Insomnia Wins!
Just when I found reason to celebrate the night, insomnia has finally gotten me.
I've got to start looking at more aggressive treatments.
Monday, for a second I thought I sent my arm on fire with the grill, but it was just a peripheral illusion I guess. I saw a flare up in the grill and somehow my brain made it larger and closer than it was.
I'm falling asleep driving... daily. Today I missed my exit to get off of the interstate... I didn't notice until I was 5 miles beyond it.
Work is heating up and I can't focus. I'm getting that odd, awake/asleep dream thing going but it's less focused.
I've talked to one doctor who recommends a "reboot". Essentially, they'll put me in a coma for 24-48hrs and flush my head of all the chemicals in it. The rapid detox would at least give me a clean slate for finding the problem... if it weren't flushed already. It'd also cut down on the amount of pain killers I'd have to take (it kills your tolerances) and may just save my liver (which, I'm convinced, is going bad).
The only down side is that in a number of people, the coma doesn't take away the considerable withdrawl pain. It just makes you paralyzed and you feel the whole process. The doctors can determine if that happens, but once it starts, it has to run it's course.
It could also kill me.
But so could driving into the back of a truck.