This week will be interesting. I've managed to leave my dosette, the box where I keep my medicine for the week, at home. Yes, I use one of those things. I'm currently on three different kinds of medicine, all in pill or capsule form which I have to take at three different times of the day, and it's easier to keep track of it with one. Anyway... I almost never bring the actual medicine boxes when I go to Wenche's place, I usually fill the dosette to fit with the amount of days I expect I'll be staying. I usually only bring them when I might stay for a very long time, and it would be very unpractical to fill the dosette any further. And since I'm not even staying for a week this time, I have to go back to Dokka on Monday because of a doctor's appointment, I filled the dosette as usual... But forgot to put it in my backpack.
Now, two of the three pill-types I have to take wont affect me too much, at least not immediately, if I stop taking them. Those two are for my diabetes and cholesterol. The third type, however, will have a huge effect on me if I can't take it, and that is the one that helps me sleep.
This particular medicine is essential for my sleep pattern. I have something called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), which means that my sleep pattern is locked to a certain time of day. In my case, I will usually fall asleep sometime between 5 and 7 in the morning, and wake up sometime between 1 and 3 in the afternoon. There's nothing I can do to fix this myself (go ahead, suggest stuff that you think might help, I have most likely already tried it several times without any success whatsoever), it's locked like this most likely for the rest of my life. I could try to move the "correct" time-zone. But I'm not gonna do that.
So I get these pills that sort of jump-starts the process that makes people sleepy and actually rest while sleeping, unlike regular sleeping pills, which will knock you out, but not actually make you rest. I've used them, and the result was that I slept for 18-20 hours every day. These pills, however, make me fall asleep normally and feel rested when I wake up. At least if I don't expose myself to too much light after I've taken them, as the active ingredient, melatonin, is affected by light. Without these pills, I can't function.
And right now, I don't have them.
So yeah, this week will be interesting. I usually retain some effect of the pills for a few days after I stop taking them, and it slowly goes back to my locked pattern by an hour or two every day, but I guess the "shock" of realizing I have to go the entire week without them has cancelled that out.
And yes, I know I could just go back to Dokka and get it. But I really don't want to use the extra money on it. And, the bus-ride is so fucking boring.
Now, two of the three pill-types I have to take wont affect me too much, at least not immediately, if I stop taking them. Those two are for my diabetes and cholesterol. The third type, however, will have a huge effect on me if I can't take it, and that is the one that helps me sleep.
This particular medicine is essential for my sleep pattern. I have something called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), which means that my sleep pattern is locked to a certain time of day. In my case, I will usually fall asleep sometime between 5 and 7 in the morning, and wake up sometime between 1 and 3 in the afternoon. There's nothing I can do to fix this myself (go ahead, suggest stuff that you think might help, I have most likely already tried it several times without any success whatsoever), it's locked like this most likely for the rest of my life. I could try to move the "correct" time-zone. But I'm not gonna do that.
So I get these pills that sort of jump-starts the process that makes people sleepy and actually rest while sleeping, unlike regular sleeping pills, which will knock you out, but not actually make you rest. I've used them, and the result was that I slept for 18-20 hours every day. These pills, however, make me fall asleep normally and feel rested when I wake up. At least if I don't expose myself to too much light after I've taken them, as the active ingredient, melatonin, is affected by light. Without these pills, I can't function.
And right now, I don't have them.
So yeah, this week will be interesting. I usually retain some effect of the pills for a few days after I stop taking them, and it slowly goes back to my locked pattern by an hour or two every day, but I guess the "shock" of realizing I have to go the entire week without them has cancelled that out.
And yes, I know I could just go back to Dokka and get it. But I really don't want to use the extra money on it. And, the bus-ride is so fucking boring.
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