The Lighter Side of Medicine

Finding ways to improve symptoms is tricky. With medications, you have side effects, unwanted symptoms, reactions, and sometimes there are…

Migraines are one of the worst and most all-encompassing episodes I have ever dealt with. If you catch them early enough, you can avoid the…

Sleep issues are normal for anyone with chronic illness. They can range from too much sleep, not enough sleep, insomnia, nightmares, halluc…

I have a lot of nausea... all the time. Allllllll the time. Luckily I have medications that work well overall and some other alternative o…

I don't even know why I cannot sleep. I did not sleep well last night either and nearly fell asleep standing up this afternoon. I resi…

I have had some pretty intense insomnia lately. Of course, like anyone, sometimes I stay up too late on purpose... I get caught up in a tv…

Since I was 14, when I was diagnosed first with Ulcerative Colitis, I have had a ton of sleep issues. Back and forth between two extremes,…

I am lying here wide awake. Completely wide awake. So much so that I looked at my pills to make sure that I had taken all of them... Eve…

Sleep has always been a bit of an issue for me since I first became ill. At first it was pain and bathroom breaks. I would be up several t…

I have been having some pretty major difficulties sleeping, as I have mentioned several times lately. My choppy sleeping habits are usuall…