I am a bubbahead. I have this temp assignment and I can’t seem to get in on time. For the four days I have been here, I have been late every day. I was really really late yesterday (2 hrs).
On one hand, I am beating myself up over it so it will be important enough to change.
On the other hand, I can’t afford to keep beating myself up over it, that is taking me in a bad direction. (I am not calling because I feel so bad about it, I haven’t gotten any food because I feel badly about it, etc.)
I have a horrible time going to sleep at night and my dreams are so intense and realistic and deep that I am having a horrible time getting up in the morning. The dream world, while it isn’t that nice a place to be-these aren’t bad dreams but they aren’t good ones either, seems much more rich and real than reality. I think it is the richness and coherency. In the dream world, everything is there for a reason. In the Real World, everything seems to be a bunch of misc fractured things. (no, ren_wench, I am not saving the world this time but they are that intense.)
Part of the problem may be the Claritin I am taking at 3-4am when I wake up and can’t stand the poking/prickly feeling in the back of my throat. I think the problem is allergies. It is suppose to be non-drowsy but I am deeply asleep in the morning and fall right back to sleep in less than a second. So I will take it in the evening instead.
This is mostly to admit and own up to being a bubbahead and doing something that is detrimental to my ability to find work. Then maybe I won’t feel like I have to continue to beat myself up over it. Public accountability and all that.
Claritin
I had the same problem with the antihistimine in Claritin so I stopped taking it at night. I only take it now if I think it will wear off before I go to sleep. You might want to try one of the more “old-fashioned” antihistimines – I like the one in Dixoral Allergy/Sinus. It seems to get the job done without freaking me out at night.
Chuckle. I had a flash of you in your Rabbit costume running around saying “Stars and Whiskers, I’m Late!” or soem such.
Hope moving the meds to an earlier time solves your problem.
I did think about that but I generally don’t like to be worried. I sort of collapse inward instead. I get energetic when I am on top of things. Getting frantic when I really am late would drive me nuts. But then, it isn’t a long drive.
Antihistimines
You also might want ot try Tavist, if you can find it (Not Tavist-D, that has a DeCongestant in it). Or get a prescription for Clemestine, which is the active ingredient in same. I was happy with it for years and it never made me sleepy or antsy.]
Another option might be taking something like Benyadril(sp) not long after supper . . . that should have you sleeping like the dead for several hours ;>
One last trick . . . as soon as the alarm goes off get up! exercise, run in place, do pushups, sprint to get the morning paper, whatever, but get your blood pumping and your pulse up as soon as you can. Getting your pulse up gets a bit more O2 to the brain . . and heck, if you do enough exercise you get a nice endorphin rush ;>
~Melissa
Re: Antihistimines
I did pretty good on Allegra but Kaiser stopped offering it. I might try again.
Exercise in morning, HA! you funny woman.
Too bad I lacking in that department and have high standards for any applicants.
I have a hard enough time to doing something that gets the blood moving when I am awake. When the effort of getting out of bed is too much, I doubt I could do any of this. I am ok once I am up, it is the getting up part that is a problem. Now, I could exercise in bed, get the blood pumping if I had an interesting partner to help out.