Sleep well

:S almost every night i cant sleep and its like im just lying there waiting for the morning to come and get up to watch tv…i just don’t have any energy left. i don’t want to take medication, i’ve been told it’s addictive…

I’ve been suffering with insomnia for weeks now and I’m starting to feel really exhausted. It takes me hours to get to sleep and then, the odd night when I manage to get to sleep before 2 or 3am, I wake up million times. It’s getting to the point where I get anxious about trying to go to sleep. I might feel really tired at 8 or 9pm, but when it comes time to go to bed, I either panic and am unable to settle down or I’m wide awake. So frustrating.
I’m trying to do all the right things, but it’s not working. I really need 1 good night of sleep to break the cycle. Might visit MiL’s home pharmacy soon if it’s not getting better.
Tomorrow I’ll try to have a relaxing evening, clean the bedroom, change the sheets, eat lettuce, read a book….

During this year i was sleeping 5-7 hours every day…My goal is 8 every day …;-)

again. Till noon on Saturday, and getting up today for church nearly did me in. Apparently I really do need to get the cpap back out.

a haven

on getting up at a reasonable time on Saturday. Right now I’m having a difficult time getting up even on work days.

I could sleep forever these days. Yesterday I simply couldn’t seem to get up. I slept till 11, then 12, then 1—and finally got up at 2 (but didn’t want to).

I’m not sure if this is an effect of having been so ill with the asthma thing, or if I’m depressed about what happened to my daughter. I suppose it doesn’t matter which: It just is. I’m just beginning to realize that this didn’t just happen to her, but also to me, and I have many of the symptoms of PTSD right now.

I know this will pass with time, but I wish I could tell this story to more people. She, of course, needs me to be silent, but I know that telling it is one way to come to terms with it. For that reason, I tell it here, where I can keep her anonymity.

Sigh. I wish 8 hours of sleep were enough. Right now I need about 14 a night….

Right now I try to get 8 hours of sleep every night. I fall asleep so slowly it’s almost painful as it takes over half an hour after I get in bed.

Would one of those fancy Sleep Number beds help? I’m already doing the following:
1. Keep the room for sleep and sex only
2. The room temperature is cool but not cold
3. It’s dark with not too much outside light
4. My pillows are good supporting ones

I wind up counting thousands of sheep every night….and wake up cranky and needing more sleep.

Thought-image come from sleeping time.

I sleep so deeply next to my boy.