No Pressure

I don't know when it began, but I think it all started on Sunday when I was moping about the apartment dwelling at the thought that that I haven't been doing too well with the edema lately. In the past, I would deal with this by taking a relatively high dose of water pills to "wake up" my kidneys to do their job, and call it a wrap. When I do this, I usually feel miserable for the rest of the day, but the higher dosage usually puts me back on track. So naturally, I didn't hesitate to blow the dust off of my 40mg Lasix container, pop the lid and take a pill.

But then something strange happened -- or perhaps, it was better to say something strange didn't happen. I had no response to my overdose than a small ache at the pit of my stomach.

Although I am aware that I need to be careful with the water pills, as they mess with your blood pressure, I forgot to compensate now that I'm still taking an ACE inhibitor, which also drops your blood pressure. My blood pressure is natually low, and it drops like a rock at times, especially while I am sleeping at night. Between the high Lasix dosage, the ACE inhibitor, and general laziness, my blood pressure has been quite low, leaving me with headaches, brain-fogginess, and general malaise. The nights have been awful, as I've been waking up every night as I've been tossing and turning, cutting off circulation in the process.

Today I called in sick, as I couldn't even think straight due to a lack of sleep. I was able to get a bunch of rest today, and of course, no pills until I get the body straightened out. Hopefully I'll be back on track by tomorrow.

But hey, at least I got the edema under control.