@jdiakiw I have a note in my medication history that I took Tramadol. Unfortunately I didn't indicate why I stopped taking it. I'm trying to do better with that now.

I rely on Evernote to be my memory. I have a bunch of lists, from shopping list, meds, hospitalizations, to pottery companies and a list of my hymnal collection.

Now, when I start a medication I enter the date and dosage and any changes, and when and why I stopped taking it. I remember very little of that information, so, as I said, I rely on my external brain.

A couple of years ago I tapered off, one at a time, most of my meds. When I got to Clonazepam, I went from the prescribed dose of 1mg to .75 for a week. I decided that I needed to sleep more than I wanted to stop Klonopin. It's one of the few meds that my wife wants me to keep taking because a secondary effect is that I don't act out my dreams. She was just about to send me to the guest bedroom because I kicked and swung my arms in her direction until I started Klonopin. I'm a better bed partner now.

If I remember correctly, you mentioned esophageal problems, some of which I also have. Could you tell us how you deal with that? It's a problem that intrudes in my daily life.

20 days until my 70th birthday. That's making me feel old. But it is what it is, one of those things that are outside our control.

It's good to have you in the group.

Jim