Cap'n Crunch: (whom I just discovered has a first name- Horatio) < /random>

I chose my dress for the RITA ceremony this year. Since I have no official function as either a nominee or presenter, I decided to go the cocktail dress route. Dark purple jersey with a beaded waist detail.

I fear I may look like a giant eggplant, but that can't be helped. At least I have killer shoes to go with.

Advil doesn't do shit for my pain, but two extra strength tylenol, and I'm good to go.

In this, Vortex and I are complete opposites. As far as I'm concerned, Tylenol is just a cruel joke.

Barb, the dress sounds lovely! Eggplant shmeggplant.

Because I know a ton of people who REFUSE to ever take more of any OTC drug than the bottle says, even when I point out that when the same drug is prescribed, the dose is 2x that amount. Like ibuprofen.

Huh. That's not my experience. Or my practice, with anything but Tylenol.

Barb, the dress sounds lovely! Eggplant shmeggplant.

This is it:

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And OMG, I paid a LOT less than what these people are asking. ::boggles::

I stick to the amount of Tylenol that the bottle says, because I had a friend in high school who ended up in the hospital for a week and nearly needed a liver transplant from too much Tylenol. (Well, too much Tylenol combined with too much alcohol. There were rumors that he was trying to commit suicide, but he says that he was just drunk and couldn't keep track of how many pills he'd taken.)

For most other drugs, though, I look up what the prescription dosage is and I won't go higher than that. With NSAIDS, I'll take way more than the bottle says. The only other OTC drugs that I take are allergy and cold medicines, and those tend to put me to sleep even at half the recommended dose, so I won't go much higher.

I have terrible side-effects to everything - caffeine, aspirin, etc. I lost the ability to read from a half-dose of OTC "Comtrex" - because the Benedryl in the formula, in combination with the rest of the formula, started shutting down my brain. (Lips and tongue went numb, too - fortunately, it was all temporary...less than 20 minutes)

Percocet dries out all my mucous membranes.

Even sugar doesn't give me a buzz - I fall asleep.

New FDA regulations about drugs? Just another reason for my pharmacist friend Proko to look at me and cackle. "Let's see what happens NOW!"

Percocet is the prettiest and bestest thing in the world.

Because I know a ton of people who REFUSE to ever take more of any OTC drug than the bottle says, even when I point out that when the same drug is prescribed, the dose is 2x that amount. Like ibuprofen.

Huh. That's not my experience.

I'm surprised at how many rules-followers I know, because I cheerfully disregard the OTC label for everything except Tylenol. (Well, only when I need to. When 1 Zyrtec works, then I don't need to exceed the label's limit of 1.)

My Ex BIL died from an accidental overdose of Tylenol.

I do admit I rarely follow suggested dosages, but I so very rarely use anything in the first place.