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And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'

Natter 69: Practically names itself.

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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Steph L. - Feb 26, 2012 12:22:06 pm PST #23796 of 30001

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I'm going to email my awesome doctor and ask her if GABA would be okay to add to my bedtime routine. I bet she'd rather I took that instead of half a Xanax almost every night.

Do you take melatonin? I take 5 mg every night, about 1-2 hours before bed, and it helps a great deal. I still need 1/2 an Ambien once or twice a week, but that's way less than in the past.

Plus, I've read a lot about melatonin helping the immune system, and -- while I know I'm anecdata -- I haven't gotten any kind of cold/respiratory infection since August, when I started taking it every night. *Me,* who gets EVERYTHING. When Tim got horribly sick at Thanksgiving, I didn't get it. My office has been passing around the flu for 3 weeks now, and I've dodged it. I consider that nothing short of a miracle.

It could be something else, of course. But the temporal relationship is interesting, to say the least.

Pix - Feb 26, 2012 12:24:42 pm PST #23797 of 30001

The status is NOT quo.

Melatonin gives me even more vivid dreams than I have normally, so it doesn't work well for me. If a GABA supplement would do the same, it probably won't help me. Alas.

Atropa - Feb 26, 2012 12:32:43 pm PST #23798 of 30001

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Melatonin has never done anything I've ever noticed to help my sleep, and sometimes the Ambien doesn't even work. My brain will just keep chattering away to itself.

Dana - Feb 26, 2012 12:34:30 pm PST #23799 of 30001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I had some crazy insane dreams on melatonin, but they seem to have died down. Have you tried tweaking the dosage?

Theodosia - Feb 26, 2012 12:59:51 pm PST #23800 of 30001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Speaking of near-spring experiences... I saw a blooming dandelion on my walk to the library today. That's freaky early even for a protected southern exposure.

Connie Neil - Feb 26, 2012 1:14:48 pm PST #23801 of 30001

brillig

near-spring experiences

I like it. Though it leads to me looking out the window at a bright sunny day and thinking I can skip the coat--then walking out into a breeze that drops the temperature into the mid-30s.

Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2012 1:44:47 pm PST #23802 of 30001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Why aren't there 500 messages in Natter? Nobody cares about the red carpet anymore?

Strix - Feb 26, 2012 1:53:52 pm PST #23803 of 30001

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I saw the first crocus in my yard today. In February. In Kansas.

Crazy.

Theodosia - Feb 26, 2012 1:55:41 pm PST #23804 of 30001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Sorry, I'm a no-red-carpet zone. I'm far more excited about zombies tonight.

billytea - Feb 26, 2012 1:56:19 pm PST #23805 of 30001

You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Sorry, I'm a no-red-carpet zone. I'm far more excited about zombies tonight.

If zombies invade the red carpet, you'll be left in a quandary.

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