A twist on New Year 's Resolutions - What do you vow to never do again???...

[Indi Guy]

(I'll jump in shortly; I don't want to skew the nature of the conversation up front.)

What do you resolve never to do again???

on edit: Sorry for the lame syntax

[UndertheOcean]

1. I vow never to change my mind again.

thats a vow.

[Indi Guy]

2. Would you like to rethink that?...

;)

[Connonym]

3. I vow to never take Ambien again

I've got chronic insomnia and it's not that I "don't believe in" sleeping pills but that particular one makes me act crazy.

[Indi Guy]

4. Wow!

What does it do to you?

[Connonym]

6. it mixes up sleep and awake

This is hard to explain -- First of all, the worst (or maybe best) part is that it works as an amnesiac so that you don't really remember what you do. The second thing is that it can leave you in a state where you're not really awake but not really asleep -- awake enough to drive a car or make a telephone call or do something else dangerous but you're not in control, you're not rational, you won't remember doing it and there is the potential for some really fucking dangerous consequences (like driving -- which I don't believe I've ever done but cannot be 100% certain). Fortunately, from what my family tells me, my behavior has just been more of the embarrassing kind (i.e., you lose your inhibition)and not the dangerous kind.

I was on it nightly for well over a year before I finally got scared enough to stop taking it. Insomnia sucks and it's easy to get drawn into using it because -- well, insomnia sucks.

[Indi Guy]

12. So much for "better living through chemistry,"...

Thanks for your honest response (Obviously, I'm an insomniac myself).

These drugs come on the market because they promise relief. Hearing your story justifies my reluctance to take a drug which the drug industry promotes so heavily in the media.

For me, the first warning signs are the commercials. If Madison Avenue likes something -- I'm inclined to be very suspicious.

I used to be worried about my insomnia; but I decided not to lose sleep over it.

[stuntcat]

19. omg, does insomnia suck or what >:\

I take 1 or 2 dyphenhydromines nearly every night. I don't care if my liver rots, I've laid awake until 5:00 my entire life, it screwed up my years in school. I'm never going back to that now.

I have some Ambians that I save for emergencies, I broke them all in half. I hardly ever take them.

[Skittles]

5. hey Connonym

if you find a good one that works run a post on it OK? I liked the orginial Ambien but that time-release generic is absolute crap.

[Connonym]

7. will do

I am soon to be among the insured again and I intend to discuss it with my doctor. I've been using Benadryl and Tylenol PM which leaves me feeling sort of hung over the next day but at least I know I've actually been sleeping and not sleep walking and talking and acting like a general loon.

[Skittles]

9. I too have done the Benadryl Tylenol thing

because of my weird schedule and my inability to shut my mind off long enough to sleep I find I pretty much have to resort to taking SOMETHING daily - but I don't like the idea of being on anything long-term so I switch around, using melatonin, unisom, etc. Every so often I hit up my doc for something - I did like the orginal Ambien but the generic stuff gave me bad headaches.

[Connonym]

10. totally hijacking this thread but does melatonin really work?

I'm getting the impression that you and I have similar sleep issues. I have an apt scheduled in a few weeks for a physical and I'm going to ask my doc for Lunesta or something like that but after my scares with Ambien I'm really a bit afraid of that kind of medicine. I have the problem as you mentioned, shutting down the brain enough to get to sleep but also I have a problem staying asleep for more than a couple hours at a time. Makes no sense to me, sometimes I'll be on my second day with no sleep and frustrated to tears at my inability to fall asleep and then there will be rare days when I can only assume my body is playing catch up where I literally will sleep, without the use of any sleep aid, for 12 hours. It's weird and very frustrating.

[Skittles]

11. eh - so so

it doesn't work by itself but I can take a melatonin say with a half a unisome - that kind of thing. Yup, you and I are the same - without pills and even sometimes with, I rarely sleep for more than three hours at a time.

[Indi Guy]

15. Hijack away...

Say what you need to say...

[Duer 157099]

26. Sorry to butt in here, but...

I just want to comment about melatonin, since I use it often. I know it works for some people and not others, and I'm lucky that it works for me and has for many years. If you try it, I suggest you try the Source Naturals sublingual (cheap at vitacost.com) -- it's the only one that actually ever worked for me and I've been using them for at least a decade now. 3-5mgs should do the trick, if it's going to work for you. Good luck!

[qb]

46. Ask your doc about xanax

It gives me a good nights sleep and I feel good the next day... and it's cheap. I know people who take it all the time for anxiety can get addicted, but I don't know about the risk for using it as a sleep aid. I just use it occasionally.

BTW... my doc was going to put me on Ambien until I told him I sleepwalked as a child. I think doctors are under a lot of pressure to put everyone on the latest most expensive designer drugs.

[Connonym]

49. I do actually take it for anxiety

I'd probably need a larger dose for sleep, I'll have to ask my doctor.

[From The Ashes]

8. I will never...

...get married again. Live in sin, yeah. Married? Nope.

[Indi Guy]

13. I hear thee (Seinfeld) ; It's much easier to "live in sin" outside of marriage...

...than to live a lie while being married.

Somehow (for some of us) marriage obligates us to say what needs to be heard, instead of speaking the truth that needs to be spoken.

[YankeyMCC]

14. Beat me to it

also I'll never trust the word of my stbe on verbal agreements again.

[Indi Guy]

16. I looked up "stbe" & got...

Acronym Definition
STBE: Space Transportation Booster Engine (NASA)

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/STBE

Don't you trust your Space Transportation Booster Engine???

[From The Ashes]

29. STBE...

is Soon To Be Ex-whatever. :shrug:

[Indi Guy]

32. Thanks for 'splaining...

:)

It's essential that Space Transportation Booster Engines can be trusted ;)

[From The Ashes]

34. You're welcome...

I've become familiar with the term. More familiar than I ever dreamed I'd be. :(

[YankeyMCC]

42. Not a bit nt

[RetroLounge]

17. GET MARRIED!

:hi:

RL

[MissMillie]

51. oh sweetie... I hope you're not serious

I'm sure your divorce is/was a terrible experience.... but that doesn't mean that another marriage would end that way.


:hug:

[RetroLounge]

53. Hey, I'm Oh-for-two

I've had enough...

Shacking up is enough from here on out...

RL

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Get drunk

[youthere]

20. I will never again...

eat any barbeque sauce labeled "pyrotechnic"

Chew aspirin.

attempt to identify by taste anything left in the refrigerator I cannot identify by sight or smell.



assume the dog will be "just fine" in the house for 16 hours.


take all three kids christmas shopping at the mall three days before christmas when I am hopped up on Sudafed.


invite my weird coworker to my house for a christmas party...there's a reason everyone avoids her.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear Indi Guy!

I vow to never allow myself to be treated in a painful way without saying something about it...

I've had some of that lately, from someone I care about...

But no more...

It hurts too damn much...

I've put up with it in the past, but no more...

[Indi Guy]

24. You ned to get yourself a Nerf paddle...

...so you can spank your non-cyber friend the way you spank us when we misbehave! ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. What a great idea!

How would you like to be the first test subject?:evilgrin:













Thank you for that great conversation today!

I'm feeling pretty confident...

And you're helping, sweetie!

:hug:

[Indi Guy]

27. I'm afraid the commute would somewhat prohibative...

I'm sure your SO wouldn't mind a little test spanking :P

Your welcome, and thank you. I enjoyed our conversation very much.

Do you know what to call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. As usual, I have NO idea!

What do you call it?

;-)

[Indi Guy]

30. A..

...stick.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Bad, bad Indi Guy!

But I'm still laughing!

That is just awful!

LOL!

:rofl:

[From The Ashes]

31. a stick?

:rofl:

[Indi Guy]

35. Well, not exactly...

...An offset parabolically challenged (mostly cellulose) ballistic projectile.

OK It's a friggin' stick!

[SPKrazy]

22. get married

thats it

[MissMillie]

52. see post #51

same goes for you

:hug:

[yourout]

23. Vodka and OJ followed by Ginger Brandy extra sharp.

18th birthday some 25 years ago and I got so sick I threw up everytime I smelled anything resembling alcohol for almost a month.

[lips]

36. Never will I

proceed to encourage conversations that tend to conclude in the edification of someone's hatred for humanity.

and to quit using superfluous diction

[Heidi]

37. Several things.

- Turn my back on a bull
- Make crab salad for my sister-in-law's family
- Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight
- Wear uncomfortable shoes

There are many more, but these should suffice for now. :)

[Kutjara]

38. Stick my hand in liquid nitrogen.

Actually, it was just my fingertips and only for a millisecond, but it was more than enough to make the point. Painfully.

[DarkTirade]

39. Let my last ex sucker me into getting back with her again.

[Indi Guy]

44. Ain't it interesting how we (men and women) forget why...

...we broke-up in the first place?! (Some things cross gender boundaries.)

[DarkTirade]

45. In her case I've been reminded enough times.

I ain't gonna forget anytime soon.

[Reverend_Smitty]

40. I vow never to get as drunk as I did on New Years

seriously being black-out drunk frightens me and I don't want to get like that again!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

41. I vow to never say never, ever again.

Doesn't do any good, anyway.

[Indi Guy]

43. I would never say that...

Never again!

[qb]

47. Marry a woman :(

[Stuart G]

48. I think that I will resolve to never make New Year's Resolutions.

I am not very good at keeping them...:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[av8rdave]

50. If I were to become single...another marriage is out of the question

Other than that, speaking to my ex would be high on the list (haven't in a long, long time).