Insomniacs unite!

[The Coop Crew]

I slept OK but not good.

I wish there was a cure too
I didn’t sleep super well last night either. Then I worked a long day. I am whooped.

 

[Nomadicus]

Tonight is not looking good. No drowsy yet after a boat load of meds. Sciatica has got a good grip on me and will not turn loose.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm up again. Going to take a second Melatonin. My brain stopped making its own Melatonin years ago.

 

[The Coop Crew]

Tonight is not looking good. No drowsy yet after a boat load of meds. Sciatica has got a good grip on me and will not turn loose.

I am so sorry. I had sciatica when I was pregnant and it was so painful. I was awake around 430 because my oldest was having growing pains so I gave meds and rubbed her leg for a little while.

 

[Nomadicus]

When I was preteen my legs hurt all the time and the adults all told me it was just growing pains. I got no help for them of any kind. Finally after I was grown and married I went to a doc and he said he thought it was from bad arches and he had me to some exercises and it was a lot of help as it eventually went away. I've have the pain masked pretty well now and I know it will return soon. At least I can sit or lay down now and not hurt so bad I can't sleep. I've taken the full dosage prescribed on the bottles for pain, muscle relaxer, & nerve pain in my shoulder that is on fire. All I want to do is sleep. All I can do for sleep is the melatonin and one Benadryl at bedtime. Maybe tonight I can sleep the night through without having to get up for a couple of hours between 2 and 4a.m.

 

[The Coop Crew]

When I was preteen my legs hurt all the time and the adults all told me it was just growing pains. I got no help for them of any kind. Finally after I was grown and married I went to a doc and he said he thought it was from bad arches and he had me to some exercises and it was a lot of help as it eventually went away. I've have the pain masked pretty well now and I know it will return soon. At least I can sit or lay down now and not hurt so bad I can't sleep. I've taken the full dosage prescribed on the bottles for pain, muscle relaxer, & nerve pain in my shoulder that is on fire. All I want to do is sleep. All I can do for sleep is the melatonin and one Benadryl at bedtime. Maybe tonight I can sleep the night through without having to get up for a couple of hours between 2 and 4a.m.

Ugh I’m so sorry. My husband and I both had horrible “growing pains” as kids so we know how bad it hurts. I always get up with my girls when their legs hurt. I usually do a warm bath, meds and rub their legs. I’ve had the doctor run labs and everything to make sure it isn’t a vitamin deficiency or something and it all looked good so I’m not sure what causes them.

 

[The Coop Crew]

Awake again we have a long (3 hour) drive in the morning.

 

[Logar]

Sleep is being a jerk again

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I think I stopped sleeping normal ever since I got my first kid (32 years ago) before that, not even the fireworks on new year’s eve could wake me up, ever since I’ve become a mom, I wake up at every sound, even just the pump of the furnace ( in the basement) wakes me up I usually get up between 4-5 am, wake up a few times at night and have trouble falling asleep, seems I’m not the only one, so misery loves company I could never fall asleep during the day ( how I would loved to have that talent when the kids were younger) ever since I got my covid jab, I can sleep during the day, IF I have enough time….( which I usually don’t) since I have a lot of nervous energy ( don’t ask me how I still can have any ) it takes me just an hr. to wind down, then I have to know (!) I have at least 2 hrs. if I don’t, I start stressing out : only 1,5 hrs. left to sleep, only 1 hr left to sleep, you catch my drift… but if I do fall asleep ( usually, it is only 20 minutes) I feel really refreshed so, that is why I don’t sleep very often during the day to catch up on all the sleep I missed during the nights if I have a long drive ahead of me, I usually get up early, and drive till 3pm, any later, all those sleepless night catch up to me, and I’m in danger of falling asleep at the wheel

 

[Debbie292d]

Awake again we have a long (3 hour) drive in the morning.

Do you have to drive or can you sleep in the car? When we go on trips, at least I can relax and take a nap.