Nopers. I swear to ya. And I am NOT a person who thinks a formulary brand is better. I LIKE generics. They're cheaper. Go, generic.

But S and I looked at manufacturers and everything, and it says the all the active ingredients are the same, but really, truly, the little round white one are not as effacacious as the ovals. Both generics, but not equal, IMHO.

Weird, innit?

could it be the delivery system? generics are required to have the same active ingredients, but the inert ingredients can have an effect, can't they? Steph? (who will have to answer this tomorrow, 'cause I know she's in bed)

Acetaminophen toxicity is very dangerous and the liver damage can be irreversible. It can be fatal. There's no antidote, and it's just an ugly, ugly thing.

This is what got my late Brother-In-Law.

Me? I like ibuprofen. It's about the only drug I take, although I do like Tylenol PM from time to time.

That's my thought. I dunno about the chemistry of it; I just know that it didn't have the same effect on me as the same dosage of ostensibly the same generic. So my sister and I traded our leftover Wal-green's 30 days scripts for my dad's oval type that he takes once every 6 months and it's all good.

The only bad is I wish they made a 20 mg dose, because the 10 mg version doesn't work for me anymore -- I have built up a tolerance -- and so a month's rx last only 2 weeks. So it's very stressful: what nights do I sleep and what nights do I not? Right now, I'm a BIG not sleeping cycle. Stupid COBRA. I have NO pain meds, NO Ambien and am almost out of Celexa. And I have a killer cold.

People are like "Take a Benadryl. Try this."

Last night, I took two PM's and drank 6 cups of Sleepytime Extra. No sleep till about 10 a.m. And then I slept till about 2:30.

My dad was an alcoholic, so I REALLY don't like drinking except when it's a social thing, and booze doesn't really put me to sleep unless I'm shit-faced drunk. Mostly, I have a poundng headache at 3 a.m. AND I'm awake. Pot makes me tired, but doesn't always put me to sleep, plus? Expensive, stinky and illegal. Melatonin? Har.

Yeah, booze makes me giggly, and then my body metabolizes it to sugar so I'm AWAKE. Pot makes me giggly and sleepy, but that illegal thing is a problem. I join you in laughing derisively at melatonin. I know it works for some people, but my goodness, am I not one of them.

Tell me not to blow up in my brother's fb status. Tell me not to blow up in my brother's fb status. Tell me not to blow up in my brother's fb status.

Not only does melatonin not help me sleep, but also when I do get to sleep after taking it, I have weird, frightening dreams.

Rozeram was a joke. So was Sonata and Lunesta.

I've tried all kinds of sleepy drugs, including an anticonvulsant sample given to me by a psychiatrist that literally made me feel like I might die.

I've had sleep studies, electrodes, teas, tisanes, capsules...

I get incredibly anxious when bedtime approaches and I am out of Ambien. My Rx only lasting two weeks just exacerbates my insomnia problem and I HATES it, precious. I just want to know that if I need to sleep from a certain time to a certain time, I can. And will. Because if I am out, my body will NOT. DO. IT. I can guarantee you, I will be up until at least 7 am this morning, and tomorrow and Sunday, and every fucking day until I can get my next prescription, no matter if I walk, do yoga, meditate. I don't drink caffiene except for the 4 hours after I wake.

And every doctor is all "Oh, no, let's try something ELSE because 20 mgs would JUST BE AWFUL OMG" and I'm like "Dude. It WORKS. Why is that so damn bad?"

"Because it's potentially addictive!"

"I DON'T CARE. Sleeeeeepppppppp."

Don't blow up, vw!

What's fb, vw?

Don't blow up!!!!