Last night I DID NOT SLEEP except for some possible dozing on the couch between 3 and 4 AM. What is up with my universe? I've had 2.5 weeks of rough nights with choppy sleep, but last night was the worst so far. I'm a wreck. How can this be when I am so fond of the cozy? I'm now taking Ambien donations and am accepting offers for someone to club me over the head.
**What do you do when you can't sleep?**
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try melatonin...seems to help with our long alaska nights. I think the sun went down around 2 am this morning and back up again by 5...
Good luck, I know I'm a mess when I'm tired.
I was going to suggest Melatonin as Charity did. I have insomnia terribly due to menopause and my friend suggested taking Melatonin. I meant to pick some up at Costco yesterday and forgot all about it. That's another bad thing about menopause...memory loss!
Thanks again for the camera tips. I knew you were the girl to ask! You're pictures are always beautiful.
melatonin works for trent- kids can take it too-
You should call wende-
she's always up too!
hope it gets better with the ambien :)
I like Tylenol PM with a glass of milk. I take it for about 2 days just to get some sleep and it seems to get me back on track.
I've been in the middle of a no sleeping well cycle for months and months. Last week, I finally had a sleep study done at a sleep study center. Still dont have the results.
When I can't sleep, I to to the couch, watch the things I taped on DVR, catch up on email or blogging, read, etc. just depends. I try to stay lying down...
Wish I had a better answer for you.
When I can't sleep (which is OFTEN), I drug myself silly.
Legalized forms, of course.
I like triazolam, which is a time release capsule so I can actually wake up in the morning. Also, there is now a generic--and MUCH cheaper--brand of ambian. Woohoo!!!
I have found I actually wake up more easily when I take my sleeping pill the night before, because I've gotten some good sleep.
To quote my mom: I am in complete control of my faculties. As long as I take my sleeping pill." My mom has the BEST quotables. I have 2 longtime girlfriends who regularly quote my mother.
Now go knock yourself out! Literally.
When I don't want to take a sleeping pill (which is rarely), I usually end up chatting with one of my Facebook friends. I've had some HILARIOUS chats with my fellow insomniacs in the wee hours of the morning!!!
Also, sister (lecture-voice): You were most likely awake when I had Mr. Marbles running thru my house. I wish I'd have known--I would have text-stalked YOU.
Title: Romeo & Juliet? Just an inkling.
Oh Jill! This is horrible! I cannot even imagine! There is NOTHING worse than lying awake at night, being SO tired and not being able to fall asleep!
I am so sorry and I hope that tonight is the night is all turns around!! I say take a couple big swigs of niquel! :) do whatever it takes!
That is really the worst. I couldn't believe how bright-eyed and cheery you were this morning for a girl who didn't get any sleep!
When I can't sleep, I usually stay in bed, trying to go back to sleep. It doesn't often work, but at least I think I'm a little more rested than if I were up doing stuff. What do I know?
I hope you get your Ambien! Knock yourself out.
Yikes...sleep is evading me as well lately. It is frustrating to say the least! Unisom is still my sleep aid of choice! Tylenol PM as a second- I always have an ache or pain somewhere to justify it! Good luck!
Wow, I ended each sentence with an exclamation point- I do need sleep...
just don't go overboard like Michael Jackson, apparently he was in sooo much need of sleep that it just was too much dosis. I think you should start walking either at night or in the early morning. I can't stand being home and not doing anything. It is driving me nuts. I have to be out there, moving moving moving, and sometimes I am just exhausted. Give it a go. Maybe you are adjusting after your travels....and it is your body retaliating, trying to claim its territory! So sorry....to hear this, it is maddening, I know from Alf and my mum!
ah jill- it's sympathy. :) i'm up all night lately, too- so you must be having sympathy pains for me. :)
i hope you sleep well soon!! until then, nap when you can. and don't stress about not sleeping- that does more harm than good...
m-e-d-s, prescription. pull out the big guns.
I think not being able to sleep would be one of the worst things ever. I sure hope you can get something to help. My mom and sister go through this a lot. I guess this is one of the time I am grateful I take after my dad. Good luck.
There is a generic form of Ambien now - Zolpidem - give it a try!!
Argh! I know that's frustrating and makes everything lousy and off kilter. Hope you found some helpful drugs! :) (Or that your normal sleep patterns return SOON.)
Here it is 11:25pm, for the first time in days everyone is in for the night. While they seem to be sleeping comfortably, I am wide awake unable to settle down for a good nights sleep. So I am catching up on reading fellow bloggers blogs.
I will lay on the couch and read a boring book. Sometimes it works. I have never been brave enough to try a sleep aide.
Not being able to sleep has got to be one of the worse things EVER!
Whenever I have problems getting to sleep, I just try to remember all of the all night trips I used to work and how desperate I was for an opportunity to be in a bed...
Good luck on your sleep quest...
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