Insomniacs anonymous
 

Unite! We have nothing to lose but our ... sleep. Never mind.

Isn't anyone else on this board an insomniac??

Or even up in the night with babies etc. ... ?

Can. Not. Sleep.

Not funny. Thank you, tamoxifen. You supposedly inhibit the regrowth of my cancer but you keep me up all night when I work all day.

After rearing four children who never slept, I should be used to this ...

Sorry, revelling in Baclofen.
Thank goodness I work the early shift. It gives me an excuse to sleep when and where I can, and also the possibility to do so.

Sorry to rub in in, but the 'rents are out and I'm going to go have a kip.
If I wake up soon enough I'll go feed the squirrels in the park. If not, at least I've slept and missed lunch.

My sympathy though.
I've had trouble sleeping since I was a child. This is a period of bliss for me, although I do wish I cuold turn it on and off (ie go see squirlies now ...)

I can usually fall asleep within 5 minutes. But I'm not taking any weird drugs. Sorry doc. Have you tried vodka?

Drunk sleep not good sleep says my Consultant.
With detalied scenarios that made sense.

But vivid dreams are good symptoms of refreshing sleep.
Always have those. Maybe that's why I got away with things so long. Turns out I am asymptomatic in many respects. Of course I am, I am special.

Dr R said having seen my medical notes he is surprised to see me looking so well.
I sustained serious damage in a very short space of time.
That hit home.

You bastard.

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Member in good standing of the insomniac union, thank you very much. Since childhood. Diphenhydramine works sometimes for me, but, sometimes gets me a little jittery, and has the opposite effect.

A small sticky-weed joint will help, sometimes, and hey, if it doesn't, at least you're high.

Falling asleep is easy for me. It's staying asleep that's the challenge. If something wakes me up, it can be an hour or two before I can fall back asleep. As I age, it's easier and easier to wake me up. Until the alarm goes off. Then it's hard to wake up. ;)

Usually I can fall asleep but then wake an hour later and I'm up for the duration. Last night I was wide awake until 5:00; I remember thinking I might as well get up, and then I woke up at 9:44. Yikes. Good thing I'm on furlough.

I regularly get 6 hours, usually interrupted, but I'm working on improving it.

Without trazodone, I wouldn't sleep at all. I would like to get off of it, but I cant afford to not get any sleep since I work 10 hour days. Now, though, it seems I can barely scrape 4 solid hours asleep in a row. I wake and fall back to sleep at at least 4 times a night. That's age.

Last week whilst battling a cold/flu I'd wake up every night coughing with that little tickle at the back of my throat and it I pisses me off. So I bought some no-name Nyquil, took a good chug and fell asleep within 8 minutes.

I hate to break it to you, limegreenie, but that was all in your haid.

The only thing that would work in eight minutes is a blow to the head with a hammer.:bonk::p:

Oh yeah...try it smarty!:)

Surprised you have to ask. Aren't all bulletin boards chock full of insomniacs?

I'm not, I do sleep, but I find it very hard to get there. I just didn't know that until I had the stroke. I thought it was normal to stay up until you started falling asleep at the computer/in front of the tv/whatever. And then I'd get up and do it all again 4 hours later. I need to make sure I get enough sleep now because the visual thing is exacerbated and more stressful when I'm tired. So I'm learning to take myself to bed before I'm falling asleep. Steep Curve, my friends.