@JaneOnceMore - It's wonderful that you apologized to the woman you had an argument with; it is very so important to get bad feelings off your chest especially when you felt terrible about the argument afterwards. Sleeping on an air mattress is tough; I don't know how you managed that. Whenever we visit my middle sister, H my daughter & I all share an air mattress; I never sleep very well there! Sorry for your mood coming down, but more sleep is always a positive thing! I am so glad the melatonin helped you sleep! I take melatonin too, it helps me a bit though Seroquel does most of the initial hard work of getting me to sleep in the first place. The melatonin I think helps me sleep through the night. No problem writing just about yourself and only responding to others when you are up to it. And sometimes, I don't have the time to and there are times I don't feel up to it either. Thank you for the compliments on my sketches; some are better than others, but I've had a lot turn out that I didn't think I possibly could get close to. I'm discovering the joy of using the darker B drawing pencils which really help emphasize shadows and highlights in my drawings I don't know the size of the tablet of benzo you take but if you can cut it in half or fourths, that is the way to go.

@giddykitty What movie did you see? How was it? Did things turn out all right with your mom and sister?

@raspberrytorte - Benzo withdrawal is hard? How much did you cut down? I don't know the dosage/size of the valium pills but some steps of tapering clonazepam I had to cut the pill in quarters. I took 4 pills initially and the first step down was 3 and 3/4 pills and so on. Is there an intermediate step of lowering the benzo dose you can try or not really?

@June08 - I'm so glad the Seroquel has been helping you. You seemed to be struggling quite a lot betore it, if I recall? Seroquel is practically a miracle drug for me, letting me sleep, keeping mania away. I fortunately do not gain weight on it, but I do exercise a lot.

@crazyHitch and @BeyondtheRainbow - Were you able to catch a nap? It's so hard to go without sleep.

@MuddyBoots (((HUGS))) I am sorry things are so hard for your right now.

@Nammu - It's good you slept, especially after giving blood, your body really needed the rest!