I sleep in a loft bed (above - please ignore my messy table/desk, and YES, that's Dusty looking for trouble) - you might notice my bed doesn't have a safety rail in the front. No big deal, right???
Well, when my doctor told me I would be taking Atripla to combat my HIV, the one side effect he mentioned was that I may have "vivid dreams". I immediately went home and read EVERYTHING online about the "vivid NIGHTMARES" some people experience while taking Atripla (big mistake), and I freaked out.
When I was a kid I was terrified of having "bad dreams". I hated them so much that I developed the ability to literally stop my dream and wake myself up before things got too scary. Unfortunately I haven't had to use this ability in ... oh, let's see, about 35 years - so I've long forgotten how I ever did it. But my phobia of nightmares remains.
So the first night I took Atripla (most people take it before bed to lessen other side effects), I was nervous about having nightmares. And then I realized I could conceivably have a nightmare, which could conceivable cause me to toss and turn in my bed which could conceivably cause me to fall out of bed and to the floor! Yeah, I can be one paranoid Queen if I try hard enough.
So I looked around my room, and I remembered the stack of pillows just sitting there. These are pillows I don't use on my bed (I LOVES lots of pillows) and they just sit on the floor in a nice pyramid...
So I had a brainstorm: every night before bed, I would create a "Landing Pad" of pillows just in case I fell out of my loft bed. In the event of a "crash landing", I would at least be falling on something relatively soft (although I'm sure I would still bust a hip or at least break a nail or two)...
Here it is from above. As you can see, Dusty found the trouble she was looking for...
Luckily, so far I haven't had any nightmares (or other "vivid dreams") - or any other side effects (knock on wood). But I STILL lay out my Landing Pad before bed every night - just in case.
