD.
And I feel great. I've kept a daily diary of, well, anything I notice, and it seems to me that I'm not suffering any strange side effects.
I have woken with headaches a couple of times, but I think they were both due to the fact that I'd gone to bed and woken up later than usual.
I've also stuck with the swimming. I got started at Intrawest in Palm Desert and have joined the YMCA to keep it up. I like going on weekdays at three, because that's when they begin pumping in cold water in preparation for swim team practice. I have the lap lanes to myself. Today I completed 10 laps, a new personal best.
Tonight I'm trying something very interesting out: I'm having a vodka tonic. Dave and I cleaned out our sad little liquor cabinet and had to throw away bottles and bottles (smallish ones) of alcohol that had gone bad. The Bailey's expired in 1995, and was so thick it couldn't be poured down the sink. There were black things in the bottom of the gin. It was yucky! It will be interesting to find out if I can have a drink and not suffer a migraine.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, I had no trouble sticking to my diet, except for one meal. Omi had made her potato salad so naturally I had to have some of that. I also ate a piece of "nice cake." I think an occasional indulgence is perfectly acceptable.
My weight is pretty much unchanged.
And I feel great. I've kept a daily diary of, well, anything I notice, and it seems to me that I'm not suffering any strange side effects.
I have woken with headaches a couple of times, but I think they were both due to the fact that I'd gone to bed and woken up later than usual.
I've also stuck with the swimming. I got started at Intrawest in Palm Desert and have joined the YMCA to keep it up. I like going on weekdays at three, because that's when they begin pumping in cold water in preparation for swim team practice. I have the lap lanes to myself. Today I completed 10 laps, a new personal best.
Tonight I'm trying something very interesting out: I'm having a vodka tonic. Dave and I cleaned out our sad little liquor cabinet and had to throw away bottles and bottles (smallish ones) of alcohol that had gone bad. The Bailey's expired in 1995, and was so thick it couldn't be poured down the sink. There were black things in the bottom of the gin. It was yucky! It will be interesting to find out if I can have a drink and not suffer a migraine.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, I had no trouble sticking to my diet, except for one meal. Omi had made her potato salad so naturally I had to have some of that. I also ate a piece of "nice cake." I think an occasional indulgence is perfectly acceptable.
My weight is pretty much unchanged.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Audrey Swims
I returned home from that blissful week in Palm Desert determined to fight Seattle's climate.
In the desert I am the real me. I rise early. I keep the room clean. I eat less. I look forward to exercise.
I want to do all that here at home.
Yesterday, I drove down to the new YMCA in Newcastle and joined. I challenged myself to swim four laps in the pool...and I did it. I made a chart to track my weight and exercise so that I can set goals and brag about my improvements.
Wish me luck.
In the desert I am the real me. I rise early. I keep the room clean. I eat less. I look forward to exercise.
I want to do all that here at home.
Yesterday, I drove down to the new YMCA in Newcastle and joined. I challenged myself to swim four laps in the pool...and I did it. I made a chart to track my weight and exercise so that I can set goals and brag about my improvements.
Wish me luck.
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