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There’s a lovely irony to me attending the first morning of this Sleep Disorders meeting on 3 hours of sleep. Delta lost my luggage, Hertz took forever to get me to the offsite lot, and (at 2AM!) I had to wait 25 minutes to check in at the hotel. Then, as per usual, it took me over an hour to get to sleep . . . Which is a big part of why I’m here.
Thus far this morning, I’ve learned that my benadryl/melatonin cocktail is not recommended, and that I should perhaps take a more serious look at Lunesta. But after my near-disastrous experiences with Ambien and the benzodiazepines, I’m leery of prescription drugs. There’s a new kid on the block, Rozerem, a melatonin receptor agonist. Safe, nonaddictive, and you can use it forever. Too bad there are ‘efficacy problems.’
One other cool thing I’ve learned about this morning: REM Behavior Disorder, a condition in which the patient acts out his dreams, often violently. I would give a link, but on this Blackberry, linkage is a major challenge.
Oops, looks like we’re getting started again.
D.
LOST YOUR LUGGAGE? Do you want me to call them and be a crazy person? I do crazy real well.
This is SO cool you are connected. SO COOL! Blackberry genius that you are.
Sorry about the traveling mishaps.
The other cool thing you can do with a blackberry, or other PDAs, is download ebooks. The screen is rather tiny but still readable. So… any guesses what kind of book Doug wanted me to download for him?
Hi Corn Dog! Hi Karen!
And they still haven’t found my bag. Is that unreal, or what? So I spent the better part of the afternoon driving around, looking for a reasonable place to shop. (Old Navy.) Karen, I found you a pannetone, but nought for Jake yet. Maybe I’ll find something at Gatorland.
And yeah, I have to go to Gatorland, because it’s the only thing around here not owned by Disney.
Hey, name that movie (not you, Karen. I know you know this one.)
“Prisney? PRISNEY?”
Need a hint?
Italian accent.
Hm. Wonder if I can watch videos on this thing — you know, so I can watch C-SPAN’s coverage of the Iraq war debate 😉
Karen, I’m sure Doug wanted some more chick-lit – the more graphic the sex scenes, the better.
ZZzzz… whuh?
Lordy, sounds like a rough trip. Hope they find your bag, soon!
Ambien – shudder! I experienced some fun side effects on that. Now I take a small dose of Trazadone at night. Usually works.
Mmm… pannetone. The last couple years for Christmas morning I’ve made pannetone French toast with egg nog, cinnamon & fresh nutmeg in the batter. Try it – it’s to die for!
Nox knows me too well 🙂
DN, I loved your 13, and I can say with great confidence that I never, ever would have thought of that!
But uh yeah me and Ambien do not mix. My office staff swore to quit if I ever took it again.
Hmm, I tried one Ambien too. It’s baaaaad.
I forgot Karen was tech support at your house. She is the Blackberry genius. YEAH! I was going to say Karen downloaded some sci-fi books to the Blackberry but I see I my guess would be wrong by what noxcat guessed and was confirmed.
Delta has to cough up some dough for clothes after a while, btw, if they don’t get your clothes to you. Wave some stinky underwear in their faces.
Hi! I’m back. I’m glad you had the benadryl/melatonin cocktail practice reevaluated. Did I have something to do about it?
Anyway, should you need to know more about this “cool thing you learned this morning” that’s called REM sleep behavior disorder, you know where to go.
So, you got one of them Blackberry phone/PDA thingys. Cool! How do you figure them out?