Can't sleep Pt. II - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**shockozulu** · 11-01-2009, 04:36 AM

Beyond exhausted. Three nights with very little sleep, and I'm still trying to get better from the flu. This lack of sleep isn't helping. Plus with time change it gets lighter earlier, waking me up.

gneiss · 11-01-2009, 10:22 AM

Alera, I hope you can sleep tonight. I hate being exhausted and not being able to sleep. I think that's what made my mood so horrible on Friday. Last night was the first night I've slept well in a week and I woke up flipping out because I thought I was late to work. Forgot about the time change. Curse you, daylight savings time!

Sweet dreams, everyone.

**shockozulu** · 11-01-2009, 11:05 AM

Sorry about your internal time clock but glad you finally got some sleep. Sure enough, I woke up an hour earlier this morning.

Lack of sleep can make a mood hell, you are not alone in that one. I'm glad you are starting to get some of that rest back.

Bamboozle · 11-03-2009, 05:56 AM

Hey, Alera. How goes it?

I'm having trouble sleeping...don't know why...but this happens every now and again.

Maybe try reading in bed? Sometimes that makes me really tired.

**shockozulu** · 11-03-2009, 01:49 PM

Finally got some sleep last night. I think I was emotionally exhausted. Not as much as I needed, but some.

gneiss · 11-14-2009, 04:16 AM

Any other insomniacs out there? My life sucks right now. I hate not sleeping!

**shockozulu** · 11-14-2009, 04:52 AM

Sorry to see you posting tonight gneiss. I'm still up at four am. Lack of sleep really effects my outlook on life in general. Hope you feel better soon.

gneiss · 11-14-2009, 07:29 AM

Sorry you had trouble sleeping, too. I kinda dozed off for a little bit around the time you posted. Never fails, right?

gneiss · 11-14-2009, 11:45 PM

This board seems to cure insomnia. Every time I post here, I fall asleep waiting for a reply. So, here's hoping it works tonight.

**shockozulu** · 11-14-2009, 11:51 PM

Luck to you Gneiss. I'm hoping to get some sleep tonight my*yawn*self.

gneiss · 11-15-2009, 12:22 AM

No luck tonight I guess. Hope you got some sleep, Alera.

I, for one, have a very clean kitchen.

**shockozulu** · 11-15-2009, 01:52 AM

So sorry to hear that you are still up. I'm going to try to go down with a book now. Its been a long day, my cousins obit was published and that made it a bit more real for me.

SalParadise1951 · 11-15-2009, 02:07 AM

I'm trying hard to get used to a new schedule. Unfortunately, I've been cycling through a day with too little sleep followed by a day with too much. The good thing is that the impetus behind my new schedule is making my life so much more rewarding. Right now I'm on the too little sleep day so I'm on here trying to make the most of my time.

gneiss · 11-21-2009, 09:08 AM

So here's my new thing: I have no trouble falling asleep. I get tired at a reasonable time and I go to bed. About 2 hours later I wake up and can't get back to sleep. So in the past 3 nights I have slept about 7 hours total. FML.

gneiss · 12-27-2009, 01:00 AM

It's been a month! But here I am back to my insomniac ways. I was exhausted all last week; last Sunday and Monday I woke up for about 4 hours each day and slept the rest of it. Switch. Last night I slept for 4 hours and here I am, wide awake after driving all day. I hate this. I'm so tired right now, and I can't sleep. No reason for it.

Carol Star · 12-29-2009, 07:10 AM

My therapist has me take 5HDP from the healthfood store to get my brain chemistry straight and a Valerian supplement and melatonin 1 each. One each and I sleep fine. She is an addiction therapist. It costs me about $20.00 a month. Very worth it.

**shockozulu** · 12-30-2009, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carol Star

My therapist has me take 5HDP from the healthfood store to get my brain chemistry straight and a Valerian supplement and melatonin 1 each. One each and I sleep fine. She is an addiction therapist. It costs me about $20.00 a month. Very worth it.

Thanks Carol. Please remember that these supplements can interfere with medications or have other side effects. For anyone reading this, remember to consult a medical professional. For example, 5-HDP combined with anti-depressants can cause serotonin syndrome. When I took it, my experience was very scary (and extremely rare). I went into a full hallucinatory state. Luckily my grandmother was the one who had brought it home and given it to me during the day at a low dose to "test" its effectiveness. As a consequence I was able to be comforted until it wore off.

jamdls · 01-01-2010, 11:14 PM

Can't sleep I'm exhausted by legs and ankles ache too much and when I lie in bed the traffic in my head is just too much to let me sleep. I don't even know what it is that keeps me from sleeping I'm not worried about anything but ther e is like all this chatter in my head and I can't understand a word of it and I'm so sick of the dang noise! When I do fall asleep I get awakened by the aches in my legs or ankles which is probably from my back as leastn as far as the legs go--been like this for weeks and I hate it--some nights I take a muscle relaxor and an anxiety pill but I did that last night and I don't want to get in the habit so won't do it 2 nights in a row.

**shockozulu** · 02-05-2010, 06:10 AM

Having trouble sleeping, or should I say trouble staying asleep. Well off to try AGAIN. Hope I get more than the 4 hours I got the last two nights.

gneiss · 02-08-2010, 11:02 PM

Too many thoughts in my head. They won't go away, can't sleep. Anyone up still?

least · 02-10-2010, 07:50 AM

I get the same way. My thoughts seem to be racing and my brain will not 'shut down'. Sometimes I take benadryl to relax a bit. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not so much. I wish I had a switch in my head to turn off my thoughts so I could sleep...

gneiss · 05-27-2010, 01:34 AM

Once again...

The insomnia seems to come and go. I've done well for a couple months and now here I am again. I slept a little bit earlier but I can't stay asleep. Running on about 3 or 4 hours a night now. Blah.

**shockozulu** · 05-28-2010, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gneiss

Once again...

The insomnia seems to come and go. I've done well for a couple months and now here I am again. I slept a little bit earlier but I can't stay asleep. Running on about 3 or 4 hours a night now. Blah.

So sorry to read that you are battling this again. I so understand the "can't stay asleep". Its beyond frustrating. I started to suffer from it a few days ago, but was able to nip it in the bud. Thinking of you, my insomnia buddy, tonight.

gneiss · 05-29-2010, 07:21 AM

Thanks, Alera. I slept alright last night, fell asleep early even, until about 3:00, so at least I got a few more hours than usual, and even managed to sleep a little more this morning. Going to try changing my routine a little bit, maybe that will help.

**shockozulu** · 05-30-2010, 02:35 AM

Heading off to bed now. I hope the change in your routine helps you sleep a bit better tonight.

11-01-2009, 04:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Can't sleep Pt. II Beyond exhausted. Three nights with very little sleep, and I'm still trying to get better from the flu. This lack of sleep isn't helping. Plus with time change it gets lighter earlier, waking me up. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-01-2009, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Alera, I hope you can sleep tonight. I hate being exhausted and not being able to sleep. I think that's what made my mood so horrible on Friday. Last night was the first night I've slept well in a week and I woke up flipping out because I thought I was late to work. Forgot about the time change. Curse you, daylight savings time! Sweet dreams, everyone. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

11-01-2009, 11:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Sorry about your internal time clock but glad you finally got some sleep. Sure enough, I woke up an hour earlier this morning. Lack of sleep can make a mood hell, you are not alone in that one. I'm glad you are starting to get some of that rest back. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-03-2009, 05:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Bamboozle I got nothin' Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: My house. Posts: 4,776 Blog Entries: 14	Hey, Alera. How goes it? I'm having trouble sleeping...don't know why...but this happens every now and again. Maybe try reading in bed? Sometimes that makes me really tired. __________________ A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

11-03-2009, 01:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Finally got some sleep last night. I think I was emotionally exhausted. Not as much as I needed, but some. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-14-2009, 04:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Any other insomniacs out there? My life sucks right now. I hate not sleeping! __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

11-14-2009, 04:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Sorry to see you posting tonight gneiss. I'm still up at four am. Lack of sleep really effects my outlook on life in general. Hope you feel better soon. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-14-2009, 07:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Sorry you had trouble sleeping, too. I kinda dozed off for a little bit around the time you posted. Never fails, right? __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

11-14-2009, 11:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	This board seems to cure insomnia. Every time I post here, I fall asleep waiting for a reply. So, here's hoping it works tonight. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

11-14-2009, 11:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Luck to you Gneiss. I'm hoping to get some sleep tonight myyawnself. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-15-2009, 12:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	No luck tonight I guess. Hope you got some sleep, Alera. I, for one, have a very clean kitchen. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

11-15-2009, 01:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	So sorry to hear that you are still up. I'm going to try to go down with a book now. Its been a long day, my cousins obit was published and that made it a bit more real for me. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

11-15-2009, 02:07 AM	#13 (permalink)
SalParadise1951 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pangaea Posts: 18	I'm trying hard to get used to a new schedule. Unfortunately, I've been cycling through a day with too little sleep followed by a day with too much. The good thing is that the impetus behind my new schedule is making my life so much more rewarding. Right now I'm on the too little sleep day so I'm on here trying to make the most of my time.

11-21-2009, 09:08 AM	#14 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	So here's my new thing: I have no trouble falling asleep. I get tired at a reasonable time and I go to bed. About 2 hours later I wake up and can't get back to sleep. So in the past 3 nights I have slept about 7 hours total. FML. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

12-27-2009, 01:00 AM	#15 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	It's been a month! But here I am back to my insomniac ways. I was exhausted all last week; last Sunday and Monday I woke up for about 4 hours each day and slept the rest of it. Switch. Last night I slept for 4 hours and here I am, wide awake after driving all day. I hate this. I'm so tired right now, and I can't sleep. No reason for it. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

12-29-2009, 07:10 AM	#16 (permalink)
Carol Star Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 958	My therapist has me take 5HDP from the healthfood store to get my brain chemistry straight and a Valerian supplement and melatonin 1 each. One each and I sleep fine. She is an addiction therapist. It costs me about $20.00 a month. Very worth it.

01-01-2010, 11:14 PM	#18 (permalink)
jamdls Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 2,152 Blog Entries: 2	Can't sleep I'm exhausted by legs and ankles ache too much and when I lie in bed the traffic in my head is just too much to let me sleep. I don't even know what it is that keeps me from sleeping I'm not worried about anything but ther e is like all this chatter in my head and I can't understand a word of it and I'm so sick of the dang noise! When I do fall asleep I get awakened by the aches in my legs or ankles which is probably from my back as leastn as far as the legs go--been like this for weeks and I hate it--some nights I take a muscle relaxor and an anxiety pill but I did that last night and I don't want to get in the habit so won't do it 2 nights in a row. __________________ ~~~Judy~~~ "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up" "With God all things are possible"

02-05-2010, 06:10 AM	#19 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Having trouble sleeping, or should I say trouble staying asleep. Well off to try AGAIN. Hope I get more than the 4 hours I got the last two nights. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

02-08-2010, 11:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Too many thoughts in my head. They won't go away, can't sleep. Anyone up still? __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

02-10-2010, 07:50 AM	#21 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	I get the same way. My thoughts seem to be racing and my brain will not 'shut down'. Sometimes I take benadryl to relax a bit. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not so much. I wish I had a switch in my head to turn off my thoughts so I could sleep... __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

05-27-2010, 01:34 AM	#22 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Once again... The insomnia seems to come and go. I've done well for a couple months and now here I am again. I slept a little bit earlier but I can't stay asleep. Running on about 3 or 4 hours a night now. Blah. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

05-29-2010, 07:21 AM	#24 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Thanks, Alera. I slept alright last night, fell asleep early even, until about 3:00, so at least I got a few more hours than usual, and even managed to sleep a little more this morning. Going to try changing my routine a little bit, maybe that will help. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

05-30-2010, 02:35 AM	#25 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	Heading off to bed now. I hope the change in your routine helps you sleep a bit better tonight. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu

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