Medicine Head

Is it the sickness or the drugs that make you feel loopy?

I take the drugs to kill the headache, post nasal drip, cough, etc., but what I get in return is La La Land.

Go to a party feeling drunk before I've had my first drink. Not stumbling drunk, but words and phrases in random order in my head. Can't speak for fear of what might come out.

Is that happening now? How many times did I second guess and rewrite that sentence?

Headache is gone, but I'm in a fog. I'm sloppy. Takes two tries to get the towel on the drying rack after I've spilled my coffee.

Can I drive this way? Should I go to work?

Go to bed, but can't sleep. It's like a wide awake coma. Eyes open in the dark and nothing's going on. Time ticks by. Still nothing.

Is this for real?

Is it the sickness or the drugs?

- b