thanks again drleela. i'll run out and get some bell.

as for the hallucinations, i don't really mind sharing as it wasn't anything particularly disturbing. i just felt myself getting really paranoid like i was losing control of my mind and body and it was acting/thinking on its own. when i had fevers in the past when i was younger, this would happen as well and i would feel claustrophobic and felt the ceiling getting taller and taller and experienced strange sensations where i was really heavy. as for the symptoms, i just get quite hot and if it's bad enough, like i described, i get delusional, paranoid, etc. but it seems like it's a mountain climb -- when i get start getting delusional is the peak of the climb, and then once i reach that peak, i start to feel better.

also, this time around, towards the end of the nap i was trying to take, i felt myself falling asleep yet i was clearly awake and my eyes were open. i tried to get up but my body wouldn't respond for about 5 seconds. it felt like i was falling asleep but yet still conscious and eyes open. a bit spooky, but an hour or so after i woke up, took some acetominophen, i've been feeling much better.

the headaches haven't been a problem in the past. it's just these last few days it's been quite harsh and strangely placed -- usually it's just the temples, but the last few days it's been below my right ear on the head.

thanks again for the advice and help, dr leela, i appreciate it greatly. hopefully my local health food store has belladonna 200. if they don't, do you recommend another doseage of the same? ie, 15, 30, etc? i'm not quite certain what the number correlates to.

[ 20 February 2002, 17:51: Message edited by: cscs ]