Tonight's insomniacs, check in.

[bertha katzenengel]

IN-F*CKING-SOMNIA! 12:30 AM on the east coast. I have to work tomorrow! :banghead:

[progmom]

1. hey pal

i have to be up in 6.5 hours. :(

:pals:

[bertha katzenengel]

6. I have to be up in 5.25 hours... and

I can name that tune in three notes. ;)

OOH--lightning! here comes the thunder... WOW! This is unexpected.

[SoCalDem]

2. present..but it's only 9:38 here

:evilgrin:..and I had a 4 hour vicodin-induced nap today..yawwwn!

[bertha katzenengel]

7. vicodin... hmm... i bet i can corner a cat...

kidding!

[SeattleGirl]

3. I hate that!

I'm three hours behind you, but feel your frustration, and I sometimes have insomnia. I've found that the best thing to to is just get up, read, watching something on TV, visit DU, anything besides laying in bed feeling frustrated that I can't sleep. It usually works, and after half an hour to an hour, I'm finally able to go to sleep. Hope you can too, bertha.

[bertha katzenengel]

8. i have been reading for three hours.

Scott Turow is riveting. But right now, after missing work all last week with a stupid sinus/ear infection, I would rather sleep.

thanks for the ideas. maybe some tv. :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

16. Hi Seattle Girl, thanks for your kind words on New Year's Eve.

We're just making the segue from Mountain Time (Salt Lake City) to Pacific Time (Portland) and we're both a bit buzzy headed from flying home after our vacation.

My husband is the insomniac, and now that he's got his (FREE) four tablets of Lunesta sleep medicine, he F*in' won't even try them! So it's 12 midnight, local time, and I have no idea how long he'll be sitting here next to me and looking at his email.

I better get to bed, 'though. I have to go to the post office tomorrow and pick up the mail around 7:30 AM. It's my job...

Good night and good luck!

Sweet dreams! (Mine were erotic last night, but that's another story... estrogen does it every time!)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. Not only insomnia but headache and body pain .

Add to that the HIVES - I just looked in the mirror and like WHOA ! I have been stressed out lately that should be the cause of it . So yeah another nightowl checking in .

[bertha katzenengel]

9. oh, man, you poor thing, Carolina

:hug: got xanax? it can quell stress... :hug:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

11. I don't have anything right now .

I will be fine . Its health and emotional stress . No matter if I took the Xanax or anything - the problem would still be there . I have my own ways of coping : listening to music , writing and prayer .

[bertha katzenengel]

15. all sound healthier than relying on chemicals

forgive the suggestion. :blush:

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Damn! Hives?

Poor thing! You really are suffering!

Have been having insomnia over the last week...probably holiday related. And I feel for you re: hives. Get them every few weeks due to some itty-bitty spider that lives here in central CA. Am terribly allergic to it. Have been using two teaspoons of liquid benedryl the last couple of times this has happened...really helps a lot and works quickly.

Hope you feel better quickly!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. Yes the holidays had me stressed out .

I am so glad that they are over and I will be better soon :) :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

5. Bummer, bertha!

Try a cup of hot herbal tea (not caffeinated). Pet your cats!

[bertha katzenengel]

10. both good ideas

tea is at hand. cats are underfoot and used to being petted by toes. :)

[Ellen Forradalom]

13. In bed

alone again, I hate this.

[tiddlywinks]

17. It's quarter after three here and I just woke up like that

this probably doesn't qualify as insomnia. Regardless, I'm gonna try to go to bed and just rest. Hopefullly I will drift back off.
I was dreaming in World of Warcraft and it got really close or somethingx(. I'll cuddle my doggy before I shuffle back to bed.
Good luck to the rest of you. I hope everybody is happily slumbering.

[Misunderestimator]

18. I slept for four hours... now I'm up.

I gave up an hour ago. :grr: :banghead:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. 2:38 a.m. and I ain't anywhere near sleepy

A four-hour nap earlier kinda blew any shot at normal circadian rhythms.

But I took a Tylenol PM a bit ago, so...

[KyndCulture]

20. I keep waking up at 4:30 am no matter what time I go to bed..

been doing this for a week now... no idea why.... but it's making me a very tired and cranky bitch.