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southernmedicineLast night, since I knew I needed to be up early today, I decided to try a new kind of melatonin that I'd recently acquired. It's melatonin that comes infused in tasty little chocolates! I was careful to make sure I took the correct dosage, as one must when trying something new. One chocolate = one mg of melatonin, which is my standard dosage. Cool.
Not cool. Oh man. It wiped me out fast, but every time I closed my eyes I would get really dizzy, and then I would feel really nauseous. It got so bad that I was sure I was going to be sick, so I crept downstairs to hole up in the spare bathroom as not to wake up everybody if I started throwing up. I didn't, luckily, but it was close. As long as I remained upright with my eyes open, it was fine, but it was difficult on account of the melatonin doing its job and making me really, really want to fall asleep.
It was rough, but the effects faded after about an hour or so, and I was finally able to go to sleep. Had an insanely wild, vivid dream, too.
But I was able to get up early with no real issue, and I made it to Riverside for The (Inland) Empire Strikes Back just before it opened.
What a fun time! It wasn't huge, but it was big enough: around fifty or sixty vendors, half a dozen food trucks, and tons of photo ops. They even had the landspeeder that all the actors on the set of Ahsoka liked to right around in, autographed by everybody, and I got to sit in it and take pictures and stuff.
Some droid builders brought their fully functional remote controlled droids, so there was an R2D2 and a Rex roaming around. The cast of Skeleton Crew was there, they had raffles for cool stuff, and there were lightsaber demonstrations. Plus, there was lots of great cosplay. I'm very glad I heard about this event at the last second and was able to go!
It was HOT out today though, and the event was held outdoors in a fenced off park that was closed to non-event people for today. Unfortunately when I thought I had packed two water bottles, I had only packed one, so when I was done with it I started to get very thirsty. I could have patronized one of the food trucks but drinks were hella expensive and the lines were oppressively long. So I just stuck it out.
Then when I left, I made a bee line for the nearby gas station, bought two Gatorades, and pounded them both right there in my car. Ya girl sure enough got her electrolytes back in order, and those cold blue Gatorades were sublime.
Now I'm sleepy.
Not cool. Oh man. It wiped me out fast, but every time I closed my eyes I would get really dizzy, and then I would feel really nauseous. It got so bad that I was sure I was going to be sick, so I crept downstairs to hole up in the spare bathroom as not to wake up everybody if I started throwing up. I didn't, luckily, but it was close. As long as I remained upright with my eyes open, it was fine, but it was difficult on account of the melatonin doing its job and making me really, really want to fall asleep.
It was rough, but the effects faded after about an hour or so, and I was finally able to go to sleep. Had an insanely wild, vivid dream, too.
But I was able to get up early with no real issue, and I made it to Riverside for The (Inland) Empire Strikes Back just before it opened.
What a fun time! It wasn't huge, but it was big enough: around fifty or sixty vendors, half a dozen food trucks, and tons of photo ops. They even had the landspeeder that all the actors on the set of Ahsoka liked to right around in, autographed by everybody, and I got to sit in it and take pictures and stuff.
Some droid builders brought their fully functional remote controlled droids, so there was an R2D2 and a Rex roaming around. The cast of Skeleton Crew was there, they had raffles for cool stuff, and there were lightsaber demonstrations. Plus, there was lots of great cosplay. I'm very glad I heard about this event at the last second and was able to go!
It was HOT out today though, and the event was held outdoors in a fenced off park that was closed to non-event people for today. Unfortunately when I thought I had packed two water bottles, I had only packed one, so when I was done with it I started to get very thirsty. I could have patronized one of the food trucks but drinks were hella expensive and the lines were oppressively long. So I just stuck it out.
Then when I left, I made a bee line for the nearby gas station, bought two Gatorades, and pounded them both right there in my car. Ya girl sure enough got her electrolytes back in order, and those cold blue Gatorades were sublime.
Now I'm sleepy.
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Date: 2025-03-23 13:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-24 05:50 (UTC)Have never tried gummies, so can't speak on that!
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Date: 2025-03-24 13:28 (UTC)(I've had the opposite issue. Tried Relaxium because Pip wanted to and it didn't work great for me. I take the 5mg tablet and feel that works much more quickly and effectively. I take it just before I'm ready to climb into bed.)
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Date: 2025-03-25 05:32 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-23 17:53 (UTC)Great to hear you had a good time after that strange night. Never heard of melatonin chocolate, but I'll make sure to not ever try it, haha.
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Date: 2025-03-24 05:51 (UTC)