"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:03:28 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
aweb.com...
>>> On 12/31/2014 7:58 PM, MaryL wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Cheryl" wrote in message
>>>> eb.com...
>>>>
>>>> On 12/30/2014 7:42 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I already got the bottle of Champagne in the fridge, just gotta stay
>>>>> awake long enough... in case I am indisposed Have a Happy and
>>>>> Healthy New Year Everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year to you too, Shelly. I probably won't make it until
>>>> midnight. At the risk of going off-topic, I'm trying to get Lyrica out
>>>> of my system. I recently doubled my dose at the advice of my doc who
>>>> said I could take the max dose per day for my neuropathic pain and
>>>> after
>>>> a couple of weeks at 100mg 2x a day I was sleeping all day. Work days
>>>> I'd sleep late and get calls from my manager wondering if I was getting
>>>> online for important meetings, weekends I would miss entire days. i got
>>>> online for side effects of Lyrica and sure enough, lots of stories
>>>> about
>>>> people who would sleep all day if not interrupted. Back to just a
>>>> single
>>>> dose at bedtime until I see my surgeon in january. What a horrible
>>>> side
>>>> effect if you have to actually get out of bed now and then.
>>>>
>>>> ?.¸¸.?*¨`*?
>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~
>>>> That really is a terrible (in fact, frightening) side effect. I hope
>>>> it
>>>> does not take long to get your system back to normal sleeping. Please
>>>> keep us updated.
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year, everyone.
>>>>
>>>> MaryL
>>>>
>>> Christmas day I got up, meant to feed the cats, but it was still a
>>> little
>>> early for them, but took my meds and went back to sleep. I didn't wake
>>> up
>>> until 3am Fri morning and even the cats couldn't wake me up and they'd
>>> missed 2 meals. Boy were they hungry.
>>
>>My friend wound up in the hospital once with dehydration from sleeping too
>>long. She had an ear infection and didn't show up for work. The boss
>>called because it was not like her not to just not show up. Her husband
>>found her unresponsive in bed.
>
> Was that unusual?

Yikes! I realize now that sounded bad. And it has been many years so there
are probably parts of this story that I don't remember. He was a fisherman
and was often away. And she divorced him not long after that incident
because he really could be an ass.