hair raising

The low grey clouds matched my mood exactly… I started off my day Monday wondering if lithium could have caused my heart issue so I did a bit of googling… and yes, especially if there were periods of raised levels which there were. I had a period of about 6 months several years ago where my energy got lower and lower - I was literally dragging myself through life - my psyc doctor tested my lithium levels and they were elevated… it could have been around that time that I started having heart palpitations on a fairly regular basis…

It seems likely that the lithium was the cause - I stopped it 2 years ago and my heart palpitations have coincidently become less frequent and less severe. It was pure dumb luck that I had palps while waiting to see the doctor last week so it was in my head - I might not have thought to mention it otherwise. My pcp set up an appointment for an ultrasound and 2 weeks with a holter monitor… which was supposed to be sent out Monday so I'd be stuck wearing the stupid thing over Christmas and New Year which SUCKS! After a bit of a freak out, Carm suggested calling the company to see if I could reschedule for the New Year and luckily they hadn't sent it out yet so I was able to put it off till January… 

I'll admit to having a bit of a breakdown over all of this! One more sucky thing to deal with, but actually now that I've had a bit of time to think about it, it's all good and I'm glad to have a simple explanation for the condition, and now that I'm off the lithium, have lost weight, and am exercising, I've reduced the triggers and shouldn't have any trouble going forward.

Sunday I made a few dozen cardamom buns for our family Christmas celebration later this month. They freeze nicely so it felt like a good idea to get it done ahead of time. Who knows what might happen in the next week and as you know, bread making is pretty much a whole day sort of task!

Awesome!

“getting home from the city”