Bad Combination

As of Friday, I'm up to 1000mg of Levetiracetam in the morning, and 1000mg at night. This is the result of the latest increases. The max is 3000/day, so I'm about 2/3 to the max.

The bad news is that the med makes me SO TIRED all the time. But only for a few weeks after each increase, so that should go away in a few weeks.

Meanwhile, the cannabis oil increases my appetite. No wonder I'm having a hard time with my weight. One makes me tired, and one makes me eat. Meanwhile I'm still not running due to my hip issues.

I can't sort all this out instantly but this is going to be my next goal... I think once I switch to the new CBD oil (which has way more CBD and way less THC than the one I started with), that will help the appetite problem. At the same time, the med tiredness will decrease in a few weeks. And then I need to get in for some IMS to take care of my hip issue so I can run again.

I haven't had any episodes to record since June 24, so a little over two weeks. This is good but doesn't necessarily mean anything since I've gone up to a month without anything to record (March's log is entirely blank) and then it comes back. The milestone I have in my head is 6 weeks... if I can go that long without anything significant, I will consider that success.

I was volunteering at Kneeknacker yesterday and it made me sad that I can't run and am getting fatter and losing fitness. This time last year I ran Buckin' Hell 50k and was feeling great. I know I can reverse this and that it won't happen overnight, but it's been 10 months since all this started and I'm frustrated that I can't be on the trail. So today I'm just going to go up to Quarry Rock. It's not much but better than nothing.

Onward!