I have completed another year of 5th grade! haha. I got to RE-learn how to add/subtract fractions, how to read a weather map, how the pioneers lived, who the heck Ben Franklin was, and all that jazz. I had a great experience with the kids, but I certainly am ready for a break. My head is also letting me know that, too.
I haven’t noticed (yet) any kind of differences regarding my thought processes, memory, word-recall or anything else like that since I decreased my Topamax (200 to 150mg). It is almost a month since I did that, so I’m not going by a clock or anything – my headache docs think that the memory issues are not permanent, but I won’t listen to that until I can have proof myself. Our minds are so fragile, and I am such a sentimental person – it has always been so important to me to remember dates and details. I would hate for that to really be diminished/impaired for good.
Today, my head has felt really cloudy and off-kilter. I went to a friend’s graduation luncheon, and her whole family was there. I was able to hold conversations alright and I felt that I did an okay job, but once I got back into the car to leave, I had to let out a huge sign of relief. i guess I had been pushing myself harder than I realized to keep myself on top of things while at the party so that I would come across as sounding fine. That was almost 2 hours ago, and still, it just feels like there’s a sheet over my entire head, masking it from seeing, speaking and hearing 100%.
I hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying the weekend… yesterday was GORGEOUS, and it was pretty nice out up until about 20 minutes ago, and then came the lightning and now it’s storming. YAY New England weather!
