How Did You Sleep Last Night?

[kers]

My sleep patterns have gone to crap since I've been on vacation. More time at home means I am triggered more, and that means being too scared to take my sleep meds (because I am afraid I won't wake up at a noise). I got a smaller dose from the pdoc to try to manage the fear, and I took it last night and was able to wake at a reasonable hour. I'm going to do the old trick of setting my clock back five minutes earlier to wake up each day to get back on schedule.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I had emdr yesterday. I had a bad dream last night but I do not remember it. I think some things are shifting within me. I can only hope for positive results. I slept good. We will see.

 

[kers]

Another night where I did take my meds properly. Woot. I finally fell asleep later than I'd planned, and got out of bed later too, but at least I'm getting 7 hours without nightmares! I'll keep working on the timeframe.

 

[Meadowsweet]

I seem to be in a stage of lying awake, constantly disturbed by random itches and muscle twitches, with a wide awake mind. Then I end up getting irritable and am less likely to sleep.

I just seem to have too much energy at the moment.

 

[Lionheart]

I am struggling with hypersomnia, one of the wonderful CFS symptoms that I have....I've been sleeping :sleep: 10-14 hours and more per night and wake up unrefreshed and feeling as tired as before I went to sleep.

Still, I must admit there was one winter where I slept 16-20 hours per night and would just suddenly need to lie down and sleep, so there are times when it is much worse than it is now.

It seems like an electrical glitch in the brain, but I honestly don't know why people with CFS suffer hypersomnia. At least there is little anxiety or pain this morning and I'm quite grateful for that!!:tup:

 

[intothelight]

Uhhh.....woke up at 3:30 this morning. Been seeing this cycle develop again over the past two weeks. I really wish I knew how to break it.

I try to go to bed at the same time each night. No caffeine and I keep away from anything too overstimulating activity wise. At a loss on what else can be done.

 

[KP the nut]

I have slept so much these past 2 nights. last week and the weekend and Monday were very busy and stressful. Yesterday was a planned lazy day, a chance to catch up on sleep and recharge depleted batteries and boy did I do that.

H was away Monday night and I went to bed about 11.30pm. I woke at 9.30am the next morning, I let the dogs into the garden and I went to the bathroom. Then back to bed, next thing I knew it was 1.50pm :eek:. I could hardly believe it.

I spent the rest of the day lazing in the garden. I didn't turn the computer on all day.

Last night, I went to bed at 11pm and slept through until 9am this morning.

I feel so much better for allowing myself time to recover.

 

[NotMyWorld]

I seem to be in a stage of lying awake, constantly disturbed by random itches and muscle twitches, with a wide awake mind. Then I end up getting irritable and am less likely to sleep.

I just seem to have too much energy at the moment.

I do that too! i wonder if the itching is a mental thing? I'll sometimes get up several times durring the night to scratch myself half to death with a brush I keep my my bed. mostly my legs back and arms. When I get really stressed i get red hives everywhere and I itch like crazy. I twitch if I take too much sleep medication or certain types like melitonin. I won't take that because i'll sit there for hours twitching awake everytime I almost fall asleep, it almost feels like a seisure.

I have to take sleep meds often though otherwise i lay there for hours with my brain spinning in all kinds of directions, sometimes not good ones. The less sleep i get the more irritable I am the next day and easier stressed because of it. I slept pretty good last night. I took a banadryl and 2 valium, I know it sounds like a bit much, but I just wanted a good night sleep and essencially medically knocked myself out. No dreams last night. I prefer it that way.

 

[Rainbow_Habitué]

I do that too! i wonder if the itching is a mental thing? I'll sometimes get up several times durring the night to scratch myself half to death with a brush I keep my my bed. mostly my legs back and arms.

Me too, though not quite so severely I think. My magnesium drink really helps.

Last couple days I've been sleeping like crazy :sleep: (I've got a nasty cold :sick: ) and just keeping away from all possible stressors because I know if I don't i can have cold symptoms for months sometimes. We heal most while sleeping, so I'm hoping this works. :)

 

[NotMyWorld]

Well I hope you feel better soon Rainbow, sleep is the best medicine for healing.

 

[NotMyWorld]

I just read my original post above. My apologies to everyone for my horrific spelling. I was typing too quickly.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Had a bad first half of the night. Nightmare,.can't really remember it but I woke up after banging my arm on my bedside cabinet. :rolleyes:

Then a smoke alarm went off in another flat and carried on for ages, waking Gran up. So, we got up and tried to identify which flat, but it stopped eventually.

So, by about 3am, I drifted off for a few hours, no nightmares that I can remember. Weird night.