Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off. Vent Thread.

[individualzero]

I hear that. Unfortunately, I've been keeping wake hours of 24-40 hours at time, or more. Then I sleep like... 20 hours at a time. It's really not good for me.

[doom]

yeah, you've got me beat there. that has to be terrible for functioning for school and/or a job..

[individualzero]

Back when I worked, I would sometimes come to work on 40 hours of wake time, work another 6-8 hours, and then I MIGHT be lucky enough to be so exhausted that I just fall asleep. School is going to be bitchin' hard to deal with on this sleep schedule too. After the move, I'm enrolling at the community college there, so unless I can magic away my insomnia I'm pretty boned.

I recall that you work, but do you go to school too? That sleep schedule must suck either way. Have you tried talking to your doctor about some form of sleep aid?

[doom]

I dont really want any sort of sleeping pill, etc. On nights its most difficult to sleep, I just work out a lot before trying to go to bed. Seems to do the trick for me.

[individualzero]

I can't blame you. Pills are crap.

That's a good plan to excercise. My doctor told me to do the same, and unfortunately that doesn't work either (I walk 1.5 to 2 miles every day for 5 days a week).

An odd trick that seems to work sometimes is to take a TINY SIP of something caffeinated. Not even a drink's worth, just... sip it and that tiny little crash can sometimes drive me to pass out a few moments later. I'm not sure if that's some kind of placebo effect for me, or it actually works, but it does help on occasion.

[boom]

I currently get about 4 hours of sleep a night.

This is probably directly related to having a newborn.

Moral of the story: don't have kids if you love sleep.

[doom]

Moral of the story: don't have kids if you love sleep.

NOTED.

congrats on the baby though!

[luna]

Damn it cuisinart the espresso machine you sent like 2 months ago to replace the broken one is broken now too

Also the rare occasion that I want to mail something and there's a postal strike. Boo

[TPD]

vent:
i. need. to. get. out. of. here.

[adsf]

I dont really want any sort of sleeping pill, etc. On nights its most difficult to sleep, I just work out a lot before trying to go to bed. Seems to do the trick for me.

Take the temperature in your room down a few degrees. I sleep like shit when the room is warm, and apparently this is a common thing for a lot of people.

Try a binaural beats program (if you have iTouch or iPhone there is a good app called "Attractor").

Try changing up your sleep position.
Notice the Free Faller: put the left arm down by the side, bring the right knee up to about waist high. OR the fetal position. The idea is to sleep in the same position as a baby, and those little pricks sleep good. I've read the idea is to eliminate movement which wakes us up.

Also talk to a doctor about taking Melatonin suppliments (its natural, and apparently effective). Read some about that >>HERE<<

[r00]

melatonin works like a charm for me when it comes to jet-lag and doesn't make me groggy the next morning.  I have seen it cause panic attacks in some people though.  It's one of those things where you just pay attention to your body the first time you try it and see what it's telling you.

I also agree with the temperature suggestion.  I cannot sleep well when it's hot.  If I want to sleep in during the summer, I have to program the thermostat to keep it colder in the morning.

[Naylzie]

I, too, was going to suggest both melatonin and/or turning down the temperature for more natural sleep-fixing.  Unfortunately, overnight is the one time that I want the temperature LOWER than the Beloved can tolerate (ordinarily he teases me about my apparent 10ºF temperature-variation tolerance), but I've gotten him to compromise some, so at least that helps. 

[TPD]

i read that as a melotron and thought... well, they sound awesome, but are they soothing enough for sleep problems?

[Naylzie]

Perhaps... if you use them as a projectile? 

[naut]

I'm a free-faller and I almost never have trouble sleeping. However sleeping on your stomach is horrible for your spine, ribs and neck - I have spent much time and money at the osteo this last year getting my ribs and back re-adjusted.