Can’t Sleep...dreading tomorrowHere I am...it is 1:30 AM here and I am wide awake. I was hurting pretty bad this evening, so I took a shower and got in bed early. I took two sleeping pills to make SURE that I slept good. I tried everything to go to sleep...no luck. I could not get comfortable at all. About two hours later...I did something that I am going to totally regret in the morning...I took another sleeping pill. Desperate times calls for desperate measures!! Well, obviously that didn't work either. Finally at 1:00 AM I got up and fixed my lunch for tomorrow and decided that I would come here and vent about how mad I am. I have to get up at 6:00 to head to work and I am working 10 hours a day this summer (4 days a week). Fortunally I have off on Friday, but I have plans to go shopping, so I don't have "time for this"!
TBird, I' so sorry you had a bad night. I hope you were able to get a little sleep, and that the sleeping pills don't cause you more suffering today. I HATE when everyone else in the house is asleep, and all I seem to be able to do is toss and turn. I think that makes me crabbier than the lack of sleep. Take care, Cris T~ I know your frustration sister!! And that thing with the Husband sounds so fimiluar!! I'm the exact same way. My husband can hit the pillow and be out like a light....and I toss and turn and huff and puff and get so jealous of his abilty to get a good nights rest so easily. Hope this hour finds you in a better place than it did at 1:00am. Lovie TBIRD; HAVE RA AND FIBRO PLUS LATENT TB SO I KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH FATIGUE AND SLEEP ISSUES. BEEN TRYING WITH DR TO FIND SOMETHING I CAN TAKE AT NIGHT THAT WILL KEEP ME FROM WAKING 50 TIMES A NIGHT FROM PAIN AND RESTLESS LEG SYNDROM. TRIED ELAVIL BUT MAKES ME TOO DROWSY DAY AFTER. SAW RD YESTERDAY AND GAVE ME SAMPLE OF LUNESTA. COMES IN 3 TYPES OF DOSES, LO, MED AND HI. SHE GAVE ME MED AND I TRIED LAST NIGHT. SLEPT LIKE A LOG BUT WAS SO CHRONICALLY GROGGY A.M., I COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE TO WORK. I HAVE TAKEN AMBIEN BEFORE AND LIKE THE WAY IT WORKS...KIND OF TAKES THE EDGE OFF AND AS LONG AS YOU GET 8 HRS SLEEP, YOU AWAKE REFRESHED, NOT GROGGY. ANYWAY, TOLD RHEUMY THIS A.M. AND SHE SAID SHE'D WRITE A RX FOR ME FOR AMBIEN TO TRY FOR AWHILE. I'M ON MY LAST WEEK OF INH FOR LATENT TB AND SAYS THAT DRUG IS PROBABLY ADDING TO MY FATIGUE AND I AM JUST ALMOST FINISHED. ABOUT 10 DAYS TO GO OF MY 9 MONTH PERIOD OF MEDS. I HAVE LITERALLY TAKEN A SHOWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO RELAX ME OR TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE PAIN. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. T Bird - I hope this is being posted as you are FINALLY sleeping and made it through the day. I would not have considered going to work after being up all night. So many people on here have so much more endurance than I do I have to tell you - I shared your post with my partner and told him "remember when I was so mad at you and you didn't understand". I hope it makes you feel some better that you may have helped one "partner" to be a little more understanding. Those sleepless nights are hell and I am one of those that just does not function without my sleep. Be careful with those sleeping pills. I feel for you - RoxanneYep sounds like a horrible night. Peace & Love...Neasy I take a pain med and 2 flexeril (muscle relaxants) at bedtime and I am able to go to bed and go to sleep and remain asleep. I don't have any problems with alertness in the morning. This works for me and might be something to consider. Nothing is worse for us than lack of sleep. I also require a nap in the afternoon or I literally stop functioning. Good luck. Barb talk about a nap... i came home from work today and crawled in bed.. now all of my friends call before they come over and i wasnt expecting anyone... all of a sudden i am awakened from my friend/coworker coming into my house, yelling at me cause its amess, and laughing at me for being SOUND asleep. I didnt hear her til she was in my room!!!!! the nap felt so good iw anted to tell her to leave and crawl back under the sheets! hee hee So now i guess i have to clean my house since someone other than me knows how messy it is.. but i HATE housework.. id rather do yard work! But it needs to be done, theres a party here in 4 weeks. It may take thaqt long to get clean!hee hee But yes naps are wonderful.. too bad i could sleep 4-5 hours in the afternoon, then be up til 2 or 3 am and sleep til noon! im a night owl with an early birds schedule! THANK GOD FOR SUMMER VACATION!!!!!!!! |
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(obviously I have all the time in the world tonight, but it is not doing me any good) When I have a bad evening I KNOW that I have to get a good night sleep so I can function the next day and here I am with two things working against me....bad evening AND no sleep. I am scared that if these sleeping pills decide to ever work tonight that I am going to be in a heck of a mess in the morning trying to get up and on top of that knowing that my entire body is going to be yelling at me all day for not being able to recover from my bad evening. My husband stayed up late and watched a movie in the living room and when he finally came to bed about 12:30, he was asleep in less than two minutes. That REALLY elevated my blood pressure to its boiling point. It makes me so mad that I try so hard to go to bed early and get plenty of sleep, so I can get out of the bed the next day and then to have my husband able to fall asleep where ever he wants to and when ever he wants to and has no worry in the world about being able to get out of bed the next morning. I love my husband dearly and he is such a HUGE help to me, but right now him being able to sleep is really making me angry
Sure hope you're feeling better. Hmm....that falling asleep however, whenever and wherever...is that a man thing? Seems like men just have an "off" button somewhere...I want one.