Showing posts with label nightlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nightlife. Show all posts

Sunday, February 18, 2018

I'm not as strong as I used to be.

Artwork: The Everlasting Ash
There is a side-effect to coming off of certain antidepressants which are commonly referred to as "brain zaps." They even have a fancy name, antidepressant discontinuation syndrome which leaves one with the impression they have no idea why it happens or what to do about it.

"This is the thing that happens when you discontinue antidepressants." Couldn't you at least put it in Latin?

Weaning myself from Lexapro I developed this syndrome, which can best be described as a moment of disorientation followed by a buzzing which feels like an electric shock only without the pain. But it is very unpleasant. My last recorded incident was six years ago.

Until yesterday. Yesterday afternoon I had them, a lot. They were pronounced as I had afternoon sleepiness, took a nap (they happened a lot during my brief nap) and as we prepared to go out for the evening.

They were not an issue all evening, or at bedtime. But when I was woken in the middle of the night they hit me again and again and again, making it hard to go to sleep. They they have not bothered me all morning.

What's going on?

1975 Playlist
Mama Mia! - ABBA
Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry & Company
Young Americans - David Bowie
Life Is A Ministrone - 10cc
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
Ease On Down the Road - Stephanie Mills & Company
I Love Music (Pt. 1) - The O'Jays
Slow Ride - Foghat
Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To ...) - Queen

Dedicated to, indeed.

Distance: 3.75 miles
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 38•
Climate: sunny and cool
Pavement: clear & damp
Mood: unresigned

Stretches: yes

Baseline: 178 lbs.
Today: 173.5 lbs. (-1.0)
Goal: 170 lbs.

Went out with friends for a glamorous CLE evening at Adega at the 9. Managed not to drink too much, not to eat too much, and not to stay out too late. Adega was nice. The Vault is stupid.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Don't slow down.

Nazis. I hate these guys.
Big night out in Gordon Square last night. Entry Point followed by poutine at Banter. Yesterday afternoon I got carryout from the new Yours Truly on Playhouse Square. All this to say my caloric intake was a little high.

Yes, we have entered a new era where crimes will be committed at the highest levels of government under the screen of populism, but at least people have started punching self-assured Nazis in the face.

Distance: 3.25 miles
Route: Boulevard Loop
Pavement: wet
Temperature: 50°
Climate: sunny!
Mood: still determined

The women are in DC today, at the Women's March on Washington. I am excited for them. I am anxious for them. I hope it is amazing.

Baseline: 174 lbs.
Today: 168.5 lbs. (-0.5)
Goal: 165 lbs.
Ideal: 160 lbs.

2011 Playlist
Burn It Down - Sims
Doncamatic - Gorillaz
Guns & Horses - Ellie Goulding
Feels So Close - Calvin Harris
Makelloser Mann - Mike Doughty
You Make Me Feel ... - Cobra Starhip ft. Sabi
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Blame The Machines - Duran Duran