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The diet seems to be working. My stomach no longer growls! I can't believe what a difference it makes to cut out white flour. On another note, I'm going to tell you a little story about my meds. Last Monday, I called to have my sleeping pill refilled. For some weird reason last month there were only 16 pills instead of 30, but that's an entirely different story. Last Thursday, I figured they had been filled and called to check to see if they were ready to pick up. I was told that the insurance wouldn't cover the prescription. Now, I go round and round with the insurance about this particular medicine and every 6 months they need a new doctors note saying I still need the drug in order to sleep/function. I knew that the last time a note had been written I had been approved for 12 months instead of 6, so I didn't see what the problem was. I called the doctor's office and they agreed to fax a new letter. Then I decided to call the insurance company to figure out the problem. Well, the problem was I had already fill the prescription this month. Even though it was only 16 pills the computer said filled and wasn't going to allow me to fill again until the end of the month. The lady at the insurance company was wonderful and agreed to change the computer to allow me to fill the meds. Then she wanted to tell me how much they would cost. She said it would be about $70 for the month. I asked her if that was correct and she said yes it was and she checked all the other meds for me as well. Now, since my medical insurance starts Sept. 1st. the new prices had kicked in and all the meds had gone up quite a bit. In fact some of them had even doubled. So I said OK and she told me she would call the pharmacy to fill the meds. Then about 15 min. later she called back and said she had lied to me. The price of the meds was really $80 instead of $70. At this point I knew it wasn't going to work. In the past two months that meant my meds had doubled every month. So, I told myself I was going to go home and sleep without the prescription meds. Guess what? God provided a night free of nightmares! I didn't sleep great because I was having some withdrawals, but I can say that last night was night 5 without prescription meds. I have been using over the counter meds and they are doing a great job. Last night I fell asleep and slept until the alarm went off. Praise the Lord!!!