Sunday, November 06, 2005

Pour me another ... it's going to be a long night

Insomnia fucking sucks ass. When I was I kid I could have slept through the god dam second coming, now I am lucky if I can get a decent sleep.

I have seen a number of sleep inducing products available to those who suffer from insomnia . Many of them are advertised on the television, and all seem to have a few key points in common. "Do not take unless you can devote enough time for a full night's sleep", and "a full night is considered to be eight hours".

But, unless you are a chronic sufferer, of which I am sure there are many - how often do you know you're going to have a hard time falling asleep early enough where you know to take on of these drugs?

I naively bought some over the counter sleeping meds after my fourth or fifth bout with insomnia. Using them has been less than desirable because it is generally well into my attempt at sleep when I realize I'm just not going to get to fall asleep. If I took an eight hour sleeping med at 2:00 am, even if I was able to fight off the effects after say, six hours, I'd still be hours late for work.

So here's my challenge to the drug industry: In order to properly care for occasional insomnia sufferers, develop a four hour sleeping pill. I guarantee you'll sell billions.

Thank you, and I'll happily accept whatever small percentage of profits you deem appropriate for this wonderful idea. A free supply would be nice, too.

Until then I will settle for some Bacardi, mixed with a bit of NyQuil . After drinking a couple of these cocktails, I can saw some serious logs.
Posted by MrV :: 2:18 AM :: | ---------------oOo---------------