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sleep-wise, not so good. i really don't get this medication (desipramine). i have been having what i can only describe as "fits of sleep." does that make sense? i'm not really clock-watching at night, but i'll fall asleep and wake up mid-dream, feeling as if it should be noon, but i'll check the clock and it's only been 1/2 hour or an hour since i last saw the clock.

anyway, does that sound familiar to you at all? it's not normal and surely not good. i can't believe i'm getting good sleep this way, especially since i'm waking up just as frequently as i used to, if not more.

i'm really going to ask my doctor about Sonata and Ambien.

(uh oh--- just realized i'm going into fibro frog. now have had trouble finding words in every single post i've written. dagnabbit, i hate that frog!)

ps: i just realized i'm irritated with my primary care doc 'cause she told me i shouldn't use my Skelaxin (muscle relaxant) much. i had been avoiding it for a while since i don't want to depend on it, but i'll tell you i was so miserable last night i was getting snappish and almost about to scream (literally!) i grabbed some Relafen & skelaxin and downed 'em and felt mucho better (not perfect, but less apt to kill someone). i'm not afraid of the muscle relaxant anymore and will get the Skelaxin refilled at the rhumatologist appt Tuesday if it's the last thing i do! that and the dang sleep meds. i will bully these docs into doing what i want them to do!

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