Becomes That Day

 

So, yesterday is over and done with.  Things have been slightly better today, if not so much physically, then mentally at least.

I had a massive headache again today though, alongside tired, watery eyes and sinus pressure.  I am growing very weary of these physical niggles that have been around for a few months now.  My last visit to Doc furnished me with a steroid nasal spray and advice on how to wash out my sinuses to relieve the pressure and therefore the headaches.

I am assuming that it is a sinus problem because of the areas of my head where I feel pressure and because my Doc agreed that it probably was.

I am wondering if my mental ill health is making my physical health worse, as the mind and body are known to be closely linked.  Perhaps the narrowing of my sinuses are in some way linked to general tension and stress.  Then I get tension because I feel pain and pain because I feel tension.  The usual medical intervention hasn’t been a success: yesterday and today testify to that.  I’m starting to think about other options in the alternative/complementary medicine arenas.

The thing with anything like this is it’s all a bit reliant on guesswork.  If my mind is having a sub-conscious impact on my physical health, it would be difficult to ascertain how and why.  For instance, it could be that I am more comfortable having a physical cause to explain my ills and due to this I have unwittingly caused physical symptoms to manifest.  Alternatively, it could be a more simplistic explanation of stress causing tension in my body and tension leading to headache.  That wouldn’t explain the sinus congestion though.

I’ve tried everything that has been suggested to me, from steaming to using the nasal spray and although I feel the spray helps it hasn’t stopped me needing painkillers during the day.

I reckon I might try reducing the number of chemicals I’m putting into my body as it crossed my mind that I’m actually taking a lot of medication at once and this could be affecting my body as it has to process it all.  I’ve been  on and off the pill since I was 22 and am currently taking it, not because I have a boyfriend or sexual partners, but because I felt that PMT was a slap in the face that I could do without.

I could come off the pill and see if it helps reduce the headaches, as they are a listed side effect.  Although it’s by no means a definite road to success, I figure at this stage it’s worth a shot.  Beyond that I might think about coming down in my daily dose of fluoxetine from 60mg to 40mg because that is quite a lot of drug for my body to metabolize.  That one needs a bit of thought though.

A possible perk of giving the pill a rest might be to get a bit of weight off…my boobs.  I know, it sounds odd, but I think a good portion of the weight I’ve gained over the Winter has wibble-wobbled its way onto my melons.  When I look down my top I see a couple of fugitives straining to get away from the confines of bra-jail.  I’d like to lose a bit of weight and I wouldn’t be at all perturbed if some of it was to come off of that body area.  The pill tends to make you more ‘voluptous’ anyway, irrespective of weight gain.  I never really wanted or could afford to buy a whole new set of bras and if I could subdue my unwieldy bosom a bit it would make life more, comfortable, shall we say.