Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Take the left, or right?

Those who know me well know that I suffer greatly from sinus related headaches due to allergies and sudden temperature changes (from cold to warm, warm to cold). Very few medications help relieve the pressure of the headaches when they happen. First is simple ibuprofen. It works pretty well to rid most of the headache to make it a very dull ache; Nothing that prevents me from functioning. The other med is Benedryl (the non non-drowsy). Obviously I choose that as my secondary because I hate being a zombie in the middle of the day.

Tonight, though, I did something stupid. It's truly my fault for not putting the pills in the bottle (I have them sitting on the tray in the cabinet).

The picture shows two different medications, but they're 99% similar in appearance. The only noticeable difference, which might not be shown in this photo, is one is slightly wider than the other.

One is my generic benedryl, the other is a vicodin. I accidentally took the vicodin. How do I know I took the Vicodin? Well, it's quite easy to tell when you take an opiate. Light, rubbery legs, mild scratchyness, and...well...a side effect that I prefer not to mention directly here, but let's just say it arouses a sense.

Again, it's totally my fault for not keeping these things in the fucking bottle, but it once again does raise the awareness of similar medications, not just the bottle labels, but the pills themselves. Anyways, for the next 6 hours now I'll be a happy man while watching the hockey game.
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  1. You poor baby... :-( ~can't help snickering~ I hope you are recovered by now and didn't fall asleep with a remote in your bed. ~winks~

    ~E

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