An Overdose of Medication
Lately I've been having these weird headaches that are so bad! It's like every-time-your-heart-beats-you-have-a-sudden-surge-of-pain bad. So I went to the medicine cabinent and grabbed some aspirins. Since each of them was only about the size of a dime cut in half, I took three when I was only supposed to take one. Since that didn't seem to be helping, I hesitantly took a perscription pill that was supposed to be for my braces. I ended up drowsy the next morning.
My head hurt all the next day at school, and I wished I had more aspirins. Yet, I was also very dizzy, no doubt from my perscription pill that I shouldn't have taken.
At recess, Shira and Lalana asked what was wrong with me. I said, "My head hurts and I'm dizzy. I took three times as many aspirins as I should have taken last night."
Lalana looked shocked. Shira responded. "Yoga always relaxes me when I have a headache."
She led the two of us over to the other side of the playground. Shira tried to guide us to do the tree pose, but I was too dizzy and kept falling down in the dirt.
Then in the cafeteria, I told them, "I lied. I took four times as many aspirins as I should have taken."
"Three, four, who's counting, Jessie?" Shira reassured. "Just be careful. Too much medication can kill you."
That didn't prepare me for the punishment I would get at home. I was grounded from the computer for two days. Now it's a rule that I can't touch anything in the medicine cabinent without asking first. Personally, I'm not even surprised that I've taken to abusing medication...(Once again, I've revealed too much)
Ciao for Now,
-Jess