ita, I'm very sorry about your frosty nurse. You deserve so much better.

Holy crap. I read the GABA webmd article and am sitting here stunned. That describes ALL of the depression, anxiety, and insomnia issues I have struggled with since I was a child. How close are these meds to coming to market, Teppy, do you know? I can't tell you what I would give to be able to get off anti-depressants, which do a great job with my anxiety and depression but nothing for my insomnia or the fact that I dream so intensely every night that even when I sleep for ten hours, I wake up tired. I'm honestly a little weepy thinking about being able to escape this cycle.

So many cats!

Except, seriously, I saw Catherine Keener, Ty Burrell, Dallas Roberts, and Edward Norton in Burn This???

Whoa, cool! Burn This was how I got into theatre. I ran sound for it my first semester at Rice.

I love that play like cake.

I'll always be jealous that Scrappy saw the original production with Malkovich and Joan Allen.

Right? The Ur-production. But, failing Malkovich, Edward Norton is an excellent choice for Pale.

Holy crap. I read the GABA webmd article and am sitting here stunned. That describes ALL of the depression, anxiety, and insomnia issues I have struggled with since I was a child. How close are these meds to coming to market, Teppy, do you know?

I don't have a clue, which sucks, because I have a lot of those issues, too. If I could just tweak the right damn neurotransmitter in the right way, it would be awesome.

I mean, no narcotics aren't a cure, but it's not like there is a cure you're just not taking so you can have narcotics.

This is what I was thinking, but with fewer curse words.

When I was using GABA, and I don't remember why I stopped, I think I just ran out and forgot to get another because that's how my brain works, I was using the Source Naturals sublingual dissolving tablets. Of course it's not the same as having an FDA-approved drug, but there isn't one yet. I took it usually in the mornings, to help me be less stressed-out at work. The couple times I took it close to bedtime, I got very vivid dreams, so, maybe don't take it right before sleepytime.

Well, that was exciting. I just left my office to see why it was cold, and the back door had blown wide open and Seabiscuit had gone walkabout. I went out on the deck and whistled for him. Nothing happened, so I hopped in the van in my sheepskin booties, and went out looking for him. Met some nice neighbors grilling out who promised to send him our way if he came by. Had a funny feeling and drove back to the house.

As the van pulled up, he was rounding the house, looking at me all, "Where did you go? How come you went for a ride when you called me?" I think he did come to the whistle, I just was too impatient. So I gave him a treat for coming back. It's not his fault the door was open!

Thanks Steph for posting about GABA. I'm intrigued because I've had issues with insomnia and racing thoughts all my life, depression too when I was younger. And I notice that it makes a huge difference for me when I'm really relaxed before bed. My hope is that the tablets might work to relax the body and muscles, and that might help me relax my head.

But this article on GABA also mentioned that right now it's popular among bodybuilders, who take it before working out because it is thought to increase HGH. Which kinda freaks me out and makes me pause. It sounds like bodybuilders are taking very high doses however.

Now I'm intrigued by the GABA too, since insomnia is an increasingly frequent issue for me.

Well, my plan was to just take GABA on the nights when I'm having a hard time winding down. Melatonin is still my mainstay for insomnia, but it doesn't always work.

I think I can start thinking of Spring as something nearby. The sun is still mostly up when I get off work, and it's quite bright when I get up to go to work. Ah, light.