Vitamin D update
My 5000IU doses of Vitamin D arrived, and I started taking it promptly. The good news is that it made me feel better, stronger - like I've had 2 shots of fresh brewed coffee without the jitters. The bad news is, I still had slightly dizzy attacks early on after increasing my dosage. I'm unclear if the effects of vitamin D will make any immediate difference to my vestibular health, or does it take longer to take effect. One thing it did make me feel however, is a hell of a lot more energetic, aware - alert. I guess what I can report on is that if you are in fact low on Vitamin D, and that has become your norm, then this is going to wake you up from your hiatus! Within a few days, my power endurance activity increased significantly.I'm also sleeping better, and that is not normal for me.
New therapy?
At the same time, I've also started doing something incredibly unlikely, slack-lining.
Apparently, when a new activity is used adopted by the brain, it is able to increase it's size and connectivity by multiple folds within a week. I have also heard numbers of 50% within a day given the right stimulation. I suppose the difference is willingness.
This little 2 inch wide bit of tape has been my ticket. Incredibly rubbish at slack-lining I found myself frustratingly bad at even standing on the line for a split second. But this has been incredible therapy, and so much fun at it. I could have sworn the temporal bone behind my ears experienced pressure and pain the first few sessions. Previously I have practised awareness towards sound, however, I started to realise it wasn't sensitivity to sound that I had to increase awareness, it was spatial and balance, so I decided to give this a try.
The first few sessions, was about relaxing and one interesting trait I noted off the eye. I found it very difficult to stare at the one spot, with random and constant shifting of a point of concentration despite my greatest efforts. It's not as if my attention moved away, but the focus of my eye would not stay. However increasingly with this practise, I became more fixated on a point, it translated to being able to correct my posture, straighten up and ease into relaxation. Strangely enough, it also helps you ease anxiety. So far so good right ?
I'm still absolutely atrocious given how many tries I have had but I have a feeling this is really something that is going to help me a lot with this disease. Sure beats walking up and down the hallway moving my head left right up and down. And again, ... is therapy meant to be this fun ?
