Ok... I just realized that I've posted a bunch of blogs on this ... uh blogger... but put no order to these lovely posts... so rather than ordering them out for you now... i think everyone should read them all and try to figure it out for themselves. If you can tell me the order... i would be very very impressed... and probably won't accept it because... i don't know the order. Do you know the order? What is the order? Ordering what? ... and Guinea...

...is not the same without Methaquin.. our not-so anti-malaria medications that we (peace corps volunteers) are required to take (or an approved alternative). The first month I took this great drug, I had panick attacks that really freaked me out... like what am I doing here? What's my life about? Is that heat or is air attacking me? Why don't the hole-in-the-ground toilets flush? etc...
But now that I'm "habituated" to the medication, I can think these thoughts without going into a state of frenzy... which I am very thankful for by the way. Methaquin has this chemical called larium... it effects the brain in a funky way that causes emotional, hallucinagenic side-effects... and i promise you these are not mushrooms I'm consuming on a regular basis. They can make dreams feel more "real"... especially nightmares, so its because of this a lot of people get off them.

There are testimonies of people loosing much sleep due to this drug. Also the hallucinations can be trippy... and I don't think there has been any long term study based on the drug.

Fortunately, I haven't had such a terrible experience with the drug... actually... the incredible sex dreams have completely made up for the negative side effects I've had. So incredible. The only thing that bothers me... is that I had Malaria!!!!! It was a hot august day... and I woke up with aches and a fever and I thought I was battling another spell of... "it was a hot august day" ... when I really felt funky. I go to the local hospital and voila... i have Malaria. I was really pissed because I hadn't had a sex dream in a couple weeks so I was like ... this isn't fair!!!! So its not an anti-malaria drug... arrrghhhh. But what it does do is diminish the potency of Malaria (small print people... always read the small print) so that if you do get Malaria, it won't be that bad. And fortunately for me, it wasn't that bad at all... and the other medication to get rid of Malaria reall does work... I just realize I capitalize Malaria every time I write it... Malaria, Malaria, mmm...Malaria.