Mental health down the tubes and affecting my physical health...rare mental health update
I don't often write about my mental health these days, so this is going to be that rare post. I was off sick from work for the past week, complete with a doctor's note due to how sick I've been for entirely too long. My physical health was finally in a place where I was actually worried - I even took myself to the ER to get looked at. Usually I just muddle through as best as I can, take whatever OTC meds recommended to help with my symptoms, and go from there. But this round I'd been sick, one way or another, for well over two months. I've been spiking fevers for ages, and just wrote them off to hot flashes. But hot flashes aren't supposed to make you nauseous or give you the runs. Everything you consume is not supposed to come out the other end primarily as liquid. This past couple of weeks I fought off one of the worst bouts of cold/flu I've ever had - I'd managed to work through a week of it before leaving work last Monday halfway through my shift