A Weird Combination

Or more accurately, a weird effect from a combination. I wouldn't normally write about medications two days in a row, but I'm pondering the phenomenon of how taking the steroid pills with narcotic cough syrup has affected me. I'm not having an allergic reaction -- I should probably say that before going on -- but I am cleaning my house with an energy and focus that I don't usually possess. Any thoughts I had of getting a good night's sleep went out the window, I suppose because of the steroids. Usually when I take Prednisone, I want to jump out of my skin. I get nervous and edgy and don't know what to do with myself. It must have been the addition of the drug in the cough syrup that slowed me down enough to find an outlet for that edginess. In a way, it was good. I got so many things done that I'm sure I wouldn't have otherwise. At one in the morning, I was cleaning my dining room floor on my hands and knees. At two, I was dusting and mopping in several other rooms. At that point, I almost decided to give up on sleep. I would just shower and make a pot of coffee. But I hadn't slept well the night before, so around three I went to bed with the hope that I would get at least a few hours sleep. I did -- just a few hours -- and I woke up in a strange state. I was like a hyper zombie-woman.

And that's how I've been most of the day. Normally, I wouldn't think of that as a good thing, but I've vacuumed all my floors and upholstery, and steamcleaned the carpet in the guestroom. I got all the laundry done, changed my bed, and cleaned the microwave. The time it's taken me to write this is the longest I've sat still all day. I took one steroid pill at lunchtime, and I don't plan to take another one today. It's almost time for another dose of cough syrup. I'll have that before dinner; I made rice earlier in the day and it's chilling in the refrigerator for a stir-fry tonight. That's the other weird thing; I haven't had much of an appetite. Because I don't usually have a strong desire to clean house, I'm going to ride this wave as long as it lasts. I'm sure by tomorrow I'll have pulled out my appliances and larger furniture to wipe down the walls and clean the baseboard. I'm still not feeling quite well, but at least there's an upside: When I get well, my house will be nice and clean.