I'm at that fuzzy, melting into the pillow stage right now. Unfortunately, I'm at work.
The hazards of the meds I had to take this morning for the stupid sinus irritation caused by this weather. Since they now appear to be doing the "may cause drowsiness" while I'm under the influence, this means when they wear off I'll be a bit jittery. I like it better when it is the reverse.
I'm not sure what time I fell asleep last night. It was definitely after 1AM. This morning I am fuzzy, unsurprisingly. Not enough caffeine in the world.
Only got 5.5 hours of sleep last night. Stupid Daylight Savings Time.
::shakes fist at stupid dead legislators::
I have a migraine. I enrolled for benefits, and that hurt my brain. And then I read some e-mail and recalled that Friday is our annual corporate retreat.
I may cry.
My understanding is that it drops you right into REM sleep and skips the stage before it where a lot of people end up stalled out.
But I could be entirely wrong in this recollection.
I had to go look on Ambien's website, but apparently it maintains all the stages of sleep. Huh. I thought it dropped you right into REM sleep, too.
Apparently, Ambien works by enhancing the actions of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GABA inhibits the transmission of nerve signals, thereby reducing nervous excitation in the brain. However, unlike benzodiazepines, Zolpidem appears to be more selective in its action and targets only one type of GABA receptor.
(I cut and pasted that directly from a website, BTW.)
Good mornings. I slept fine last night. Which is a shame because I have a ton of work to do today and should have gotten up earlier. On the plus side? Candy for breakfast.
Steph, as long as you're looking things up (and translating into English), what does Sonata do?
Man, I hated those houses, but you couldn't skip them, because they just sat there with the door open, waiting for the trick-or-treaters and it would be rude.
and you knew that if they were that into Halloween, they had the good candy.
I don't know what Sonata *does* but it's supposed to keep you asleep only for four hours or so. I prefer Sonata to Ambien, because I have no trouble staying asleep.
I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again: I used to stop drinking caffeine about six hours before going to bed; still couldn't fall asleep. I tried everything suggested for insomnia and nothing worked. But once I stopped drinking caffeine
12
hours before going to bed, my insomnia improved greatly.
I had to go look on Ambien's website, but apparently it maintains all the stages of sleep. Huh. I thought it dropped you right into REM sleep, too.
heh. I bet I learned that wrong from you.