I'm certainly doing much better today. I've just gone a bit over 4 hours on my half tablet, and I'm currently trying to decide whether I need more. Is diarrhea a side effect of maxolon? It's at least a little easier to cope with as your digestive system is at least running in the right direction, even if it is on fast forward!

It's not as though I'm not used to taking drugs - I take a scary amount each day to manage my various conditions. I'm fine with codeine and mersyndol (not that I'll touch it now I'm pregnant), but I just can't cope with the zombie-like feeling from things like stemetil and maxolon. I end up being so non-functional on them anyway, that I prefer to just rest and take it easy and at least have my brain working.

I'm starting to feel much more confident that I'll be up to work next week when the holidays end.

Thanks so much once again, leeloo. It's amazing how we don't often think of the simple solutions for ourselves.

BW