Paying For Breaking the Twelve Hour Rule

I think there's a bit more to the twelve hour rule than I originally thought. I woke up three hours before the twelve hours was over and, now, four hours after the twelve hours I'm still tired. Of those four hours, I napped for two of them. I've gone outside and gotten some fresh air, played a bit with the dog, tried to do some brain puzzles, but I still feel slow and like I'm a few seconds behind reality. My arms feel heavy and I'm fighting sleep. Doing pretty much anything takes a lot of energy, even simply things like holding a cup of water. I've heard the term "drug hangover". I think that's what this is. Then again, I have experienced this before taking either the Requip or the Mirapex. This has been a "symptom" for nearly 10 years. It is nearly guaranteed, though, when I take the Requip later.

I'm dull, groggy -- it's that whole plastic coated feeling again. At least yesterday I had some time between waking up and the plastic coated feeling when I wasn't tired and/or groggy.

I've had one cup of coffee, 2 litres of Diet Dr. Pepper and 32 oz of water, so both my water and caffeine intake shouldn't be causing the tired feelings.

I have stuff I WANT to do. LOTS of it. I know that if I start something feeling like this, I'm likely to have to quit part way through -- and after I have stuff spread out -- because I'm too tired. I also have some "brain stuff" to do, but this plastic coating makes it impossible for me to be confident I'm not making some really stupid mistake. Having done just that, I just don't feel competent to do anything too important.