Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Insomnia
So I'm thinking that I have insomnia I haven't gone to a doctor or anything, but I find myself up at all hours of the night. Not able to fall to sleep, my mind keeps working it just won't stop and I just keep thinking I'm so tired! So then I'm exhausted all day at work I get home and I'm so tired I just want to sleep but I think no just keep going until bed time then you'll be able to sleep. Then it gets to be 930 or 10 pm and I'm wide awake once again, usually until close to midnight or 1 am. If anyone has any suggestions of what I can do I'm all ears. I just want to sleep and feel rested again.
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Hm, maybe you should see a Dr. He/she can probably give you something to help you sleep. Are you just really stressed out?
You've just described most of my life! :-) Ok, to be serious though....there are pills you can take but a lot of them I don't recommend because the side effects seem too crazy. I've recently started to take Tylenol PM which works great for me and does not leave me drowsy the next day. Having said that - I've always hated taking pills so I stil try and limit it.
One thing I would recommend trying or at least researching at first, is Melatonin. From what I understand, it's something that your body naturally produces so by taking the pill you are not popping something that will become habit forming (unless you become addicted to sleep - but I don't blame you for that. hahaha!). I used to take them and am going to give it another whirl as soon as I come home from traveling.
There's my two cents. Stress is probably the biggest factor in the lack of sleep but I guess only you would know for sure whether or not that was the case. Best of luck! It's a rough thing to deal with!
{note that I am writing this at 5:15 in the morning and haven't slept at all tonight! ran out of pills!!}
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