Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 4:51:59 am PDT #718 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have had many MRIs, but I don't know if I've had a sideways one. They all blur together at this point.

As does my life. I'm clutching my Red Bull and trying not to cry. I know for sure I didn't get to sleep before 1:30, and subjectively it felt like a lot less than five hours, because there was a lot of rolling around in the silent wee hours.

My head is pounding again, and I'm finding it hard to keep the damned drink down, and, just, this is a lot of experimentation to be doing with my real life, you know?


Theodosia - Oct 20, 2010 4:56:02 am PDT #719 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I switched taking my Celexa to night, and have less sleepiness during the day. When I first started on Paxil, for the first time in my life I was able to regularly deeply nap (i.e. fall all.the.way.asleep) without serious illness helping things along.


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 20, 2010 4:58:40 am PDT #720 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

I had a sleep study and they found that RLS was the cause of my problems. It's a nasty one. Mine's related to fibromyalgia and EDS, apparently. Pregabalin (for nerve pain) has, unintentionally, helped a bit. I take zopiclone (sleep drug that I think is similar to Ambien) when it gets impossible to handle.

Edit: Wishing you rest and less pain, ita.


Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 5:02:12 am PDT #721 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You guys. YOU GUYS. Did you see where Clarence Thomas's wife called Anita Hill and asked her for an apology??? [link] What the fucking fuck.


megan walker - Oct 20, 2010 5:03:09 am PDT #722 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So, I'm used to hearing fire trucks because of the retirement community across the way, but this morning they seemed a little loud when I woke up. I finally look out the window and it turns out there were trucks up and down both streets fighting a huge fire around the block.


megan walker - Oct 20, 2010 5:04:49 am PDT #723 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

You guys. YOU GUYS. Did you see where Clarence Thomas's wife called Anita Hill and asked her for an apology??? [link] What the fucking fuck.

I watching the news right now and just heard that!


Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 5:05:21 am PDT #724 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I finally look out the window and it turns out there were trucks up and down both streets fighting a huge fire around the block.

Yikes! Scary.


megan walker - Oct 20, 2010 5:10:41 am PDT #725 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What's scary is my alarm woke me up. I don't know yet if anyone was inside.

Also? People that hear about fires at 5am and come to watch them are a little scary.


Nicole - Oct 20, 2010 5:11:20 am PDT #726 of 30001
I'm getting the pig!

I know couples can be weirdly accomodationist, but can't he use a sleep mask or something? It seems like you have to go to a lot of effort for his sensitivity.

Bon, he's tried but anything around his head makes him too fidgety to sleep. The only good thing is that between the snoring (his - I wear those silicone earplugs that ROCK)) and the sensitivity to light (his), I've been able to make an awesome case for a new KING bed. We have a queen now and it's just too small for my pillow forts.

What the fucking fuck.

That's what I thought, too. Crazy.


Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 5:14:08 am PDT #727 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also? People that hear about fires at 5am and come to watch them are a little scary.

Yes. And my extensive research tells me that one of those people started the fire.