u/vancejmillions

last dose was last thursday (today is wednesday) and, though the awd are over, i have not slept one wink. it's coming up on 144 hours. i have trazadone and gaba. the traz gives me bad RLS and the gab does nothing to stop it, but they do both make me feel horrible in the morning. i've tried taking multiple baths and showers and, while it relieves the rls for about half an hour, it always comes right back. ive tried cannabis. ive tried every combo of all of those: nothing. no sleep. today was my first day back to work and i felt like a zombie. still worked physically hard (auto repair tech in a no ac shop in the south) tried to take a nap in my truck at lunch and got nowhere. i am going utterly insane. it's now an hour before my alarm goes off for work and NO SLEEP.

help.

i've had insomnia like crazy and restless legs last night, but no drippy nose, no diarrhea, no stomach pain...where are the real withdrawals? i am taking 5g of kratom leaf four-ish times a day- is this just prolonging the full wd? should i stop? i was previously taking 300mg of 7 every day for two years, for reference.

another post inspired me to ask this question. i grew up methodist and only ever heard OLTOB sung to st louis, but my very first episcopal christmas eve it was sung to forest green and ive never looked back, i find it faaaar superior, and of course vaughan williams is second only to handel in anglican church music.

is it possible, by replacement tuning slide or other means, to convert a Bb instrument to C? i can't imagine it would be particularly easy to find a C tuning slide for sale for this relatively uncommon horn, but if i were able to locate one, would it be as simple as plug and play? if im not mistaken the horn louis armstrong was playing when he was discovered was a convertible cornet.

i recently inherited a super cool 70s vintage bach strad cornet. to those in the know- what's the deal with cornet mouthpieces? the instrument in question came with a schilke 7c and a bach 7c. should i pick up a different cup? i would like to bring the best out of this instrument, and i read things on here about how bach mouthpieces make cornets sound like trumpets... if you had all the money in an ideal world, what mouthpiece would you buy? is a wick worth it?

---EDIT---
typo! it's not a schilke 7c. it's a schilke 14. thanks to your answers i think i'll be using the 14 and eschewing the purchase of a new mouthpiece for the moment.