ugh

[jazzfish]

I know why the vampire sparkles!: "By now, I’m sure you’re all with me: vampires are bugs. But what kind?"

Count von Count, as a Nobilis 3rd edition character. He's the Count of The Count, of course. "That which is true of the Count, and of the Count of the Count, is thereby true for all." (I've missed Hitherby Dragons.)

Brick your phone.

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I sleep better when I don't dream ("remember my dreams or even that I dreamed at all," whatever). Seems like every day last week I woke up in the middle of a dream, which makes for a groggy jazzfish. I mentioned this to my counselor and she gave me a tincture of something called scullcap. It's supposed to help me sleep better or rearrange my sleep pattern or some such. I'm not totally clear.

It's not really helping. The last two nights I've had clear, if jumbled, memories of having spent the whole night dreaming, instead of just the few minutes before I wake up. Yesterday was awful. Today seems to be a little better but I still have no focus. And way too many things going on that I want and need to be wrangling and taking care of.

I can admire (what's left of) the snow, though, and the way the sunlight drifted through the ice on my rear windshield this morning.

Comments

[sereg_dragon]

I had a friend once in NC who took skullcap for something related to fibromyalgia. Not sure if it was for pain or what.
...this has been your useless attempt at an anecdote for today. I thought I remembered more until I stopped to think about it.

[shadowsong]

I tend to check snake oil first and pubmed second for reliability of non-standard supplements. I'm not surprised it's not working for you, given that pubmed shows no studies at all for scullcap and sleep - apparently it's only ever been tested for anti-cancer possibilities.

Things that "everyone knows" but no one has ever actually tested annoy me.

Valerian and melatonin actually seem to work at regulating sleep - might give one of them a try.

[jazzfish]

At least someone else has heard of it, which is more than I'd done.

[jazzfish]

Ooh, Snake Oil is rather nifty.

I slept just as well last night without it (that is, not so much) so, eh. I've at least heard of valerian root and melatonin, perhaps I'll try those. Or, you know, just being less stressed in general. :7

[vond.net]

I hadn't seen Snake Oil before, that's awesome.

Herbal/natural remedies are problematic, because while a high proportion of them are woo, some are tested and proven so it can be really hard to know which ones. As you say, doing your homework is required.