So for months now, I've been dealing with this bad stomach pain. I thought it was an ulcer brought on by the stress of Castle Crashers, but I got checked out and don't have an ulcer. Instead I have pre-ulcer conditions that could lead to an ulcer.

I first started taking Prevacid, for acid reflux. It helped with some of the reflux symptons but I still had regular stomach pains, waking up every morning with stomach pain and having regular pains at times throughout the day. I was diagnosed with having a spastic stomach and given Metoclopramide, a "potent dopamine receptor antagonist." This actually worked and my symptoms pretty much went away, but the side effect was that I was a lot more tired and became totally unmotivated. I actually started falling asleep on the couch at night in front of the TV, which I never do - I usually have to force myself to bed. I was also more tired in the morning, although I always hate mornings... But I think it really was making me get DEPRESSED.

The one month of pills ran out and I've shifted back to being more alert and awake, but the stomach pain is back. I don't know if another month could solve things once and for all, or what. In the meantime, I've been trying to fix up my diet... I'm drinking tea instead of coffee and trying not to eat too much in one sitting. The really troublesome part is that beer doesn't sit very well... I wanna kick this before the UK Meetup so I can drink like a champ, but I have a bad feeling I'm gonna be nursing bottles sloooooowly. So anyway this is a heads up.