Society for the Preservation of My Sanity

Boy, you'd think that I'd learn not to take too many new meds at one time. But really...I was hurting SO bad that I didn't care too much about that.

So, I took the decongestant-slash-be-n-edr-yl-replacement, I took the pain reliever stuff, and then about 11pm, I took the sleep med.

I probably should have taken the sleep stuff earlier, but y'know what? There wasn't any info on the bottle...just "take 1 or 2 at bedtime". Okie dokie, then.

When I got in the bed, I started thinking (s'about time!) about learning what the side effects of these meds were, so I got up and got the papers that came with them....but all it said on the sheet where there's usually patient/drug info was "see pharmacist for drug information".

Gah! I was too tired to go searching on the net, so I just went to sleep. Tommy was snoring on the couch again...he's been doing that lately. Falling asleep there and he can only be awakened by the pager going off. He's exhausted and it's too much trouble to wake him, so I usually just leave him there with a cover. Heh.

Anyhow, the boys both piled into our bed, and so we all went to sleep.

It would have been a really good sleep, I think, if not for excessive poodle peeing. Urgh. Tucker woke me up four or five times to go pee or poop or both. Why the dog has such a nocturnal elimination system is beyond me, but he was unusually active last night.

I was VERY off balance and just felt like lead. It wasn't like a light-headed buzzy feeling as with a pain med, but a very thick, heavy feeling. Not good when trying to navigate to a poodle release area in the dark. Sheesh.

So, it started snowing late yesterday. We didn't get to enjoy watching it fall, but there was a thickish skiff on and with no cover on the patio, it gets snowed over quickly....which apparently confuses Tucker into thinking he's actually in the yard. Therefore, there are three or four poodle pee ice slicks on the patio today.

And when you holler "Don't slip on the pee ice!" it comes out sounding like something else entirely and makes your kid look at you with his mouth open in that "Ommm!" fashion. Sheesh! Do ya want I should not to warn youse about da potential slippage hazards thereon? Huh??

Oh well. Anyhow, I woke up stuffed tight as a drum this morning. UGH! I haven't been this stuffy in a long time. So, I'm snuffing up eucalyptus-laced steam and downing herbal teas as hard as I can. I'm supposed to take the decongestant twice a day, so I guess I'll do that this morning...and do the nasal squirtage med, too...but as I'm hunting down these generic 'scripts for info online, I'm finding out what made my mouth dry as powder overnight.

The decongestant.

Good GRIEF!

As for the pain stuff, I'd never heard of it before, but it's basically a combination of several things I have taken. It does help turn the pain level down a couple of notches, but it doesn't relieve it to the point where you would not feel as if you need something for pain. Did that make sense? I mean if I got a headache that was the level of pain that the med takes the Monster Headaches to, I'd be trying to find something to relieve the pain still.

*sigh*

I have a high resistance to pain meds. Whenever I say this to a doctor, however, I am quickly labeled (either mentally by the doc or in my chart!) as a risk for addiction!!! GAH!

Both of my c-sections? The anesthesiologists would always have to administer additional meds and they both commented on how unusual it was for me to need the higher dose. With Corey, the anesthesesiologist told Tommy that he'd given me the maximum dose for my size....and I could still feel whenever I was touched...and I was awake. And whenever I've been given a pain med for whatever...after a surgery or for some joint thing, etc....it was usually something that others in my family had been prescribed at some time...and the dose that covered pain for them (or made them feel buzzed) would not even touch my pain. I simply have a high resistance to those things. And it sucks! Plain as that.

Back to the info search --- I'm looking up the sleep med and it also can cause dry mouth. Ha. And a lot of other things. I'm not sure I'm liking this stuff. It's an older medicine that was originally used to treat depression. It may be worth my while (and extra expense) to ask about some of the newer sleep 'scripts. My mom and sister both have Rx's for those that they use occasionally and they work well for them.

*sigh*

So much crap to deal with. Grrr! And I'm still feeling pretty groggy. Mostly when I move, though. I don't feel that way so much when I'm being still. Maybe I'll go back to bed.

Not.

I have WAY too much to do. My house has gone to pot after doing so well keeping it tidy for the past two weeks. *cry* I hate when that happens. But I've just felt so crappy!!! CRAP-PPPEEEEEE! GRRR!

Alright. I'm sorry. I'll stop growling at you and release you now. Thanks for coming by to check on me. A prayer or two would be greatly appreciated when you think of it.

The Headache is here. *sigh* I guess I'm off to the pile o' pill bottles now. *woe is me* God, give me strength today?

~hugs ya'll~