I got an email from Lunesta telling me how to take it properly. I guess you take it, go straight to bed. I've been taking it and waiting a bit. So I took it at 7:30pm (I was tired!) and by 11:30pm I was wide awake. Maybe it's the caffeine mainlined into my body that keeps the sleeping pills from working right. All I know is my mouth tastes like an ashtray. The email said, and I quote:
"Some people who take LUNESTA experience an unpleasant taste. Here are some things that people have tried to eliminate the taste. These suggestions have not been studied, but they may work for you:
Drink a full glass of water with LUNESTA
Swallow pill immediately
Take pill whole. Do not chew or crush the pill
After waking up, drink something acidic like orange juice
Brush teeth and tongue
Use gum or mouthwash"
Only some people?? Everywhere I've read people say they have the same side effect. Lovely bit of PR work, there. I guess I'll have to get some orange juice. Does Mountain Dew count as 'something acidic?'

It's got citric acid in it.
I've reached the 'Christmas burnout' point. I spend all November and most of December in a cheery mood, but come the week of Christmas and I just want the ****er to be over with.
My dad, sister, and I are going to make rice crispy treats tomorrow. I've never made them before. Wish me luck!
