Saturday, June 25, 2016

Nap Time

I do not like taking naps.  I generally wake up confused, frightened, disoriented.  I recall doing so when I was in junior high, and it took me the rest of the evening to get oriented.  I have had a couple of similar experiences through the years.  So, I do not take naps.

Something has happened, though, the last few weeks.  Not so much during the work day, but sometimes in the early evening, and more frequently on a Saturday or Sunday, or when I have a day off, in the afternoon. If I sit back and relax, get comfortable, especially when I am reading, but maybe when I am knitting, I want to close my eyes and doze off. And sometimes, I do. Not for long. But this is something I have never experienced before.

I have been thinking about it. I was wondering if it could be attributed to a medication I am taking. That is possible. But I have been on most of the medications I take for more than a couple of years now.  Except the Amlodipine, which was added a couple of months ago.  Tiredness is a side effect of Amlodipine, but I take it at night, so I would think the tiredness would not still be affecting me the next afternoon, when these naps often occur. I wonder if it is an aging thing.  Hmmm.

Weird.

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