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I sleep perfectly every night, then awake happy and full of energy.
Is that what you were looking for??:tongue:
Is that what you were looking for??:tongue:
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i think i hate you
:bigarse whine:
i walk at least 2 hours/day
i don't drink caffine
i don't eat junk
i have a warm bath, drink a relaxing herbal tea, go to bed at midnight...then 3-4am, every frickin' morning! bad dreams wake me up and there's no getting back to sleep.
i'm starting to get a little homicidal over this!
i have obstructive sleep apnea. i stop breathing every few minutes, wake up, go back to sleep, stop breathing, wake up, ad nauseum. i'm not conscious of this most of the time, though particularly bad episodes i will wake up gasping for air. it's really unpleasant.
the upshot of this is that i don't ever get truly restful sleep. i walk around like a zombie all the time. i fall asleep at random times during the day and wake up at random times during the night. a lot of times i'll go to bed at 3am and get up at 6:30 with my son.
my sleep is all sorts of fucked up and it's the main reason i feel like shit most of the time. in good news, i have had a few sleep studies done and a CPAP machine seems to help a lot. the bad news is that they are very expensive and my insurance company is full of useless douchebags.
so for the time being, i'm permanently sleep deprived.
the upshot of this is that i don't ever get truly restful sleep. i walk around like a zombie all the time. i fall asleep at random times during the day and wake up at random times during the night. a lot of times i'll go to bed at 3am and get up at 6:30 with my son.
my sleep is all sorts of fucked up and it's the main reason i feel like shit most of the time. in good news, i have had a few sleep studies done and a CPAP machine seems to help a lot. the bad news is that they are very expensive and my insurance company is full of useless douchebags.
so for the time being, i'm permanently sleep deprived.
i think i hate you
:bigarse whine:
i walk at least 2 hours/day
i don't drink caffine
i don't eat junk
i have a warm bath, drink a relaxing herbal tea, go to bed at midnight...then 3-4am, every frickin' morning! bad dreams wake me up and there's no getting back to sleep.
i'm starting to get a little homicidal over this!
There's your problem. Just don't go to bed until 4:01am.
i think i hate you
:bigarse whine:
i walk at least 2 hours/day
i don't drink caffine
i don't eat junk
i have a warm bath, drink a relaxing herbal tea, go to bed at midnight...then 3-4am, every frickin' morning! bad dreams wake me up and there's no getting back to sleep.
i'm starting to get a little homicidal over this!
I was just being a goofball, dolfie. I've also done the tests at sleep clinics 3 times, tried a CPAP machine, and tried some sort of mouthguard to help me breath, but the stuff is too intrusive to sleep with so I ditched it, and I don't get any rest either. I exercise a bunch, but it doesn't do shit for getting sleep. Chronic stress from owning/operating a business in a high tech industry also keeps me fidgeting at night.
My wife claims that I sound like I'm dying every night, although she's not complaining. What's up with that??
There, are you happier now dolfette? I'm miserable just like you are.
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I have to lay in bed for about an hour or two before I fall asleep, hmmph could be all the coffee... I'm a very light sleeper, I'll wake up if someone is walking anywhere in the house or if I hear other little noises. Naps or sleeping during the day is out of the question no matter how tired I am, I just can't do it.
once i'm awake i'm awake.
whatever wakes me up.
and if it's really bad the cat wakes me up.
but which is worse...a nightmare...or waking up with a cat licking your eye?
:rofl: That cracked me up!
I have been an insomniac since I was a child, and even if I am exhausted I find it difficult to turn off the thoughts (or voices! :tongue: ) in my head. I have been known to go several days without sleeping, and sleeping pills make me feel groggy, which I hate so I don't use them. I had an amazing childhood with no trauma, so I believe it is something chemical or physical, or that I never quite taught myself how to go to sleep. I do feel like I will miss something or I could be doing something else besides sleeping.
I am in a career with crazy hours that is often chaotic and high stress so it adds to the equation, but the trade-off is worth the lack of sleep. When I do sleep, I find that 6 hours is the amount that makes me feel best. Any more and I have that slow, groggy feeling, as if I went into another cycle of the sleep pattern and then interrupted it.
i agree about the pills.
i've got two kids asleep in the house. i don't want to be a zombie if they need me.
and they do leave you feeling half asleep the next day.
Oh, I can't imagine lack of sleep and having children. Pretty amazing. I get exhausted just watching how hard parents work!
