Comments on: Children and Timing http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jenjifer http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2034 jenjifer Fri, 05 May 2006 23:55:15 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2034 Ah Ambien. I'm guessing you've all heard about the esteemed Congressman from Rhode Island who is blaming Ambien for his 3 a.m. fender bender. Nah, couldn't have been the booze. Ah Ambien. I’m guessing you’ve all heard about the esteemed Congressman from Rhode Island who is blaming Ambien for his 3 a.m. fender bender. Nah, couldn’t have been the booze.

]]> By: kathrynaz http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2033 kathrynaz Fri, 05 May 2006 20:02:35 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2033 "Apparently, installing a new sewer line, having to pay for it out of pocket and having a kid have a blowout in a public place entitles me to sleep like a god." Or at the very least, like a congressman. Be careful out there! We wouldn't want to be reading about you over Reuters or the AP... “Apparently, installing a new sewer line, having to pay for it out of pocket and having a kid have a blowout in a public place entitles me to sleep like a god.”

Or at the very least, like a congressman. Be careful out there! We wouldn’t want to be reading about you over Reuters or the AP…

]]> By: scoxsmith http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2032 scoxsmith Fri, 05 May 2006 18:29:31 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2032 Ambien has become my new best friend. Too bad my insurance will only pay for 15/month. Taking it made me realize how little I had actually been sleeping the past three years. (Your sewer line repair comes in at about a five on our scale of relative "what could go wrong now" badness; we had to do the exact same thing about ten years ago at our first house.) I've taken the Ambien off and on for about two weeks now, but I never take it till I'm in the bed and ready to sleep and I don't take it if I have to teach a 6am class at the gym the next morning. I got good advice from my doctor when she prescribed it though. She said, "it's like Nyquil, don't take it until you're where you want to be for the next eight hours." I haven't been as hungry during the day lately... I have to say, reading about Leta has often reminded me of similar situations I found myself in with my son, who's now almost eight. Ahhh, the days before potty training. Ambien has become my new best friend. Too bad my insurance will only pay for 15/month.

Taking it made me realize how little I had actually been sleeping the past three years. (Your sewer line repair comes in at about a five on our scale of relative “what could go wrong now” badness; we had to do the exact same thing about ten years ago at our first house.)

I’ve taken the Ambien off and on for about two weeks now, but I never take it till I’m in the bed and ready to sleep and I don’t take it if I have to teach a 6am class at the gym the next morning. I got good advice from my doctor when she prescribed it though. She said, “it’s like Nyquil, don’t take it until you’re where you want to be for the next eight hours.”

I haven’t been as hungry during the day lately…

I have to say, reading about Leta has often reminded me of similar situations I found myself in with my son, who’s now almost eight. Ahhh, the days before potty training.

]]> By: Toyfoto http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2031 Toyfoto Fri, 05 May 2006 17:02:27 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2031 I don't care if you can't string together sentences anymore because of Ambien. Any man who would take a toddler to HIS doctor's appointment makes you a superhero in my eyes. I don’t care if you can’t string together sentences anymore because of Ambien. Any man who would take a toddler to HIS doctor’s appointment makes you a superhero in my eyes.

]]> By: ikkepagrasset http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2030 ikkepagrasset Fri, 05 May 2006 02:19:30 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2030 Ah, Ambien. I had kind of a bad break up with Ambien. It was fun while it lasted, but having a father who sleeps like the dead and friends who can't tell if you're tripping and call up at all hours of the night to meet at Perkins... well, lets just say I switched to Seroquel. On the whole I enjoyed Ambien much more, but it definitely wasn't worth the "What the hell did I do last night, and why is everyone so pissed?" feeling. Hope things are going better than your most recent post indicates. Ah, Ambien. I had kind of a bad break up with Ambien. It was fun while it lasted, but having a father who sleeps like the dead and friends who can’t tell if you’re tripping and call up at all hours of the night to meet at Perkins… well, lets just say I switched to Seroquel. On the whole I enjoyed Ambien much more, but it definitely wasn’t worth the “What the hell did I do last night, and why is everyone so pissed?” feeling.

Hope things are going better than your most recent post indicates.

]]> By: tksinclair http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2029 tksinclair Fri, 05 May 2006 01:31:43 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2029 I take Ambien. It does or can cause this weird amnesia. But, that said, it's great. I just wouldn't mix any form of child care with the Ambien. I take 2 chewable Melatonin (Cherry flavored from GNC), 1/2 a Trazedone and an Ambien and that's all you'll hear from me for at least 8 hours. The Ambien puts me to sleep but sometimes doesn't "keep" me asleep which is why it's so popular - no morning hangover. It's got a short cycle. The Trazedone doesn't put me to sleep but it will keep me asleep. (And you have to eat something when you take the Trazedone or it won't work. Most people don't get that) Oh, and the Melatonin - it's Cherry flavored and I just take it for fun. It took me years to perfect the formula for perfect sleep. There is the recent rumor that people take Ambien and eat without knowing it and I'd believe it possible. Oh, and sex on Ambien is very cool. Of course sex without Ambien is very cool too. Hope you get a good nights sleep! I take Ambien. It does or can cause this weird amnesia. But, that said, it’s great. I just wouldn’t mix any form of child care with the Ambien. I take 2 chewable Melatonin (Cherry flavored from GNC), 1/2 a Trazedone and an Ambien and that’s all you’ll hear from me for at least 8 hours. The Ambien puts me to sleep but sometimes doesn’t “keep” me asleep which is why it’s so popular - no morning hangover. It’s got a short cycle. The Trazedone doesn’t put me to sleep but it will keep me asleep. (And you have to eat something when you take the Trazedone or it won’t work. Most people don’t get that) Oh, and the Melatonin - it’s Cherry flavored and I just take it for fun. It took me years to perfect the formula for perfect sleep. There is the recent rumor that people take Ambien and eat without knowing it and I’d believe it possible. Oh, and sex on Ambien is very cool. Of course sex without Ambien is very cool too. Hope you get a good nights sleep!

]]> By: Dennis http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2028 Dennis Thu, 04 May 2006 06:49:31 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2028 Which costs more: Ambien, or six shots of Bacardi rum? Is it sad that my priorities lie with whichever costs less? Which costs more: Ambien, or six shots of Bacardi rum? Is it sad that my priorities lie with whichever costs less?

]]> By: Twinmama http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2027 Twinmama Thu, 04 May 2006 06:13:27 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2027 I'm a Lunesta gal myself, but often prefer Xanax when I have trouble sleeping (which is a lot). I dunno how much Ambien goes for, but Lunesta is hair-raisingly expensive. As for over-the-counter pills: they're garbage. They either don't work or they work so well that you feel terrible the next day and can't function. Or at least that's how they work with me. There's a reason the prescription stuff is more expensive, I guess. Anyway, so long as I pop a pill before 11 at night the morning hangover with both is pretty minimal. Ironically yoga does almost as well for me (Mrs. Kennedy is so right) but I can never get to a class anymore. I only wish they made a preschooler version of the pills. I’m a Lunesta gal myself, but often prefer Xanax when I have trouble sleeping (which is a lot). I dunno how much Ambien goes for, but Lunesta is hair-raisingly expensive.

As for over-the-counter pills: they’re garbage. They either don’t work or they work so well that you feel terrible the next day and can’t function. Or at least that’s how they work with me.

There’s a reason the prescription stuff is more expensive, I guess.

Anyway, so long as I pop a pill before 11 at night the morning hangover with both is pretty minimal. Ironically yoga does almost as well for me (Mrs. Kennedy is so right) but I can never get to a class anymore.

I only wish they made a preschooler version of the pills.

]]> By: jes http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2026 jes Thu, 04 May 2006 05:41:56 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2026 Sabine: What? Tylenol PM is going to dissolve my liver? I never knew that! I guess I should stop chasing it with vodka, then. Sabine: What? Tylenol PM is going to dissolve my liver? I never knew that!

I guess I should stop chasing it with vodka, then.

]]> By: Ariel http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing/#comment-2025 Ariel Thu, 04 May 2006 03:31:45 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/05/02/children-and-timing#comment-2025 Dude, I've done my share of drugs, but Ambien gave me a seriously bad trip. Witness: <a href="http://www.electrolicious.com/archives/2003/09/danger_pill_rob.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.electrolicious.com/archives/2003/09/danger_pill_rob.html</a> Dude, I’ve done my share of drugs, but Ambien gave me a seriously bad trip. Witness: http://www.electrolicious.com/archives/2003/09/danger_pill_rob.html

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