Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Old and New

Havent posted for a few weeks, its been a bad month for pain.  Partly due to weather change, partly due to the holidays and that this is my first christmas without my Dad.  My family seems to be falling apart.  Tonite, it will just be my mom and son.  I remember when all the family was together on Christmas eve (that is when my family always opens their presents and gets together) but now it seems lonely.  My granddaughter is with her mom this Christmas, she is 3 1/2yrs old and a bundle of joy.  Christmas isnt christmas without young ones.  She was here over the weekend.  I got a migraine with nausea Sat afternoon and had to go to bed and she said she would take care of me, she is the sweetest little girl. She pulled my blanket up over me and I told her I just wanted to cry and she said, Im here grandma, dont cry.  What a precious girl!  I dont know what I would do without her in my life! She brings such joy and happiness to my life of chronic pain and depression.

Monday, December 3, 2012

AMBIEN SLEEPWALKING

I have been taking Ambien for 4 yrs and never had an episode of not remembering something I had done, until last week.
I dont know when it happened during the night, but I took out my recycle trash bin and mailed 2 letters under ambien induced sleepwalking.  The next morning when I went to throw away a plastic bottle, I noticed my recycle box gone, then I noticed the two letters on the table by my front door were gone!  At first I was very shaky and upset, as the day progressed I calmed down.  I contacted my two lawyers that I had sent the envelopes to, and asked them to let me know if they got the envelopes.  Well today I got emails from both, saying that the envelopes arrived.
Its a scary thing when you cant remember how things happen when you know you didnt do it, Im still taking the Ambien as I have a sleep disorder and dont get into REM sleep stage which is your restorative sleep.  I just hope this doesnt happen again!