For the third time in the past two weeks, I cannot fall asleep. This is not like me. I usually fall asleep quite quickly.
I remember my father battling insomnia as he aged. He would tell me how much he envied me my sleep. He died when he was a year and a half older than I am now.
Do you ever get insomnia? If so, what, if anything, do you do about it?
Apparently, I post old David Bowie songs (with a tip of the hat to hale-bopp's previous blog about the Ole Miss Rebels):
My husband used get insomnia on a regular basis...a bowl of cereal with milk usually put him out!
ReplyDeleteI am having the same problem. I sleep at 11 up at 1 sleep till 3 get up, and sleep till 5 get up. I try everything..think of peaceful sights, but nothing works. It wears you out. The other day I slept 8 hrs (with a little help from codine) and was so excited about it I cleaned the house. It's almost like I lost the ability to 'go to sleep'. I was actually thinking of a drink of booze or two. Doc gave me something but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks for bringing this up. Any answers?
ReplyDeleteI have bouts of trouble with it. It seems to pass eventually. I don't lay in bed and toss and turn anymore. If you fret about it, it just makes you more anxious and makes it worse.
ReplyDeleteI usually sit at the computer, watch some very bad tv, read, or plug myself into my mp3 and try to ride it out. The 5 am alarm is my worst enemy. I'm usually sleepy and finally fall out of consciousness around 4 am.... grrr.
I finally nodded off at 4 am.
ReplyDeleteI had a bowl of cereal with milk, Beejay, before I read your post.
What I don't understand is how I get all the sleep signals (like yawning, and feeling tired), but then can't fall asleep when lying down.
I definitely do not want to try any sleeping pills. I'm hoping that it's a passing thing.