Hung over

[elfs]

Ugh, I'm hung over this morning. And not for the reasons you'd think. I slept terribly poorly Sunday night, waking around 3 am to a nasty allergy attack as well as back pain. I was reasonably functional Monday, but sleep deprivation catches up on me pretty fast.

lisakit invited us all over for dinner last night, and she made a very yummy stew that I ate quite a bit of. Thanks, Lisa! But when I got home, I immediately started getting ready for bed, and in order to make sure that I'd sleep through the night I took a half dose of the Tylenol clone of Nytol, "Simply Sleep."

Sure, it works. That and a hot chocolate before bed knock me right out. On the other hand, it leaves me hung over the following day. I'm awake, I'm functional, I seem to have all of my faculties, but underneath it all I can't concentrate and I can't create. I have no access at all to my usual creative facilities. Words come at the rate of one a minute, not the usual twenty or thirty. And oddly, it's not frustrating, because I'm too tamped down by the hangover to get frustrated over it. It's more an Eeyore-level acceptance of things the way they are.

Well, maybe I'll get over it soon. Hope so. It's so annoying.

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[elfs.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much how I use it. If I find myself using it more than two nights in a row, I force myself off it and let my body reset before doing it again. Hate the stuff.