Insomnia: You're on notice! (mild, rambling, humor)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Along with bears, insomnia now goes up on the “ON NOTICE” board.

This started a couple weeks back, with the diet pills I started taking . Since I’m on vacation at the moment, I’ve been waking up closer to lunchtime, which caused the “morning/afternoon” cycle you are supposed to take them at to get messed up. This kept me up all night, once even until 7AM! The effect was worsened when I consumed alcohol. Hey, I’m a college student and I’m on vacation, what do you expect? I stopped taking them and my schedule returned to something like normal (asleep a bit after midnight and up about 9-10).

So right now I’m sick in bed with a 102 degree fever, sucking down apple juice, water, cough drops and cuddling an ice pad, and not the least bit tired. But I’ve taken some Vicodin for the pain (from a doctor, not some punk on the street corner) so hopefully the Worst Sore Throat in Human History will subside in a few minutes and let me get some precious sleep.

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Why isn’t this in MPSIMS?

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Because insomniacs don’t think clearly.

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My sentiments exactly.

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My advice is to see a doc if these symtoms started after he gave you the med. A sore throat that bad may be strep, which can be dangerous. Also, that fever is a warning sign, so either go to a MD or an ER.

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Geoff, these aren’t prescription pills, they’re OTC. And I think it’s common to have sleeplessness with them.

Although according to the other thread, he’s off them because of the insomnia, so whatever…

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The insomnia last night was from the pain of a nasty sore throat.