Traveling Can Be Painful Giveaway

Over the weekend as Justin and I wandered through Costco trying to figure out if we needed anything (we had come for a 50lb bag of dog food for my parents), Justin spotted a bottle of melatonin in the healthcare aisle. Knowing that many of the people I babysit for use it for themselves and their kids … and also knowing that I have a tendency to stay up all night keeping Justin awake too… he decided to get it and try it on me, the guinea pig. I'm pretty anti-unnecessary pills; I only take what I need when I need it assuming that I can't cope with whatever is bothering me on my own. I hate going to the doctor, and I hate taking medication. Unfortunately, Justin and I collide in this perspective, because he actually likes sleep. Go figure, right?

Anyway, more or less the melatonin has been killing me. The first two nights I took 5mg of it and when I woke up to get a glass of water in the middle of the night, I could barely keep my eyes open let alone think of what it was that I wanted to do. Then the next day I was groggy as all get out. Yes, I did sleep, but was it worth feeling like that? My opinion: absolutely not.

After two nights of this, Justin dropped it down a notch. He broke the pill in two and gave me 2.5mg instead of 5. The first night on the new dosage I did not sleep at all, but the second night I slept incredibly well and had a hard time getting up the next morning. I didn't feel groggy though, so that's a plus. Perhaps I can convince Justin to cut down the pill even more to 1.25mg? It would definitely be amusing to see him break it into 1/4 for me. *evil laugh* ;)

Given that I am already anxious to return to Europe, I started thinking about the jetlag I experienced in Europe and how I perceived it to be prior to my trip. Would melatonin help on future trips?

I think, because I screw up my sleep schedule so easily, I wasn't exactly tired during my first few days in Europe. I didn't actually start to get tired until we had Germans take over our schedule having us wake up at early-o'clock in the morning to go walk up all of the stairs and climb all of the mountains that exist in Europe. (There are a lot.) No, my jetlag did not exist in an "I'm tired" form. My jetlag existed in the form of headaches and can't eat even if I'm starving form. It was great for weight loss! … Both going and coming! :) Needless to say, I never had medicine when I needed it (because I don't like taking it unless I absolutely need it) and even then I managed to run out only a few days into the trip. (It's impossible to even consider climbing mountains and stairs when your head is throbbing.)

Luckily for you, you won't have to worry about a headache or any other kind of pain, traveling or not, if you win today's giveaway! In honor of all of my friend's traveling abroad this month and thanks a billion to Crowdtap's generosity I have 3 $3 coupons toward Advil, my favorite pain reliever, to give away! :) I'm still prepping my beauty giveaway (to come soon), but I figured you all wouldn't mind a "traveling can be painful" giveaway. :) Just enter the rafflecopter below for your chance to win!

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