Oh I do the perimeter check frequently, but these aren't dreams I have. This is my brain going sixty miles an hour in all directions, and usually about stuff that is so irrelevant that I have no idea why it even got in there. It's not worry, or planning the project I am going to do when I get up, it's little stuff like the names of people I haven't seen, talked to, or even thought about in years. Or the name of an actor in some 1940's western that played a part I could relate to. There is a figure in geometry which is a strip of paper, or some other flexible material, that is twisted once and attached at the open end. I think it is the moebius stip which if followed with a finger is unending. My brain is like that, it just keeps on looping back on itself. In addition to making me crazy, it is exhausting.
It can be surprising how stuff you eat can do that to you. Beware of "flavoring," "hydrolyzed vegetable
fat protein," and a host of other misleading terms which are actually related to MSG. (Monosodium glutamate.) This stuff will stimulate your brain so it goes a mile a minute as soon as your head hits the pillow. Remember the expression "RTFM?" Well, I say "RTFIngredients."
For what it's worth, two slices of dark toast sprayed with olive oil, sprinkled with cinnamon and ginger, covered with honey, and sprayed again with olive oil, relaxes me. I haven't isolated the effective ingredient or what --maybe it's just the ritual, but if I hit the rack within a half hour of that, I drift off easily.
Terry, 230RN
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