Energy--Passion--Vigor--Gusto--Zest

I've made three changes recently.  I've stopped eating sugar.  I've stopped eating gluten.  I've cut my dose of Nortriptyline in half.

And been rewarded with a gratifying dose of energy.

Ever since starting on Topamax in 2009, I've experienced lethargy in one form or another.  On Topamax, nicknamed Dopamax, I was just plain tired.  If I sat in a chair, I'd fall asleep.  The fatigue was so bad that I slowly dropped my dosage down to 25 mg, the lowest possible dose. 

After deciding Topamax wasn't for me, I switched to Nortriptyline.  I wasn't tired, but I became listless.  I spent days on end in my recliner.  If I felt any stray energy, I channelled it into my work.

But yesterday I felt the way I used to feel.  I felt like making the bed.  I felt like reorganizing the shelves in my closet.  I felt like dusting them.  I felt like putting away clean laundry.  I felt like running to the store for more storage bins.  I felt like organizing the hall closet.  I felt the same way again today!!  I took apart our bed and washed the dust ruffle.  I vacuumed under the bed and even behind it.  When my husband gets home, we'll flip the mattress.  I ran an errand.  I organized all my knitting yarn.  I started a load of laundry.

Was it the sugar?  Was it the gluten?  Was it the drugs?

I don't know.  But I do know this:  I like it.