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Hello Insomnia, My Old Friend
by deana24 @ 2008-03-15 - 06:46:25

I haven't twittered on about my inability to sleep/stay asleep for a while.

Sadly it hasn't magically gone away, I've just got bored of talking about it.

I can now get off to sleep, but I wake up at 3.30ish. But it's better than nothing so I'm really not complaining. Actually, it's probably pretty useless because that happens every third night - nights one and two are largely sleepless. I get one night's sleep every three nights. That's rubbish, isn't it?

Learning how to function with next to no sleep takes a while. I look like a grumpy panda most of the time, but it's doable. But dear God, it's so boring - what is there to do at 5am? Well, 5.42am.

It's still dark. I can't go running till I can see the difference between river and not-river on the trail. I don't want to read.

Oh, thank god for blogging... and cups of tea.

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2008-03-15 @ 07:53

It's a real pain isn't it? I keep slipping back and posting about the hours I spend stooging about here while the world around me sleeps... but you're right, it does get pretty boring...

Hope you have a much better night tonight. :yes:

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-03-15 @ 07:58

me too - I just want to fall asleep and then stay asleep. is it too much to ask?
*casts eyes upwards and realises she still has no-sleep headache, yuk*

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2008-03-15 @ 08:03

Wouldn't it be wonderful? Ellie was telling me yesterday she can sleep in the afternoon and get a whole night's sleep as well! I think she must be pinching our share...

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-03-15 @ 08:53

Outrageous! Ellie, I want my share back - I ran like a three-legged cart horse this morning.

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2008-03-15 @ 08:59

I find that hard to believe... a cart horse with only three legs... :no:

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-03-15 @ 10:22

Really. It was freezing, my muscles wouldn't warm up (mostly due to the fact I insist on shorts as I can't stand those legging things) and then two heavy showers in less than an hour. No real energy and I thought my legs were going to give way a couple of tmes. Not good. Totally cart horse.

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2008-03-15 @ 10:30

It's very grey here, but dry... I suppose you should cut yourself some slack if you were cold and wet though shouldn't you? And tired of course from lack of sleep, so in low-energy mode...

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-03-15 @ 10:34

Yeah, but had nice hot bath a huge bowl of porrige. Once I've had a couple of nurofen and a rocket fuel-strength coffee I'll be raring to go. Can't run like a gazelle every day *Ho-hum!*

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2008-03-15 @ 10:38

Good enough! :yes:

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evilhippyevilhippy pro
2008-03-17 @ 05:42

Is that why we all tunred to blogging, because we can't sleep??! I'm casting my "me too" line into the thread here because I've been getting between 2 and 5 hours sleep every night for the last 4 years or so, pretty much.
And yes, quite often have a total energy drain all day, so colour me seriously impressed that you manage to jog or run every day, fair play to you! :)

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-03-17 @ 13:02

There's a lot of insomniacs among us, that's for sure. Five hours is a treat for me, but I find the running helps. Some fresh air and sun on my body does wonders for my mood and if I go first thing I've got the most energy then. I don't run every day though - big runs weekends, a couple in the week if I can fit them in.

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