I am so tired........... (page 2)

Mulan

I think it might be hereditary. I long for the times I could sleep and sleep and sleep.

If you are in bed all the time you are awake, you are probably sleeping some of that time. My mother has told me many times that she didn't sleep a wink for several nights. She can't function at all (of course she is 94 and pretty much an invalid anyway) but if a person doesn't sleep for days, they have hallucinations and other mental problems.

Try the calcium at bedtime. Don't eat anything after 7 PM. Blood sugar issues can keep you awake too, and eating raises blood sugars.

Outaservice

One night I couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, and couldn't sleep! I finally got to sleep, and dream't 'I was awake'!

Outaservice

FreeChick

I have insomnia really bad too. Only get a couple of hours sleep a night. It's really hard on the body and I just read that it usually, but not always, goes hand-in-hand with depression. The article suggested sleeping pills to get your body used to a regular routine. I sleep better when exercising regularly.

Happy to be a....FreeChick

Mary

If you dont' want to see a doctor, I would suggest the following:

Make sure you do a workout throughout the day. It definitely helps you sleep at night. I take a combination of 5-HTP, St. John's Wort and Calcium Magnesium before I go to bed. Helps me sleep extremely well.

compound complex

Dear Vitty,

So many of us, obviously, can relate to your distress. I never sleep more than three or four hours at a stretch, that much if I'm lucky. That's why I keep my PC operative, so that in the wee hours, I can see how my friends here are doing. Bit by bit I am arranging my life to accomodate my erratic sleep schedule. I try to arrange my daily activities a little later in the day and stretch them out through the week. Since I am no longer raising a family, paying a mortgage and being consumed with body- and mind-numbing "theocratic" activity, I can deal better with what I construe to be sleep insufficient to my needs. I guess it amounts to managing stress. In a family situation like yours, however, you really need understanding and cooperation. Being pushed to fill every moment of your day with activity is intolerable for many of us now. And having learned the real "truth" has in many ways added to our anxiety. Prior to dealing with shattered faith, I had a nervous breakdown as a result of a non-stop and relentlessly- driven ministry. I have vowed to not let that happen again. My point is, I am growing old in this S of T, my body is wearing out, so nobody is going to deprive me of my naps!

I do hope, Vitty, that your friends' suggestions and empathy will ease your burden. I have peace and contentment for the first time in my life, and it's largely due to our freedom to vent without fear of censure or reprisal. Peace and love and sleep to you....

Somnolently yours,

CoCo

sosad

if you are open to alternative therapies, try a "Body Talk" session or two - non invasive, and for me very effective.

misguided

m on my own tonight and im really scared to go to bed, last night I slept with the light on, thats not working tonight, I am so tired and unfortunately this brings on a night terror, so i dont want to go to sleep
D oes anyone else suffer with this...............it really is getting worse...............more frequent and more intense

OMG...I suffer from this too. My fiance can't figure it out. One night I'll sleep just fine, the next I'm up for hours on end, and if I do sleep it's filled with terrifying dreams.

I sleep with the tv on when he's not home. I know ABC's World News Now real well. I loved Anderson Cooper before he left for CNN and let it be known he was gay.

I've done many awake nights. I'm slowly improving (without insomnia drugs - except Benedryl).

But sometimes, the dreams and the sleep paralysis become really terrifying!!!

Rose

misguided

Why does Anderson Cooper being gay or not gay have anything to do with your sleep? I'm confused.

It really doesn't .... I'm sorry...I just LOVED watching him when I was up all night is all. I just loved him.

Rose

codeblue

I have had sleep problems for about 9 years now. It started before my 1st JW husband left me.......but he was a cheater in our marriage...so I think the PTSD was already hitting me.

We divorced and I had to learn to support myself an our son on $7.00 and hour..........no wonder I had more sleep problems and became anorexic..... I won't tell you what the DR. gave me for almost 3 years...but it helped me to have a decent night's sleep, I was able to get up and go to work with NO side affects, and save me from a mental breakdown. (I no longer take that med now)

Now....because of learning I was in a cult....and fading.......and now a son sending me a hateful/angry email showing me no respect cause I won't go to meetings and cutting me off from his life.....I wanted to die.......

The last month was horrible...........but.... I take 3 benadryls at night........not just for sleep, I have extreme allergies and I try to take it about 1.5 hours before I want to sleep. If I can't sleep I get up.......watch tv or read on the computer till I am sleepy.

Melatonin...didn't work for me...even though they say it is safe, because our bodies naturally produce it, it caused great nightmares for me, so even though I was sleeping, the nightmares wore me out and my brain didn't shut off.

It's really true........get 30 minutes of cardio a day.....try the benadryl......... or go to a dr. There are a lot of meds on the market that are NOT narcotic and you won't get hooked.

The other thing is have your hormone panel tested. Using bio-identical hormones to pick up the slack from your hormone panel deficiencies maybe what could work for you. Read: "Ageless" by Suzanne Somers....

Codeblue...(from the I love to sleep class but it is hard for me too)

sass_my_frass

I had insomnia for three years; I'd get maybe two hours of piecemeal sleep every night, I went a little bonkers. It went away when I started exercising; my metabolism was so slow that I never got tired. For a few years I was exercising every day, but I've been lazy lately and not going very hard, and I'm having sleep troubles again.

I am so tired...........

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