Camping and drugs.
Off with Heather's family for their annual Memorial Day weekend outing.
It occurred to me last night, before bed, that the one drug I'm on for tics (clonidine - its main purpose is to lower blood pressure but it's also used in treatment of Tourette's, for tics, and others), having knocked me out for entire days if taken upon waking, may also be keeping me knocked out after I wake up when I take it upon sleeping.
I didn't take it last night - to aid with sleep, I took good old diphenhydramine, an antihistamine, which is useful for me anyway - and was able to wake up nicely (if groggily). Among other things, I'm able to be up and about with less than 10-12 hours of sleep... I only connected abnormally long sleep with the clonidine last night. :|
Something to go over with my neurologist in a couple weeks. Joy. Back to the drawing board with the tics. But at least I can be awake again.
Be back Monday.
It occurred to me last night, before bed, that the one drug I'm on for tics (clonidine - its main purpose is to lower blood pressure but it's also used in treatment of Tourette's, for tics, and others), having knocked me out for entire days if taken upon waking, may also be keeping me knocked out after I wake up when I take it upon sleeping.
I didn't take it last night - to aid with sleep, I took good old diphenhydramine, an antihistamine, which is useful for me anyway - and was able to wake up nicely (if groggily). Among other things, I'm able to be up and about with less than 10-12 hours of sleep... I only connected abnormally long sleep with the clonidine last night. :|
Something to go over with my neurologist in a couple weeks. Joy. Back to the drawing board with the tics. But at least I can be awake again.
Be back Monday.