I think it's related to the fact that my sleep pattern quite simply doesn't exist. I sleep at varying intervals for about two hours at a time only. I'm also having incredibly vivid dreams all of which are related to people in my life in various odd scenarios that it seems my task is to resolve. Kind of like episodes of Quantum Leap, although without Al or Ziggy to help us along the way.
The details always disappear within minutes of waking but I remember that there is an overarching theme and that they're always about friends I've had in the various places I've lived.
I figure that this is related to the medication I have to take. On top of the anti-psychotics I am taking (for their side effect of promoting weight gain) and anti fungals which have the side effect of giving occasional aural and visual hallucinations. My mind has been going wandering a lot recently and it makes it terribly hard to focus for any length of time.
This I have found though is a perfect state of mind for watching the World Cup group stages. A lot of the games I don't care about in the slightest so I get to watch them from a totally detached position and don't have to invest anything in it at all.
The down side though is that I'm finding it hard to concentrate on the new Mario game. Still enjoying it thoroughly though - it's absolutely incredible. I am grinning like a child playing it as expected.
On the down side today is one of the days when the skin rash has actually been mildly annoying. Here's a pic of it on my right arm:
It is still mild enough that treatment with steroids calms it down but it still bothers me that my immune system can't recognise that my skin is my own. I also wish the steroid cream didn't smell - it's not terrible but it's just mildly irritating and persistent.
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