cupcake_goth | Sleep and Fish

For whatever reason, I've not slept well for 3 days now. I've ended up getting up to take a second 5HTP an hour or so after going to bed. I'm going to do a little more research to see if there are any reports of 5HTP losing effectiveness after continued use, but I don't think that's what's happening; I think that I'm just a little more stressed than usual (and fighting off The Ick that is going around), which always throws my body-chemistry off and makes my sleep patterns a little wonky.

Last night we finally managed to see Big Fish. Wow. Wow, wow, wow.

The movie (of course) made me a tad weepy. I knew that it would, having been warned about this by some friends. But it made me weepy for all the right reasons, by expressing some ideas that are very important to me. The Cliff's Notes version of those ideas:

Magic DOES happen in the "real world", in everyday life. You just need to pay attention to see it.

Impossible things can and do happen, and far more often then people may think. Just because it's something *you've* never experienced doesn't mean it's fiction.

Sometimes, just sometimes, the story is just as (if not more) important than the facts.

Wonderful movie. If any of you reading this haven't seen it yet, you should.

Most Popular Tags

book - 31 uses
books - 29 uses
boots - 27 uses
clicky links - 23 uses
clicky-links - 93 uses
closet culling - 53 uses
clothing sale - 24 uses
clovis - 31 uses
concerts - 23 uses
coveting - 111 uses
d.i.y. - 41 uses
diy - 28 uses
events - 43 uses
fangirl - 26 uses
fashion - 26 uses
gcs - 160 uses
goth - 41 uses
goth at the office - 133 uses
grief - 32 uses
halloween - 21 uses
insomnia - 22 uses
jackets - 20 uses
job hunt - 31 uses
makeup - 34 uses
mcr - 31 uses
meme - 25 uses
migraines - 39 uses
mom - 39 uses
movies - 23 uses
music - 22 uses
photos - 23 uses
picspam - 71 uses
promotion - 45 uses
questions - 31 uses
sewing - 40 uses
sfds - 108 uses
sickly - 77 uses
skirts - 20 uses
stuff - 35 uses
stuff and things - 23 uses
tarot - 56 uses
updates - 103 uses
vampire ball - 24 uses
vampires - 82 uses
vanity - 126 uses
via ljapp - 313 uses
whining - 25 uses
witchy life - 39 uses
writer's block - 25 uses
writing - 65 uses

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Date: 2004-02-04 09:57 am (UTC)

From:

e-juliana.livejournal.com

no subject

"Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it's not true."

I love it. And I love that movie.

Date: 2004-02-04 10:26 am (UTC)

vorona.livejournal.com

Wow, 5HTP for sleep? I hadn't heard of this. It makes me awfully blinggy. More like a stimulant, really. But my serotonin acts weird. I think I'd have so many extreme dreams after 5HTP - wow.

Date: 2004-02-04 11:07 am (UTC)

cupcake-goth.livejournal.com

Re:

5-HTP is apparently a standard treatment for insomnia in Europe. It's been working really, REALLY well for me for the past 3 weeks; the only other time I had problems falling asleep was at the start of my period, which ALWAYS causes me to not sleep anyway.

I haven't noticed my dreams being any more extreme or intense while I've been taking the 5-HTP, just that I've been falling asleep quicker. I honestly think that I'm just a bit more stressed this week, which is why the 100mg dose at bedtime isn't quite cutting it. I'll probably take 200mg right off the bat tonight, but not take any Friday or Saturday.

I hope you're feeling better soon.