Insomniacs Unite (by request)

bronntanas said:
Hello, my name is bronn and I'm an insomniac.

Welcome! Welcome to our bedraggled group. Most of us can't sleep. Or don't sleep. Or won't sleep. Well, if you can deal with our ramblings, you're most welcome!

Woohoo! I am malcah and I survive on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. It's amazing I'm not dead yet.
 
malcah_ms said:
Welcome! Welcome to our bedraggled group. Most of us can't sleep. Or don't sleep. Or won't sleep. Well, if you can deal with our ramblings, you're most welcome!

Woohoo! I am malcah and I survive on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. It's amazing I'm not dead yet.

Yeah, yeah, that's just cause you know if you died, your master'd kill you. :p
 
graceanne said:
Yeah, yeah, that's just cause you know if you died, your master'd kill you. :p

Yeah....he'd haunt me for all my days. :) Ooooo I'd get such a what for too.... :)
 
malcah_ms said:
Yeah....he'd haunt me for all my days. :) Ooooo I'd get such a what for too.... :)

Well, you know better than to die without his permission. *tsk tsk*
 
malcah_ms said:
Welcome! Welcome to our bedraggled group. Most of us can't sleep. Or don't sleep. Or won't sleep. Well, if you can deal with our ramblings, you're most welcome!

Woohoo! I am malcah and I survive on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. It's amazing I'm not dead yet.


Why thank you Malcah....

I'm so pathetic I ended up doing homework. On a rainy friday night. By the time I decided I should've gone to the pub and hung out, it was too late to go to the pub and hang out.

I need an av..
 
I woke up at three thirty, after only four and a half hours of sleep, unable to fall back asleep. So at 4:30 I decided to get up. And I'm a girl who needs 8 hours of sleep every night to be working well.
Now I have to take a shower and then leave to do my volunteer job at the World Youth Day. God, had I known volunteering involved arriving somewhere at 6 am, I wouldn't have done so...
 
chris9 said:
I woke up at three thirty, after only four and a half hours of sleep, unable to fall back asleep. So at 4:30 I decided to get up. And I'm a girl who needs 8 hours of sleep every night to be working well.
Now I have to take a shower and then leave to do my volunteer job at the World Youth Day. God, had I known volunteering involved arriving somewhere at 6 am, I wouldn't have done so...

I used to do that - fall asleep ok but wake at 3 or 4am and be unable to nod off again. My brain would switch itself on and thoughts would be going round and round.....for a good 2 hours or more :( Eventually I'd fall asleep again but wake up feeling woozy and like I'd had hardly any sleep at all.

I have since been told that can be a sign of stress. I was in an unhappy marriage at the time and eventually developed a stomach ulcer. The doctor asked me if I was under any stress.....I didn't know how stressed out I really was until then.

Since I've been with Master I sleep much better (though He is an insomniac!) Sure I am under a bit of stress with His illness and state of health but love seems to have cancelled it out :)
 
Bandit58 said:
I used to do that - fall asleep ok but wake at 3 or 4am and be unable to nod off again. My brain would switch itself on and thoughts would be going round and round.....for a good 2 hours or more :( Eventually I'd fall asleep again but wake up feeling woozy and like I'd had hardly any sleep at all.

I have since been told that can be a sign of stress. I was in an unhappy marriage at the time and eventually developed a stomach ulcer. The doctor asked me if I was under any stress.....I didn't know how stressed out I really was until then.

Since I've been with Master I sleep much better (though He is an insomniac!) Sure I am under a bit of stress with His illness and state of health but love seems to have cancelled it out :)
I didn't fall asleep allright, though, but that was more because it was 2 hours earlier than my usual sleeping time because I knew I would have to get up incredibly early.
If I didn't have to get up at 5:15 though, I would have done exactly as you have described...
Stress could very well be it. My love is not at home at the moment (3 weeks summer school programme). So for the last 1 1/2 weeks, since he's been away, I haven't slept so well. Oh, well, another 1 1/2 weeks and I should be able to sleep again, right?!
Added to my bad start of the day due to sleeplessnes I just noticed that it won't turn light for another hour or so, so I have to go by car instead of bike what I was planning on, because the road I'd have to take with my bike is more a little path going through a park, and I won't do this in the dark when I'm alone.
 
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Owwww! Up at midnight because of dental pain. :( Been putting off an expensive surgery because I do not have insurance, but I fear I am going to have to bite the bullet (bad metaphor to choose given the context) and take care of it tommorow.

Right now I feel like socking that dancing banana in the smilies box off to my right in its stupid grinning mouth and giving it some dental pain.
 
TaintedB said:
Owwww! Up at midnight because of dental pain. :( Been putting off an expensive surgery because I do not have insurance, but I fear I am going to have to bite the bullet (bad metaphor to choose given the context) and take care of it tommorow.

Right now I feel like socking that dancing banana in the smilies box off to my right in its stupid grinning mouth and giving it some dental pain.

Put a heating pad on your face and take some motrim. Also make some warm tea and hold it in your mouth over the bad tooth.
 
Insomnia sucks. Damn legs... I feel like one of those dogs you see napping with their legs twitching and running... every time I get *almost* asleep, one leg or both will start to twitch, and that wakes me back up... three hours of this... :mad:
 
Another freakin' hour of non-sleep... no idea if I can get to sleep now, but I'm going to try... maybe if I just lie there, eyes closed, unmoving (cooperate, legs - damnit!)... <Sigh>
 
I'm sick with a cold on top of all my chronic sick and prednisone withdrawl issues....goddamn it. So I lie down at 7 pm for a quick nap.

Brilliant idea, Netz. just genius.
 
me too

Hi, this is 1girl, and I'm a chronic insomniac... I take ambien every night to help me go to sleep and I'm still up most mornings at 4am.

Now I belong to a group of insomniacs here... kinda cool!

:)
 
Sir_Winston54 said:
Another freakin' hour of non-sleep... no idea if I can get to sleep now, but I'm going to try... maybe if I just lie there, eyes closed, unmoving (cooperate, legs - damnit!)... <Sigh>

*goes doc shopping to find some levodopa and clonazepam for Sir Winston*
 
Sir_Winston54 said:
Another freakin' hour of non-sleep... no idea if I can get to sleep now, but I'm going to try... maybe if I just lie there, eyes closed, unmoving (cooperate, legs - damnit!)... <Sigh>

What you have is called 'restless leg syndrom'. My grandma has it. It's a sleeping disorder, if I remember right. But then you probably knew that much. I don't remember much, but I found a links on it for you.

www.rls.org

Their is medicine that can help, if I remember right. Talk to your doctor.
 
graceanne said:
What you have is called 'restless leg syndrom'. My grandma has it. It's a sleeping disorder, if I remember right. But then you probably knew that much. I don't remember much, but I found a links on it for you.

www.rls.org

Their is medicine that can help, if I remember right. Talk to your doctor.

Thank you for the link - there was some interesting and informative material there. :rose:

My mother also has the problem, and has been prescribed some kind of medication for it, but I don't know the name. I'll have to ask her.
 
Sir_Winston54 said:
Thank you for the link - there was some interesting and informative material there. :rose:

My mother also has the problem, and has been prescribed some kind of medication for it, but I don't know the name. I'll have to ask her.

Glad I could help. :rose:
 
Insomniacs

I only smoke weed when I need to,
And I need to get some rest,
I confess, I burnt a hole in the mattress,
Yes, yes, it was me, I plead guilty,
And on the count of three I pull back the duvet,
Make my way to the refrigerator,
One dry potato inside, no lie
Not even bread, jam,
When the light above my head went bam!
I can't sleep, something's all over me,
Greasy, insomnia please release me,
And let me dream about making mad love on the heath,
Tearing off tights with my teeth.
But there's no relief,
I'm wide awake in my kitchen,
It's dark and I'm lonely,
Oh, if I could only get some sleep,
Creaky noises make my skin creep,
I need to get some sleep,
I can't get no sleep....
INSOMNIA ~~ FAITHLESS :eek:
 
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