Sleepless Again!
So, I know its been a few days since I updated, but I've been busy painting the house--there is too much damn crown molding in this house! Marcus is on vacation from work in order to help me in the house. Marcus, for as smart as his rocket scientist brain is, is generally not real helpful when it comes to handiwork around the house. I can't begin to tell you of the things that he has tried to fix and we ended up having to replace them or call someone in to repair them. But, hey, at least he tries. And, he has done well this week. He spent all of one day caulking the wood on the outside of the house (oh, if only I could repeat all the "caulking" jokes I heard on that day!). Yesterday he spent the entire day power washing the brick on the house and the walkways. Today he is replacing a step that broke and learning all about brick and mortar. What a guy! Now if I could only get him to throw out his sense of common decency and work around the house shirtless ;) .
As the title of this entry implies, I am still suffering from insomnia. One would think that with all the work I am doing I would be exhausted and sleep like a rock. I am, however, still lying awake tossing and turning every night. I've even been getting up at 5:00 a.m. because Shannon started a new job yesterday and her shift starts at 6:00. I've been getting up to make her coffee and to see her off. So basically I manage to sleep, albeit restlessly, from about 2:00 to 5:00 every night. I figure I will crash eventually.
On the smoking cessation front, I still haven't heard back from the clinic about whether or not the doctor will prescribe me the nicotine patches. I've started taking the Zyban; one every morning until tomorrow when I start taking two a day. I had forgotten how good Zyban makes me feel. Despite my lack of sleep lately I still feel like I could conquer the world every day and the little things that normally stress me out don't seem to bother me much anymore. I am going to have to finagle a way to keep this drug as part of my daily medication routine even once I've successfully quit smoking--LOL. I've started changing the times that I would normally smoke and waiting longer between cigarettes as a way to try to break some of the habits that I relate to smoking. Perhaps this will help me when my actual quit date arrives.
I have to get back to my painting. I certainly hope that potential buyers appreciate all the work I am putting into this house!
As the title of this entry implies, I am still suffering from insomnia. One would think that with all the work I am doing I would be exhausted and sleep like a rock. I am, however, still lying awake tossing and turning every night. I've even been getting up at 5:00 a.m. because Shannon started a new job yesterday and her shift starts at 6:00. I've been getting up to make her coffee and to see her off. So basically I manage to sleep, albeit restlessly, from about 2:00 to 5:00 every night. I figure I will crash eventually.
On the smoking cessation front, I still haven't heard back from the clinic about whether or not the doctor will prescribe me the nicotine patches. I've started taking the Zyban; one every morning until tomorrow when I start taking two a day. I had forgotten how good Zyban makes me feel. Despite my lack of sleep lately I still feel like I could conquer the world every day and the little things that normally stress me out don't seem to bother me much anymore. I am going to have to finagle a way to keep this drug as part of my daily medication routine even once I've successfully quit smoking--LOL. I've started changing the times that I would normally smoke and waiting longer between cigarettes as a way to try to break some of the habits that I relate to smoking. Perhaps this will help me when my actual quit date arrives.
I have to get back to my painting. I certainly hope that potential buyers appreciate all the work I am putting into this house!
posted by Dianna | 12:42 PM
1 Comments:
Di,
Zyban is wellbutrin, a very popular anti-deppressant. (in fact DH is on it) It shouldn't be hard for you to stay on wellbutrin after you go through the zyban stage. I think wellbutrin is actually one of the most prescribed anti-depressants because it doesn't have any sexual side effects. ;) Talk to your PCP after all of this and see if it's the right one for you.
Good luck with quitting smoking. I know you can do it. Just hang in there!
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