Last month I was diagnosed with something called pseudotumor cerebri, which, apparently isn’t rare, but it really came out of nowhere for me.  It’s one of the reasons I’m more than a month behind in my plans.

Anyways.

I’m on a medication called Diamox.  It’s a diuretic that also reduces the production of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) and keeps it from building up in my brain and causing damage to my nerves (ick, I know).

Diamox has many known side effects, and I’ve had some of them, mostly tingling in my fingers and feet, and even my face sometimes.  One side effect that I don’t rememeber seeing in any of the lists however was crazy weird vivid dreams.  I’m talking like you wake up and you don’t know if that really happened or not.  It’s like my dreams are happening in a different part of my brain than normal.  Weird.  But kinda cool too.  I’ve been having dreams about people I knew in high school and in college and law school, and a lot of my dreams are about traveling and really farfetched situations that could never really happen, but I’m sure that they did (right when I wake up anyways).

I go back to the neurologist week after next to see if I’m cured.  I sure hope that I am.  I was told that minor weight loss (if 10-15lbs is minor) also ensures that this won’t happen again.  Right, working on that.

Anyways, I’m wondering if, when I stop the medicine, the dreams will stop right away or if it will take a while.  I guess I’ll find out soon!