Walking Backwards

As fate would have it, the new medications I am on are doing wonders for my asthma, but the side effects are a little difficult to deal with. As a person who has dealt with insomnia all of my life, I don't handle anything that makes sleep more difficult very well. There is the sleeplessness and now there is a constant feeling that my head is mired in ephemera. I can't concentrate and I really feel bad for anyone who is trying to have a conversation with me because I catch only half of it and then make unrelated, rambling statements when it is my turn to speak. I think that it is the sleep deprivation that is causing most of it, but after this round I am going to have my dosage reduced or refigured so I'm not so slow on the uptake. Right now, sleeping pills are on the menu this evening in hopes of making my day tomorrow a little less disorienting.