Made it to my Mom's
Train Journey entries:
3pm- Feeling pretty good so far... I still have at least 6 hours to go. I'm pretty sure the train is running behind schedule, since when I was eating lunch they were surprised that we had just reached this one stop when they thought we were father along. I had half a hamburger for a snack, oatmeal and a coffee for breakfast, and a chicken Caesar salad (using only half the dressing and lime instead) for lunch. I took my Depakote at noon and thought it was going to make me sleepy, but so far I'm still awake. I did try and sleep for a while with no success. I met a really nice woman on the train and she paid for my snack. Her name is Dolly, and she is from Chile. The scenery outside is so pretty... trees and brush and blue sky. I'm looking out the window as I'm typing this and not looking at the screen lol. I can't wait until we get to the orange groves, since those are so pretty. I took about a 45 second video and may link it here. If I forget, someone comment and I will link it.
4:30pm- Still no sleep, but we are supposed to be back on schedule now. I have a migraine again. I woke up this morning with one, and took one Excedrin, and I just took 2 more. I thought Depakote was supposed to help with migraines, but if it does, it's not helping for me yet. It's way too early to tell if it's working for the mood stabilization yet. I feel hungry, but when I look at food I feel full. We are leaving Lakeland and now we are on our way to Tampa. I don't really mind that we have to stop by Tampa first, since it meant that I got to sleep a bit later today. It means I'm on the train for longer, but that's not too bad so far. I'm pretty comfortable and Dolly was nice to talk to when she was on the train. Now that it's quieted down a bit, I may try and rest some more. I just wish there was a way to be able to use my laptop for music when the laptop is closed, but there isn't as far as I know.
8:30pm- Less than an hour to go! I've been on the train since around noon, and I'm still doing good. I didn't manage to get any sleep, but that's normal for me in public. I learned that my mom and I might be going to South Carolina to meet Chele and Nikki, so that's going to be interesting. I thought we were going to go to Savannah, GA and see them there, but she's thinking about going to SC so we can stay at their place. I don't mind- it's going to be great to see them. I'm just worried about my sleep for those nights I'm there. I'm glad I brought my trazadone and klonopin. I'm hallucinating a bit, nothing too severe but still noticeable. I keep seeing bugs and black spots, and I've been feeling something crawling in my shoes. Not the best feelings in the world, but they are still manageable. If they get out of hand, I have my klonopin to help get them to go away and have me rest. I should expect the increase in the Risperdal to hit in a week or less. I just started the 3mg last night, so hopefully it kicks in soon. I'm going to put my laptop away and hopefully get a chance to post this tonight so I can keep up my 30 journals in 30 days! Even if not, I did write this on the 27th, so it should still count.
3pm- Feeling pretty good so far... I still have at least 6 hours to go. I'm pretty sure the train is running behind schedule, since when I was eating lunch they were surprised that we had just reached this one stop when they thought we were father along. I had half a hamburger for a snack, oatmeal and a coffee for breakfast, and a chicken Caesar salad (using only half the dressing and lime instead) for lunch. I took my Depakote at noon and thought it was going to make me sleepy, but so far I'm still awake. I did try and sleep for a while with no success. I met a really nice woman on the train and she paid for my snack. Her name is Dolly, and she is from Chile. The scenery outside is so pretty... trees and brush and blue sky. I'm looking out the window as I'm typing this and not looking at the screen lol. I can't wait until we get to the orange groves, since those are so pretty. I took about a 45 second video and may link it here. If I forget, someone comment and I will link it.
4:30pm- Still no sleep, but we are supposed to be back on schedule now. I have a migraine again. I woke up this morning with one, and took one Excedrin, and I just took 2 more. I thought Depakote was supposed to help with migraines, but if it does, it's not helping for me yet. It's way too early to tell if it's working for the mood stabilization yet. I feel hungry, but when I look at food I feel full. We are leaving Lakeland and now we are on our way to Tampa. I don't really mind that we have to stop by Tampa first, since it meant that I got to sleep a bit later today. It means I'm on the train for longer, but that's not too bad so far. I'm pretty comfortable and Dolly was nice to talk to when she was on the train. Now that it's quieted down a bit, I may try and rest some more. I just wish there was a way to be able to use my laptop for music when the laptop is closed, but there isn't as far as I know.
8:30pm- Less than an hour to go! I've been on the train since around noon, and I'm still doing good. I didn't manage to get any sleep, but that's normal for me in public. I learned that my mom and I might be going to South Carolina to meet Chele and Nikki, so that's going to be interesting. I thought we were going to go to Savannah, GA and see them there, but she's thinking about going to SC so we can stay at their place. I don't mind- it's going to be great to see them. I'm just worried about my sleep for those nights I'm there. I'm glad I brought my trazadone and klonopin. I'm hallucinating a bit, nothing too severe but still noticeable. I keep seeing bugs and black spots, and I've been feeling something crawling in my shoes. Not the best feelings in the world, but they are still manageable. If they get out of hand, I have my klonopin to help get them to go away and have me rest. I should expect the increase in the Risperdal to hit in a week or less. I just started the 3mg last night, so hopefully it kicks in soon. I'm going to put my laptop away and hopefully get a chance to post this tonight so I can keep up my 30 journals in 30 days! Even if not, I did write this on the 27th, so it should still count.
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