Cold Turkey

I am officially off of medication for nerve damage. This is a good thing. Potentially.

It will certainly be a good thing in the long-term, not least because my super sluggish metabolism should start to get back to normal and I might begin to need sleep in a normal fashion again. It also means I might be able to pass the medical to get behind the wheel of a car.

However, in the short term, losing the last few milligrams per day might be something of a rough trip. After prolonged exposure to any drug that impacts on the way brain receives information from the nerves, you have to expect the final cold turkey to be somewhat nasty.

The unpleasantness could range from me just being more of cranky, sullen so-and-so than usual to some bone-deep sweats, paranoia and concentration problems for a few days. As Alex Turner sings: ‘Bring on the backlash…’