Here and well enough. The flu thing has moved out of my head and into my chest which is annoying, but I think I'm now within striking distance of being well again. Thank heaven! I make a lousy patient.

I read yesterday that people dx'd with sz tend not to have the flush reaction to niacin. I guess most people taking a large dose of niacin turn red and their skin tingles. So of course I rushed out and bought niacin (not the non-flushing or time-released kind) and took one toward the end of my work day - on an empty stomach which apparently makes it worse. I turned red as a lobster and felt like I was standing out under a very hot sun. Then I got dizzy and drowsy - which is when I realized I really shouldn't have done that right before the drive home. It knocked me out and I slept like the dead last night.

Well, I had my son take one, and he had no reaction at all! Might be expected from what I was reading yesterday, I guess, but it still surprised me. It's things like this that make me wonder if the proponents of a biological basis for mental illness aren't right after all.

Sorry about the fibromyalgia. That sounds awful. Might fish oil help with that? Eating too much omega 6 relative to omega 3 (standard American diet) is inflammatory and leads to all kinds of bad things. I started eating lots of fish and taking fish oil in late March because of my sore shoulder. The shoulder pain went away within days. Fish oil is supposed to be very useful for rheumatoid arthritis, so maybe it would help with the fibromyalgia? I know they're different things, but they're both inflammatory, aren't they?