Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on July 21, 2007, at 7:00:29
In reply to Re: I'm on high doses of everything » LlurpsieNoodle, posted by Bonnie_CA on July 21, 2007, at 4:32:21
Hi Bonnie, thanks for posting to me. kind of lonely, so it was really nice to have you stop by on my thread :)
> I wish I could sleep... I'm on Lexapro 10 mg and 200 mg Lamictal, and my sleep is terrible. Maybe I need some of what you've got?
I neglected to mention that I have an Rx for Sonata. It's a great sleeping pill. For one thing it's green and glossy colored. Really makes me feel like I'm getting my money's worth. My pdoc explained to me that it is very fast acting (take it when I'm already in bed- made THAT mistake last night on babble-chat, when I abruptly had to crawl to my bedroom), and the halflife is very short. I believe it's on the order of an hour or two.
Sometimes I have terrible dreams or anxieties that wake me up in the wee hours and don't let me fall back asleep. Sonata is great for that because I can take it even at 4am and be up by 7am.
I haven't gotten any of the strange hallucinations people report on ambien either (I took ambien once and did some rather erratic things, which I don't quite remember...)
>Isn't maté wonderful? I've needed it lately when I've had to get up with 3 hours of sleep. I don't know what mode of maté consumption you use, but I drink Powercafe.
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I ordered about 8kg of the finest South american herb. Some of it is flavored with orange rind or with herbs like peppermint and verbena. I went to Argentina and Uruguay last year and picked up a couple of maté gourds and bombilla straws. I like to drink it this way, but the gourds are so hard to clean out, and the herb gets moldy in the space of 24 hours. At that point, the only thing left to do is to let the whole thing dry out for the rest of the week and scrub it out with hot water (preferably while under the influence of maté). I have also used whole herb in the coffee maker. Use about as much as you would coffee grounds for the size of your pot. I've also used tea filters, and yesterday I put the bombilla in a cup and added herb and water to that. I have to add sweetener though when I make it full strength. Full strength is basically a cup full of herb and enough water to moisten it. Then you keep on remoistening throughout the day until it tastes like dishwater. I can even refresh my mate with cold water and it still tastes good.This morning I'm lazy and drinking Assam tea. I think I have threads about mate and my other tea collection on /alternative/
take good care, nice to hear from you,
-Ll>
> You are on high doses. I hope it's working for you.
>
> -BonnieI hope it works too. I feel like I'm losing my mind sometimes. It's terrifying.
-Ll
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