Tip for those with insomnia

poet_kelly
on 7/21/12 10:42 pm - OH

Calculating how many hours of sleep you got (or didn't get, whichever the case may be) last night is not particularly helpful and in fact, is sort of like getting on the scale every day. It is likely going to leave you frustrated and disappointed.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Strjen
on 7/21/12 10:51 pm, edited 7/21/12 10:52 pm - Fargo, ND

RNY on 02/22/12

I have been having such a hard time with sleep here lately. I'm waking up every
30 mins to an hour the past 3 days. I've been taking Equate sleep aid which I
checked with my PCP on Friday at my physical to see if it is ok for me to take
that everyday because if I don't take something I lay awake in bed all day long.
He told me it was ok that if it is doing the trick there was nothing wrong with me
taking them everyday. I don't know whats going on the past few days, but it is really
getting annoying. I turn into a real witch if I don't get enough sleep. Lol

Highest weight : 315 lbs, Surgery weight: 298.5 lbs, Current weight: 183.5 lbs

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 7/21/12 10:51 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

"And the people said 'Amen'..."
A whopping 3 hours here, so a Sunday afternoon nap is DEFINTELY on today's agenda...

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

poet_kelly
on 7/21/12 10:54 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Well, I got a total of about four hours, but that was one hour from 2:30 to 3:30, then another three hours from 5:30 to 8:30. And a nap sounds good to me!

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 7/21/12 11:57 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

LOL. My three hours were from about 5-8!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

jkjstars123
on 7/22/12 12:12 am - Tama, IA

RNY on 10/22/09

I have had many problems sleeping for quite some time now. Sometimes it is really bad. I guess I have too much on my mind.

Julie

HW 304, SW 291, GW 160, CW 140 H-5'9.5"

nfarris79
on 7/22/12 12:15 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

I kinda wonder what is it about that 5a-8a time? It just feels like the safest hours to sleep, and I see everyone from my clients with PTSD to my cats who may be up from 3a-5a but sleep solidly from 5a-8a if left to their own devices....

First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.

poet_kelly
on 7/22/12 12:21 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

It's starting to get light out then, so it feels safer.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 7/22/12 2:36 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Yep. My assault started at dusk and once I managed to get home afterward and finally saw the clock it was after 2, so when my PTSD is running high, I often cannot sleep until after 2. I am used to that. It is the insomnia after 2am that is new for me.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Lady Lithia
on 7/22/12 4:48 am

Hubby and I almost always get up at 5 am... and I'm always wishing I could go to sleep.

My insomnia is double-edged. My doc says "Do you have trouble getting to sleep?" ABSOLUTELY

"Or do you have trouble staying asleep" (as if they're mutually exclusive)

I have trouble getting to sleep, and even when I am able to do so, I'm generally up by 2 am.

~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!

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