Concussion blog March 29, 2020 link one
I had been doing very well the first week after the concussion with
1- Intermittent fasting and the hunger
2- one hour walk beach, and
3- no alcohol.
But then I hit a wall on April 3, 2020 link two
I am finally feeling better today.
I coped and made some changes in my routine.
I decreased my walk to 30 minute a day.
I increased my antidepressant.
I had ice cream nights and brownies two days.
Better than alcohol in many aspects other than remorse and regret that I couldn't keep to my program which
I had done well with until meltdown on April 3, 2020 link 3
The stress had added up:
1- extreme hunger
2-with 15-17 hour fast
3-burn out with following the COVID-19 news everyday
4-extreme frustration with President Trump's lies at the daily White House briefing.
My worse symptom was fatigue and a sense of uneasiness (anxiety)
I treated depression in my private practice.
I recognized it immediately and increased my Citalopram which I knew would take a couple of weeks to kick in.
I decided to give myself a break
and not try to live up to my True Grit self characterization.
My headache is almost completely gone.
The most alarming symptom is my dizziness which is still bad.
I worry about another fall.
The depression brought emotional challenges as well.
As my wife was trying to help look after me I became very angry and had a couple of unpleasant and unnecessary arguments which leave me more depressed and stressed.
My personality changes with AZ before the concussion link 4
I can still write but I feel I am worse mentally because of the stress and depression.
I must call attention to these two symptoms that Alzheimer's patients may experience
and be in denial about.
For me the overwhelming tiredness was a major concern.
No desire to do anything.
Craving alcohol during my 25 day sobriety was not a problem.
Needing ice cream and brownies to get me through the day was a problem as it increased my glucose despite fasting
and high glucose it very bad for worse progression of Alzheimer's.
Thus on April 4, 2020 at night when I had no ice cream, brownie or dark chocolate to turn to I drank 16 ounces of red wine. I found it a little unsatisfying?
Next day, yesterday I opened a better bottle of red wine a I drank the whole bottle. I am glad it didn't make my dizziness worse.
My wife actually encouraged me to restart wine. Once again I felt as if I failed again.
I also resumed my testosterone at 120 mg once a week as I had ran out of syringes.
I am back on Cialis three times a week.
I am happy it has not made my headache worse as that is why I stopped it 28 days ago.
My personal unique approach to Alzheimers treatment link 5
However depression may be the worse disease that there is.
I think desserts and wine in moderation at this point in my condition is a worthwhile respite.
I became very obese because of gluttony.
If I continue to fall down I will have to stop alcohol completely.
I was wondering if I should wear a bike helmet all the time.
No kidding.
I had been doing very well the first week after the concussion with
1- Intermittent fasting and the hunger
2- one hour walk beach, and
3- no alcohol.
But then I hit a wall on April 3, 2020 link two
I am finally feeling better today.
I coped and made some changes in my routine.
I decreased my walk to 30 minute a day.
I increased my antidepressant.
I had ice cream nights and brownies two days.
Better than alcohol in many aspects other than remorse and regret that I couldn't keep to my program which
I had done well with until meltdown on April 3, 2020 link 3
The stress had added up:
1- extreme hunger
2-with 15-17 hour fast
3-burn out with following the COVID-19 news everyday
4-extreme frustration with President Trump's lies at the daily White House briefing.
My worse symptom was fatigue and a sense of uneasiness (anxiety)
I treated depression in my private practice.
I recognized it immediately and increased my Citalopram which I knew would take a couple of weeks to kick in.
I decided to give myself a break
and not try to live up to my True Grit self characterization.
My headache is almost completely gone.
The most alarming symptom is my dizziness which is still bad.
I worry about another fall.
The depression brought emotional challenges as well.
As my wife was trying to help look after me I became very angry and had a couple of unpleasant and unnecessary arguments which leave me more depressed and stressed.
My personality changes with AZ before the concussion link 4
I can still write but I feel I am worse mentally because of the stress and depression.
I must call attention to these two symptoms that Alzheimer's patients may experience
and be in denial about.
For me the overwhelming tiredness was a major concern.
No desire to do anything.
Craving alcohol during my 25 day sobriety was not a problem.
Needing ice cream and brownies to get me through the day was a problem as it increased my glucose despite fasting
and high glucose it very bad for worse progression of Alzheimer's.
Thus on April 4, 2020 at night when I had no ice cream, brownie or dark chocolate to turn to I drank 16 ounces of red wine. I found it a little unsatisfying?
Next day, yesterday I opened a better bottle of red wine a I drank the whole bottle. I am glad it didn't make my dizziness worse.
My wife actually encouraged me to restart wine. Once again I felt as if I failed again.
I also resumed my testosterone at 120 mg once a week as I had ran out of syringes.
I am back on Cialis three times a week.
I am happy it has not made my headache worse as that is why I stopped it 28 days ago.
My personal unique approach to Alzheimers treatment link 5
However depression may be the worse disease that there is.
I think desserts and wine in moderation at this point in my condition is a worthwhile respite.
I became very obese because of gluttony.
If I continue to fall down I will have to stop alcohol completely.
I was wondering if I should wear a bike helmet all the time.
No kidding.
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