Beginning of day 17. A morning post

Good morning friends,

What a miserable night sleep. I would love to blame the fast but in truth that has nothing to do with it.  Because of some tragic situations from about three years ago, I have been taking antidepressants. I wasn't very happy about it and was very reluctant. But I have to say, they really did help and they really were necessary. But things have improved, considerably. So I've been cutting back. Now I am down to about 50% of what I was taking. I'm pretty happy about that. Actually there's a bit of a joke there. 

Although these medications are extremely helpful, this one in particular has an odd side effect. For some bizarre reason, whenever I miss a dose, which I did yesterday, I have very disturbing dreams. They aren't nightmares, but they are disturbing. In my sleep and set being horrid.  Why did I skipped this dosage? Believe me, it wasn't intentional. When did I realize that I missed this dosage? When I was having a horrible time sleeping last night. I started reflecting on my day and realized that I had never taken medication. Perhaps I should've tried taking it right then and there, but I didn't.  

So I gave up fighting it and started my day early. And the weather has seem to complement my mood as well. As you may know, Santa Barbara California is right on the coast. It is a beautiful town. But like all seaside towns they can be prone to fall. It is not typical to find fog in Santa Barbara in the middle of September but apparently it is here today. I'll be sure to check in at the end of the day and let you know how the rest of the day turned out.

Here's part 2 of day 17......
http://30daybrothfast.blogspot.com/2013/09/day-17-not-bad-day-after-all.html