October 20, 2006

• Getting Straight

  We changed Tucker's meds yesterday.  We were trying him on this different med that ramps up a little slower in the morning but was supposed to last later in the evening.  And I started getting notes from the teacher about how he was doing things like telling her that it was against his religion to make predictions (in reading comprehension class).  I didn't ask him what he'd converted to, I was kind of afraid to know.  And he was reporting on the other kids "can you believe it mom, they all glued their things in straight lines as though that was the best way to do anything."  I guess we can't have any of those straight line issues ...

  So we're back to the medicine that seems to get him through his day with fewer interesting stories. 

  I have this issue when things get a little stressful, with not sleeping.  It's not uncommon to find me surfing the net at 2 am because I still haven't been able to fall asleep and then find me back up and at it by 4:30 because I'm wide awake already.  Although, if you're finding me there, it's not just ME who has a problem now is it ...

  But I have discovered something wonderful.  For a while I kept getting the name wrong and I was telling people that minoxidil was helping me sleep better.  I'm sure that if my thinning hair would stay on my head, my stress would be reduced, but no, that wasn't the trick.

  It's Melatonin.  See?  Similar word, starts with an M and has some vowels.  Also an "l" and "n" randomly thrown in to create more of an allusion to the word that kept coming from my mouth.  A mistake anyone could make.  (I'll tell you the rest of that story, I just googled to make sure I was spelling minoxidil right and that was when I learned that it was the same as Rogaine, up until that very moment, I kept thinking that it was Yeast Infection medication.)

  Michael's doctor recommended we try melatonin because he (Michael, not the doctor) also has trouble sleeping.  So M gets it every night, and I  take it when i need it.  I took it last night, just in case.  And that stuff is awesome.  I have to RUN to get in bed after I swallow it to prevent the embarrassment of waking in strange places (hallway),  when I wake up, I don't have a fuzzy head, or grogginess.  AND best of all - the stuff is CHEAP.  I get it at Walmart for $3.47 a bottle of 120 tablets.  That's a lot of good sleeping.

  This blog has been brought to you by another favorite saying of my best friend ... Better living through chemistry.

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