September 18, 2009

  • Today is Day 1 of my "medication holiday". That is a term commonly used among narcoleptics, used to describe a few days of not taking stimulants in order to reduce you tolerance. I have not taken a medication holiday on over a year, although I've needed one for quite some time. The last couple of months, I've found my meds to be less and less effective at keeping me awake. Now i'm biting the bullet and doing it, since I have two weeks until I start my new job and I need my drugs to work!

    I don't remember being anything but sleepy last time I did this. Today, however, I am giddy beyond control. Everything is funny, even things that aren't really funny. Al came over half an hour ago, and Gilly said, "I warn you, Ali's off her meds on purpose, and she's a total retard right now." I burst out laughing. While at times Gilly's been a bit annoyed with me, she has also gotten caught up in my silliness and we have had some good fun today.

    Funny things:

    The song "That Smell" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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    Blackberry Solitaire
    Gilly being redundant
    Hot dogs
    Waffles being a "Wookie bear"
    Al having eight balls on his boxers

    I was supposed to go to Concordia Club for dinner with a Meetup group tonight, but I decided I'm too weird to go. I'm in a fog, eyes won't fully focus and I'm easily confused. Woke up this morning at 9AM, had tea, went back to bed at 10:15AM. Slept until 3PM. Had a breakfast of cheese dogs and soup. Sent D a crazy hot-dog-related text message. Did a few dishes. Got silly and sat down again. Lasagna pending.

    I'm hoping 4 or 5 days of this will be enough to reset me. I'm sure the giddiness will wear off at some point