For a man who listens to everything with a loving heart

So, I have finally come close to running out of Ambien, after a year of taking it almost nightly.     For a light sleeper, it’s heaven to go to bed within 20 minutes of taking a pill and waking up 7 hours later.    It’s good sleep.   Why can’t I do this sleep thing naturally?

I have 2 pills left.  I could wean myself off slowly by cutting them into quarters.  I only took half anyway.   I can’t believe that, at one time, a whole pill was required.

“Pah!” to the people who say it eventually loses it’s effectiveness.

In desperation, I bought some Benedryl.   I figured, if nothing else, it would alleviate my allergies.    It also gave me a nice nap for some of the afternoon.

Having not slept for a lot of last night.

So far, the withdrawal symptoms:

• insomnia
• mild panic attacks, here and there (joy)

But at least I feel more like “me”.

I expect that tomorrow, I can add “irritability” to the list.  I AM going back to work, afterall.