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Posted 1/3/2012 1:52 AM (GMT -5)
You know that lil bugger, right? The one where you take your Meds and lie down, only to realize that sleep isn't coming for you. you toss and turn, and finally get up to deal with a few options. A bath (cept I am SO's house and he has shower), a soft and hot neck wrap, a cuppa tea. Seriously, I should be sleeping, I am tired, but my mind and my body won't cooperate.

GGGrrr.
Posted 1/3/2012 3:11 AM (GMT -5)
That happened to me last night! And the night before... and the night before.. lol Eventually, you just have to get up and read a book!

Here's to hoping sleep finds you!
Posted 1/3/2012 3:26 AM (GMT -5)
Myself I have those days, but my I pad seems to help. If I can't sleep I turn netflex on and put a boring movie on. I fall asleep either watching a movie, game playing, or endless reading. How things have changed over the years.
Posted 1/3/2012 7:44 AM (GMT -5)
I always go to bed with the television on.  If I still can't sleep, I will put on the Weather Channel.  The boring repitition lulls me to sleep!  smilewinkgrin

 

Sherrine

Posted 1/3/2012 8:08 AM (GMT -5)
Ever since I came down with fibro I've tried several avenues. Sleeping pills didn't do it for me and they caused side effects. I tried several sleep supplements and the only two that work for me are a combination of melatonin and l-theanine.

I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't take them. It's as if when I came down with fibro the ability to get that tired feeling, the kind you get when you feel you're ready to sleep, left me. I heard as we age we create less melatonin in our bodies.

When I take these supplements I get that sleepy feeling. And I also have to take more in the middle of the night.

Good luck to you.
Posted 1/3/2012 8:18 AM (GMT -5)
I don't dare have tea before bed or I'll have an extra time getting up for bathroom in addition to needing more sleep meds or pain meds.

For short term teaching my body to get ready for sleep I take a small dose of melatonin, maybe a muscle relaxant if it's prescribed. I try to keep it down to a week at most, skip nights so my body doesn't forget to make its own melatonin. I can't take tramadol at night because it increases serotonin, keeping me awake.
For the long haul I always turn off the TV and read a few minutes - something easy and light. Stay away from the computer too; I can waste hours there without noticing. Get dressed for bed and brush teeth an hour before bedtime. Turn lights off when watching the last half of the TV show I can't miss 8:30 or 9:30 at latest.

Keeping a strict schedule is key. Even if I have to set the alarm I get up at the same time every day.It's not all perfect. Pain is a constant problem. I often wake up at 2AM. I can take another half Ambien then but not later. It needs 4 hours to wear off. It also only works 4 hours, but the continued release is too expensive.
Posted 1/3/2012 9:15 AM (GMT -5)
I can't get to sleep either but it's usually because my husband doesn't like to turn off tv.I need silence to fall asleep the only noise being the sound of my air cleaner.
Posted 1/3/2012 10:27 AM (GMT -5)
I have to say Ambien is a miracle drug for me....It knocks me out and and I get a deep restorative sleep. If I wake up to pee...I will immediately fall back asleep. I just take the generic on and not the Ambien CR because my insurance wont pay.

I have learn to take it and go straight to bed...no phone...or internet as you can have complete conversation you do not remember.

My struggle is from 5/6 pm till 9/10 when I take the ambien since that is when my pain is the most intense as I do not like to take any kind of pain med close to bed time and take anymore meds than I have too and once I take ambien I in a state of bliss.......
Posted 1/3/2012 12:49 PM (GMT -5)
I take Ambien and amphitrytiline at night, so it's rare my body refuses to cooperate. Maybe once a month this happens. Finally got to sleep around 2:30. Partner woke me up as he was leaving for work. I took a short nap after breakfast, and feel better.

I can usually pre-empt the sleepless night with a hot bath. I miss my tub, but am headed back home this weekend.

Thanks for the warm thoughts, all.
Posted 1/4/2012 1:27 AM (GMT -5)
Living in Alaska the sun barely makes it over the mountain at 11am. The room is dark, so I think my body wants to hibernate. I have been sleeping for 12 hrs at a time lately. I don't take meds for sleep or muscle relaxants. I don't know why I am so tired at times. I have to force myself to wake up.
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