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Another bad CKD day from PTSD meds overdose

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd


It's a lovely sunny day that's great for a walk but my chronic kidney disease or CKD has depleted my energy today and I am barely able to get out of bed.  I walk on a cane because of it because usually I can push through with 40% kidney function and therefore only 40% oxygen in my blood for energy.  But about once a month or so willpower can't push through and neuropathy pain is high, too. 





It relates to PTSD because my CKD was caused by a PTSD psychiatrist who overprescribed me Seroquel for my PTSD nightmares until I collapsed and was hospitalized with permanent kidney damage.  I've collapsed 3 times and been hospitalized for it 3 times again since.  As I live alone in Mexico I have to watch that.  If I'm not as forthcoming as usual in my DS PTSD replies to posts this weekend, please bear with me.  I'm biting the pillow, so to speak.



Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
As if this week hadn't been bad enough, the church where I'm scheduled to be paid guest speaker on Sunday emailed me to say I'd already done the topic I sent them. Wha-?

In 10 years of speaking once a month to these guys I never made such a mistake as that. I put my behind in a chair today and didn't get up until I'd written a whole new presentation for Sunday. Can you imagine how bad it would have been if they hadn't caught my mistake for me?

What a week it's been. Have mercy!
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Yup, this is the longest string of CKD episodes in the 20 years that I've had the disease. By that I mean I've gone the longest with this feeling I was going to collapse passed out, but without actually doing it. I was in my kitchen today getting ice cubes out of the freezer when a chance to collapse hit me. I got light headed, everything started to go dark, and my knees buckled.

But I caught myself and got to a chair fast enough to put my head down between my legs to give my brain a rush of blood to my head, and I got it to pass without passing out, It was so cool. I went to lie down after that and took an hour long nap, of course. When I got up I could go on ok. Hey, hurray for another day without collapsing!