I have come to the conclusion that my vertigo is the result of stopping my medication cold turkey. Other than the dizziness, things had been going pretty good. Today, however, I was pretty cranky, and didn't handle stress well. I was hoping I could stay off the meds, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. I think I will cut back, though, from 100mg to 50mg, and see how that works. I managed to get an appointment with the nurse for the 18th, in between my two vacations, and we can talk about everything then. Wish me luck.

Yesterday and today my mom and I dog-sat my aunt's dog Trixie, a darling little black pug, just a couple years old and still full of non-stop energy. She played all day Friday, and I finally gave up on her around eleven. As soon as I turned the lights out and got into bed, Trixie jumped up on the bed, curled up by my feet and promptly went to sleep. Today we went for a long walk, played some more, and napped in the afternoon. She's really a great dog; if it wasn't for that doggie smell, I'd get one!

I've been trying to find a word to describe the dizzy unsteadiness I've been dealing with this week, and I finally found it: vertigo. It's particularly bad today, although that could be because I'm thinking about it all the time. Worrying and whatnot. Anyway, my period finally came today, so hopefully once that's in full swing, this condition will disappear. If not, then, well, I don't know. I guess I'll mention it to my nurse practitioner, and go from there. In the better news department: I'm going to be dog sitting my aunt's pug Trixie tonight. That should be fun!

My mom and I walked up to the Atascadero Farmer's Market last night. We dined at Hoover's cafe first, and while sitting on the patio, we were approached by a petite calico cat. I loved her and she loved me right back. It was a brief affair, however: I'm allergic to cats, and she likely belonged to someone somewhere. Still, the encounter has fueled my desire to have a pet, so I'll be taking the appropriate steps - seeing an allergist, and getting whatever medications necessary to become non-allergic - towards getting a cat by the end of this year.

Well, it's day three of me being a Dizzy Lizzy. I thought eating right, drinking lots of water, not taking the new diet pills and getting plenty of sleep might help, but the fact is, I'm still as close to passing out even whilst sitting down as I was yesterday and the day before. If anything it's a bit worse today. This better just be hormonal crap and it bloody well better go away soon! I'm still not taking the Z. I know I need to talk to my nurse practitioner about it, and I will, but not right away.

I'm still dizzy and feeling very out of sorts today. I thought it might be the new diet pills I'm trying, so I didn't take any today. It made no difference. It could quite possibly be hormonal related since my period is coming this week, but I don't recall ever feeling this way before. Cranky, uptight and weepy? Yes. Dizzy, with a kind of tired bordering on narcoleptic? No. Maybe it's because I quit taking the Z. Perhaps it's a withdrawal effect because I just stopped taking them. I don't know. It's annoying as hell, though. I know that much.

Gah! I've been so dizzy, woozy, and lightheaded, and generally unsteady on my feet lately! I can't figure it out: I can be sitting completely still, and my whole body will shift and my vision will shiver - like in "The Butterfly Effect." I'm pretty sure I won't be doing any time travelling! Passing out, maybe, but time travelling: no. I have no idea what my problem is. (But, man, I should never have watched that movie! Never, never, never! It was way too depressing and disturbing for someone like me. But. I didn't know, and I watched it anyway.)