Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sleeping Pills


hey guys
I currently have a royal grippe of sleeping pills. so much so that I doubt it is legal.

Let me just say if any of you have questions about these intense little pills, just ask me. I've been through the process of getting prescriptions for these bad boys quite a few times, with quite a few different brands, and I feel officially knowledgable on the subject.

If you can't sleep, most doctors will try to prescribe an anti-anxiety or anti-depressant medication which has the side effect of making you drowsy. Trazodone, Alprazolam, etc. These work for most people, but if you have have insomnia, as in clinical diagnosis of insomnia, they will not.

The more serious stuff is where it's at, for me at least. Lunesta, Ambien, Ambien CR. Lunesta is good but gave me this super intense metal taste in my mouth that would last for hours before and after I was sleeping. Ambien is good, but I would often wake up three or four hours after falling asleep, unable to get back to bed. Ambien CR is my current love, and gives me a solid 8 hours of uninterrupted goodness, more if I fall asleep earlier.

The only downfall of Ambien is that if I don't lay down RIGHT AFTER taking the pills, I get kinda strange and do things I don't really remember. Usually I'm good at this, but if I get sucked into a project it is IMPOSSIBLE to pull me away (this is the curse of being manic-depressive. manic=projects for hours). An example of weird thing I don't remember: putting epic amounts of make up on and then having my own personal photo shoot.

I woke up on the ground the next day, wearing a hat and not much else. The pictures entertained/unsettled me. It is strange seeing yourself doing things you just can't for the life of you recall.

forgotten photoshoot picture:


I think I did a solid job for being so cracked out.

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