No point in it, really. No control over any of it, same as usual.
I have had some trouble sleeping, though.
So I decided last night that I'd take some Benadryl to help me sleep.
It did. I slept like a brick (with nightmares in its head) and woke up after nine hours. Of course there were three pee breaks in there, because of course there were.
And I've been hungover all day long.
I don't drink alcohol, haven't for more than 20 years, but in my teen years I had an alcohol-induced hangover once or twice. Apparently taking Benadryl wasn't a great idea. So I got up early-ish, didn't take a nap. Hoping that will help me sleep tonight.
So I've been reading things here and there. Trying to make sense by getting a more or less balanced picture in my mind.
And no more Benadryl.
Okay, off to make a meal and drink another bottle of water, which seems to be helping to flush the yuck out of my system.
I'm looking forward to when this shit is over.
Past time for the electoral college to be gone.
I make it a point to drink at least four quarts of water each day. I drink at least one immediately upon getting up and another within an hour. Drink the other two during the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThere is some evidence water upon rising helps prevent strokes.
When I get dehydrated my legs start hurting and then the cramps come. Going to bed hydrated seems to help me sleep better. I have one glass (8 oz) of wine in the evening and two ounces of Ameretto washing down two aspirin. This helps me fall asleep. Sometimes I go three full hours before I need to pee.Sometimes after the third pee I will sleep for two hours. Most afternoons I take a nap.
I love to nap. Been avoiding it today so that I can hopefully sleep tonight. I'm pretty sure I can't drink a gallon of water every day.
DeleteI would try it though if it would have kept this damn hangover away!!
The fuckening is the story of my life lately and I'm not even talking politics or covid, but I'm going to have a freaking anxiety attack if we don't get a final on this never-ending election soon. Hope you feel better tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI don't like having no say in things. That loss of control. I'm always aware that what I think and do has no bearing on politics, none of them give a shit for you or for me and anyone who thinks otherwise may be deluded. (I read on a message board this week that someone was 'diluted', good god)
DeleteI hope this is over soon. It's stressful. And I hate it.
Benadryl works for me. I don't use it very often but it's funny that tonight may be one of those nights. I have to get up early and I can never get to sleep when I go to bed earlier than my normal 3am.
ReplyDeleteWell my hangover headache has turned into a migraine, which I medicated about a half hour ago. I'll be sick for another 45 minutes or so, probably. I'll have my man rub my shoulder on the right and get some of those nerves to loosen up around the shoulder blade. I've actually felt like crap all afternoon. Looking forward to bedtime.
DeleteWhy do you stay up until 3? Natural rhythm? If I indulged mine, I'd be up until 1 or 2 every night and sleep until noon.
Oh, that's what it's called!! I thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteI can't take benadryl Ami. It makes me unfunctionable if there is such a word. I have tried ZZzQuil. That doesn't give me a hangover.
Ordinarily I can sleep okay. The Benadryl the other night was because of the shenanigans over the election. Trump spent the better part of a year telling his followers that voting by mail is full of fraud so they didn't vote by mail. But everyone else did. Hence the fuckening. I don't see it getting better immediately, this country is a goddamn mess.
DeleteBenadryl is not my friend either. These days I take Melatonin and/or THC free CBD. I found a great one that's water soluble, the kids like it, particularly Oldest because it gets the "rat off the wheel" without having to get high. I like it because there's no groggy afterwards, and it eases my joint pain so I am less likely to wake up in pain or stiffness.
ReplyDeleteEric has been taking some CBD oil, it helps him sleep very well. I am usually fine when I try to sleep, but the election shit has been making me a little crazy. I'm probably not alone.
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