A rant...

[Sangye]

Salt increases the Fire energy in the body, so it makes it harder to sleep. People who eat a salty snack in the evening are much more likely to get insomnia.

You might want to keep a food log and see if you can find a correlation. I have a couple food sensitivities that will cause it, too. MSG is a particular killer that is hidden in a lot of foods.

[ScreaminMeanie]

I avoid MSG like the plague! Keeping a food log is one of those things I keep saying I'm going to do (and have done a few times in the past), but just don't seem to have the energy at the moment. Gonna try to do it anyway!

A few weeks ago I was blaming this on allergies - the pollen counts have been off the charts this spring - and then it rained on and off for a couple of weeks (during which I don't recall having this problem). Now it's been dry for almost a week and the pollen counts are sky high again. That could be it.

[Sangye]

Oh yeah, definitely could be pollen. Go write it down. In the column next to your foods.

[Chris G]

I've had allergies since about age 25 - or I thought I did.......now I think half of it was wg puttering along, before I knew I had it. Anyhow, while we're on all these immune suppressing drugs, are we really be having allergy problems??? Surely, my 20mg daily pred is a much better allergy reliever than a claritin, right? I haven't taken an allergy pill since starting wg drugs.

[ScreaminMeanie]

I don't think my 5mg is working as well as your 20mg.

[Sangye]

ROTFL...

[Chris G]

I don't think my 5mg is working as well as your 20mg.

Haha, my 20 trumps your 5! Do you want to raise??

[ScreaminMeanie]

Some days, I actually DO!

[Chris G]

Some days, I actually DO!

NO!! Don't say that! You're so close to getting off that nasty stuff! And the mtx too. I'm right behind you......closing in fast (I think I can, I think I can....)

[ScreaminMeanie]

I know, I know! Just kidding.......kind of. I'm actually going to ask my doc tomorrow about the advisability of slightly upping my dose on days I know I'm going to have extra stuff on my plate - like night meetings for work - so that I don't hit the "pred wall" before the meeting even starts. Maybe take 1mg extra at lunchtime or something. I will report back what she says, in case anyone else is interested.