Cyclobenzaprine and excedrin

Flannery needs Excedrin Headache #357...

Kate and I want to thank AnotherChapter, ThatNewGuy and the other anonymous commentator for defending us so well. We will keep the anonymous comment down below on how our narrative was tedious and distracting, just as we keep most negative comments - but not all. Some are so damn offensive and have little, if any redeeming value.
Maybe the anonymous commentator misunderstood what we were saying when we wrote that we removed some of our earlier stories because the comments were too caustic. When comments call my wife a whore and physically threaten us or 'anyone who cheats', we think were feeding something dangerous. Our 'Jake's Tale' was a story that ended with the husband forgiving and reconciling with a wife who had an affair - too many of the comments could only be considered outlandish and evil. So, we removed the story.
Anon wrote, We know that someone asked for aspirin, but took Excedrin (with a capital E), three, instead of two. WTF? But you don't bother to tell us how much money the sucker sister pissed away to her addict brother, $200, $20,000? Yes, both were written on purpose. The use of naming Excedrin in the scene was to paint a vision for the reader's mind's eye. Something for the reader to help grasp visually the two people standing in the room trying to decide the best course of action. And we purposely didn't name the amount the sister gave her brother, although we did state it was all her funds, because we wanted the reader to question how much it could be (Hitchcock's McGuffin).
This past weekend the Wall Street Journal had an article explaining how many of the young girls putting their bodies on TikToK and other social media are having emotional issues because anonymous (or even friends) comment on any real or perceived flaws of those bodies. I guess we Literotica LW writers can relate. A story gets written in an effort to entertain and anyone with a terminal and keyboard can slam the writer because they don't like the plot, the outcome, etc. Pretty soon all there will be here is one or two decent writers and a whole lot of garbage. In other words, useful criticism is more than welcome, but keep the caustic comments to yourself.
Thanks to all who enjoyed 'Chuck and Sammi' and took the time to say so. All the best,
Bill

If you want to improve your writing and appeal to a wider audience then you should pay more attention to the negative comments that detail what is perceived as flaws and faults. If you don't really give a shit what people think then why bother to post stories, or delete comments, or do Anything in response to comments about which you couldn't care less? Just Plain Bob treats comments just like he treats his stories, puts them out there and let's others worry or care; he (or she?) don't.
The plot was great. The execution was tedious and distracting. We know that someone asked for aspirin, but took Excedrin (with a capital E), three, instead of two. WTF? But you don't bother to tell us how much money the sucker sister pissed away to her addict brother, $200, $20,000? Guess the medicine details were more important and significant? And the whole concept that this addicted morally corrupt brother would casually admit to all his crimes was preposterous. The asshole would have claimed he came by the house to talk to his brother in law and the brother in law attacked him, with a gun. Again, great plot, but very weak and illogical character portrayals. You might want to consider getting some objective review and editing. Anyway, thanks for the effort.

Thank you for this article I think the next time my tooth starts hurting really bad I'll do this while waiting for the pain meds to work. I also have an appointment this week to get it out but have to take antibiotics first and I can't accept any pain meds from th denttist because I am in pain management. I would call them but it's onky a few days and advil and excedrin taken with milk work better than my bresakthrough meds. or the regular opana. Still I think this is a good simple article to follow. Now if only my dog stops itching long enough to do it. And my kittens leave me alone.
I have done some self hypnosis relaxation techniques in the past that my Dad taught to me and one of my favorites was going throuugh all the muscles relaxing them and with the breathing you internally chant in with the good out with the bad and if I am trying to sleep I picture myself floating in a warm ocean with gentle waves and I lay down to do this usually because it hurts less. please excuse bad grammer I am on my kindle touch &Am hurting so I am hurrying. Thanks again for all your hard work as a nurse. I wish more would do these techniques. Pain meds are great but they work better if you're calm. ice packs, heating pad and simply running your hands over the hurting part helps to . Because it distracts the nerves and confuses them. bye.

bornwildnfree, I sent you a private message. Please contact me.
As for everyone else ... life keeps adding on the 'happy' {sarcasm}.
My neurologist decided to prescribe a more powerful tool to manage the pain in my feet. So, he gave me a foot cream. What wasn't obvious was the non-prescribed 'side effects' of the foot cream which included ... (sigh) ...
Well, as my feet have been hurting like sons-a-bitches, I was slathering that cream on three and four times a day. It had minimal positive effect which was leagues ahead of the pain I was going through. Besides, it was foot cream. What was the worse that could happen?
Baclofen (2%) ~ [Lightheadedness or fainting, trouble seeing, severe tiredness, weakness],
Cyclobenzaprine (2%) ~ [Anxiety, restlessness, seeing or hearing things that are not there, severe drowsiness, fainting, or confusion],
Diclofenac (3%) ~ [Sudden or severe headache, or problems with vision, speech, or walking],
Gabapentin (6%) ~ [Behavior problems, aggression, restlessness, trouble concentrating, moodiness (especially in children), problems with coordination, shakiness, unsteadiness, unusual moods, or behaviors, thoughts of hurting yourself, feeling depressed, dizziness, drowsiness, sleepiness, tiredness],
Lidocaine (2%) ~ [which, somewhat stunningly, isn't trying to fuck with my head]
So I've been staggering around in a semi-lucid state for the past several days, unable to figure out why I couldn't do much, if any, writing. It took me complaining to my wife to provide some clarity.
I repeat - it is freaking foot cream!
I've stopped with the foot-crack and am back to dealing with the pain. Hopefully I'll be back to writing soon too.
James aka FinalStand

God damn give it a rest. Repeating the same fucking things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again!!! STOP!!!!!