Couch 219: The Goose Drank Wine

Lemoncake · Sep 19, 2020 at 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by velcro003

aaahhhh. i can’t sleep. the ambien the doc prescribed is doing nothing. i have to make it to tuesday for inpatient treatment and i don’t know how on earth i’m going to do it.

Can you go back and see them again if you want to try a different medication?

Lemoncake · Sep 19, 2020 at 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

pS - hi couch! Good to hop on for a bit

Hiiiii!

LonesomeTonight · Sep 19, 2020 at 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by velcro003

aaahhhh. i can’t sleep. the ambien the doc prescribed is doing nothing. i have to make it to tuesday for inpatient treatment and i don’t know how on earth i’m going to do it.

Does Benadryl work for making you sleepy? (I know it has the opposite effect in some people.) Maybe you could try that for the next few days? Magnesium can help with relaxation, too. Or melatonin?

ArtieTheSequal · Sep 19, 2020 at 11:03 AM

Melatonin has been working for me the past week or so.

unaluna · 02:57 PM

Ooh, i think im watching the first Gunsmoke with Burt Reynolds!!! He was a regular for a season or so.

Eta - i always wondered about his backstory, how he came to be in Dodge. It was pretty good.

ArtieTheSequal · 01:43 PM

Getting ready to take diabetic cat to the vet to check his blood sugar since we increased his insulin dose. I am hopeful that it's helping at least a little, as he's still been spending more time out in the main part of the house rather than hiding in the closet. I wish it would help him walk better, but maybe in time.

ETA: just got back home from vet. She actually decreased his insulin down to 2.5 units twice a day from 3. He'd been at 2 before she upped it to 3. We go back again in a week...

velcro003 · Sep 19, 2020 at 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Sorry to hear, Velcro. There's a YouTube channel called The Honest Guys that has some brilliant guided meditations for sleep. I use them almost every night.

thanks for the recommendation

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

Can you go back and see them again if you want to try a different medication?

I would try, but I go inpatient on Tuesday. I might call him on Monday to see what he says.

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Does Benadryl work for making you sleepy? (I know it has the opposite effect in some people.) Maybe you could try that for the next few days? Magnesium can help with relaxation, too. Or melatonin?

Yep, I'm one of those people where Benadryl has the opposite effect. Melatonin has never done anything for me. Never have tried magnesium.

Daffydungle · Sep 20, 2020 at 05:29 AM

My Ds cat tends to overgroom and i just pushed his head away and said try not lick too muh and he narroweed his eyes and sighed! I have never seen anything like it jut like a teenager hahahaha
If anyone is interested my applempie was disgusting not the filling but the cheap pastry i bought. I usuallyy make my own pastry but couldnt face it in the tiny kitchen i have. Next time inwill mkempastry on the kitchen table

Daffydungle · Sep 20, 2020 at 05:29 AM

Hugs velcro

Daffydungle · Sep 20, 2020 at 05:30 AM

Hi echoes

susannahsays · Sep 20, 2020 at 04:47 PM

I am also having a lot of trouble sleeping. Ambien worked for me, but had the nasty side effect of worsening my depression and making me want to hurt myself. I used to take benadryl or unisom, but they both stopped working even when taking much more than I should have. Psychiatrist prescribed hydroxyzine after I stopped the Ambien, but it doesn't help and gives me a really severe headache. Trazodone didn't help and made my mouth so dry I had trouble speaking. My tongue and the inside of my mouth stuck on each other. It was awful - although I would have put up with it if it had helped.

Weed doesn't help. Melatonin helps me not wake up in the night, but it doesn't help me fall asleep. Kava kava tea helps me relax a bit, but again, not enough to fall asleep.

StressedMess · Sep 20, 2020 at 04:48 PM

Hey couchies, slow around here this weekend. Hopefully ya'll are having more fun than I am, doing housework and cleaning out my car. I'm going to do dishes later and bribe someone else to cook.

ScarletPimpernel · Sep 20, 2020 at 04:59 PM

Have you tried Doxepin? Most other things didn't work, stopped working, or had side effects. With Doxepin, I'm asleep in 30mins or less, and I sleep through the night.

ArtieTheSequal · Sep 20, 2020 at 05:34 PM

oh yeah I forgot, I took trazodone for awhile to sleep during the worst of my depression. It helped me sleep a LOT, but unfortunately with the side effect of horrible nightmares.

ArtieTheSequal · Sep 20, 2020 at 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by StressedMess

Hey couchies, slow around here this weekend. Hopefully ya'll are having more fun than I am, doing housework and cleaning out my car. I'm going to do dishes later and bribe someone else to cook.

I worked today, and my son came over for a couple hours to install some replacement blinds for us. They look so nice. But I'm set for a boring evening!

ArtieTheSequal · Sep 20, 2020 at 06:03 PM

Hmm. Not sure I'm too thrilled with our next assignment (she's starting to post stuff today) it has to do with designing research studies about trauma. Ugh.

ArtieTheSequal · Sep 20, 2020 at 07:00 PM

Actually I guess I should be reading. I'm a tad behind in reading the textbook chapters we have exam 1 coming up in less than a month on the first 7 chapters and I'm only halfway through chapter 4.

atisketatasket · Sep 20, 2020 at 09:16 PM

Yesterday lone dog discovered this: Corgi Nationals - Santa Anita Park

He’s been practicing all day.

unaluna · Sep 20, 2020 at 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Yesterday lone dog discovered this: Corgi Nationals - Santa Anita Park

He’s been practicing all day.

Couch road trip! And we can get our vaccinations together! I know i could use a distemper refresher

atisketatasket · Sep 20, 2020 at 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Couch road trip! And we can get our vaccinations together! I know i could use a distemper refresher

Maybe you could be his buddy honorary dog and escort him to the opening gate?

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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,219 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,754 hugs given	Sep 19, 2020 at 11:03 AM #424 Melatonin has been working for me the past week or so.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,836 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.3k hugs given	Sep 19, 2020 at 12:05 PM #425 Ooh, i think im watching the first Gunsmoke with Burt Reynolds!!! He was a regular for a season or so. Eta - i always wondered about his backstory, how he came to be in Dodge. It was pretty good. Last edited by unaluna; Sep 19, 2020 at 02:57 PM..

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StressedMess Grand Magnate Member Since Jul 2014 Location: Usa Posts: 3,068 9 589 hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 04:48 PM #432 Hey couchies, slow around here this weekend. Hopefully ya'll are having more fun than I am, doing housework and cleaning out my car. I'm going to do dishes later and bribe someone else to cook.

ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,405 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,399 hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 04:59 PM #433 Have you tried Doxepin? Most other things didn't work, stopped working, or had side effects. With Doxepin, I'm asleep in 30mins or less, and I sleep through the night. __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,219 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,754 hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 05:34 PM #434 oh yeah I forgot, I took trazodone for awhile to sleep during the worst of my depression. It helped me sleep a LOT, but unfortunately with the side effect of horrible nightmares.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,219 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,754 hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 06:03 PM #436 Hmm. Not sure I'm too thrilled with our next assignment (she's starting to post stuff today) it has to do with designing research studies about trauma. Ugh.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,219 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,754 hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 07:00 PM #437 Actually I guess I should be reading. I'm a tad behind in reading the textbook chapters we have exam 1 coming up in less than a month on the first 7 chapters and I'm only halfway through chapter 4.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,144 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Sep 20, 2020 at 09:16 PM #438 Yesterday lone dog discovered this: Corgi Nationals - Santa Anita Park He’s been practicing all day.