Day Three in the Big Insomnia House

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Day Three in the Big Insomnia House

by deana24 @ 2008-01-07 – 08:28:12

Ok, so what do I have to do to get some sleep? Run to Birmingham and back?

I have been missing any proper sleep for three nights now though I know I've had catnaps, because I remember the dreams - beyond bizarre. But I also know I've looked at the clock in despair at 1.45am, 3.30am, 4.40am...

Of course last night's lying there thinking 'go to sleep' over and over again was accompanied by a howling storm. Don't know what it's like where you are, but it's raining battery acid here today. Pah, roll on spring.

Any ideas on cures for my sleeplessness eagerly anticipated.
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- rowtheboat
- http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
- 2008-01-07 @ 08:58:13
If you find a cure, let me know - I'm exactly the same.

Mind you, the //bastard// monsoon last night didn't help...
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-07 @ 12:14:21
  Shocking wasn't it. Like lying awake with rehearsals for the end of the world outside. Upside was no screeching drunks in the street.
  - - rowtheboat
    - http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
    - 2008-01-07 @ 12:14:58
    Yeah, it was too wet for me, decided to stay in.
    
    Oh...
    - - deana24
      - 2008-01-07 @ 12:22:17
      Well I hope everything's on again with Barry, that's all I can say because blimey, lady, they could have heard you weeping in Stockport.
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- jackfrost ^Pro
- 2008-01-07 @ 09:12:27
have your thyroid checked..do you have shakey hands..fast heart..etc..also dont eat after 7pm..and have a milky drink before bed...NO alcohol...
- - gelöschter User (Visitor)
  - 2008-01-07 @ 10:28:59
  ...NO alcohol...
  
  Hahahahahaaaaa!
  - - deana24
    - 2008-01-07 @ 12:16:28
    I haven't had a drink all weekend - honest. But I'll try the milky drink. Hands steady. Heart feels ok. I think I can see the air moving though...
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- gelöschter User (Visitor)
- 2008-01-07 @ 10:28:00
No point running to Birmingham, we're not there!
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-07 @ 12:18:41
  Where are you then? (Not that I'm running anywhere in this weather)
  - - gelöschter User (Visitor)
    - 2008-01-07 @ 12:19:59
    We were in Brum for xmas, but we're back in the land of Ire now.
    - - deana24
      - 2008-01-07 @ 12:25:08
      Well running on water's not my strong point, never mind, it's a bit blustery today anyway...
      - gelöschter User (Visitor)
        
        2008-01-07 @ 12:27:57
        
        Yeah, if it wasn't so windy you'd be able to get up enough speed to run across, no worries.
        
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        deana24
        
        2008-01-07 @ 18:27:11
        
        Loving the giraffe, by the way...
        
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        gelöschter User (Visitor)
        
        2008-01-08 @ 08:44:26
        
        He comes and goes!
        
        (Literally!)
        
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 2008-01-07 @ 18:03:33
Red Bush tea.
Luvvly.

There you are - sorted!
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-07 @ 18:28:41
  I shall look for it tomorrow, I'm having a liquorice one now and then it's cocoa for me before bathtime - I feel like I'm about eight!
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- EllieGant
- 2008-01-07 @ 18:32:16
A mug of hot chocolate, instead of wine, usually works for me!
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-07 @ 18:35:21
  I will have cocoa tonight, honest!
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- thehomelyyear ^Pro
- 2008-01-07 @ 20:28:52
Yeah - me too at the moment. Sometimes going all through your body doing...relax...heavy...thing works. Or you just bore yourself to sleep!!
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-07 @ 21:51:07
  Yeah, I've tried that. I've also got a relaxation tape - nada.
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 2008-01-07 @ 22:27:10
Read a diet or exercise book written by any American self confessed 'expert' - guaranteed to have you snoring away in minutes.
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-08 @ 08:25:43
  Have you ever noticed how diet books make you hungry?
  - - deleted user (Visitor)
    - 2008-01-08 @ 08:49:43
    Yeah. It's like giving up smoking books, I wonder how many of us sit reading them and smoking at the same time. Unfortunately fitness books never seem to have the effect of making me jump up and run to the nearest gym.
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- louidog
- 2008-01-07 @ 23:38:13
My cure is...settle into bed with the radio on all ready to listen to a radio show that has phone ins. I think "ooh, this will be interesting to hear" and the next thing I hear is the alarm going off!
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- sheilamoist
- 2008-01-08 @ 12:31:30
You describe EXACTLY many of my toss-and-turn nights. It's SO frustrating, isn't it? I try to be sensible: no caffeine after midday, eat light and early in the evening, try not to stimulate my brain (poor little organ! Me and Pooh both) in the hour before I go to bed. Etc. etc.
In a way, the most frustrating thing of all is when you finally DO have a good night's sleep and you wake up and say "How the hell did I manage that?"
Love
Sheila xxx
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- deana24
- 2008-01-08 @ 21:35:49
Well I seem to have found something we clearly all know something about.
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