Archive for 2013

Making it worse

I think my migraine meds are making me sicker. I started amitriptyline in December and quit it at the end of February when going up to a dose they commonly give children resulted in half my body going numb and feeling like my heart was being squeezed by a very angry giant. I started a […]

When all your paychecks are surprises

I get three paychecks a year, but the timing of those paychecks is not consistent. In the past, the office that handles this sort of thing posted the expected date I’d get paid at least a month in advance (though that wasn’t a guarantee). I got a little nervous recently when I noticed that, while […]