General How Well Do You Sleep, As A Supporter

[amethist]

For the last week I have been really tired, but going to bed early has not really fixed it for me.

Then last night I was hit by the sleep fairy, in bed and asleep by 8.30pm.

I have been fidgety and restless every night since coming back off holiday, legs aching and twitching, tot he point that going to bed has been the only relief.

Hopefully with the early night last night, it will now calm down again.

 

[lovehopepeace]

Before my husband started taking a drug for his nightmares, I was constantly getting woke up in the middle of the night with his jerking around. Now the med controls that mostly. My doc prescribed me something to help me sleep. It helps most of the time.

 

[amethist]

Sleep is evading me tonight, my mind is racing and nothing seems to calm it.

I have tried meditation, oils but nothing is working, and now I have cramp in my toes, which hurt like mad if you have never had it.

 

[Eleanor]

Eight solid hours last night! Woo Hoo. (after like three the night before...)

 

[Serasen]

I have had insomnia since about age 16. I was diagnosed in 2000 with Bipolar type II so my mania interferes at times to the point I have to take a benedryl or something to knock myself out or I get irrational and edgy. I also have some sort of disorder where I will wake up in the night with my feet feeling like they are on fire. Rubbing lotion on them will help to some extent. I have restless leg syndrome that plagues me at times and makes sleep impossible.

Those are My Problems. I have learned to deal with those pretty well.

Now the things I have problems with are the nights when my H and I get into fights. There have been times when, not being able to get a word in during an hour long ranting and yelling, I have gone to bed sobbing and cried myself to sleep. On those nights I am told I am very very restless. I kick, punch, moan. I wake up feeling exhausted and H is fine.

I have learned to be tougher. My H needs me to go to bed first so he can make sure all the locks are locked and all the things are turned off when he comes to bed. I give him that. I have also learned to go to sleep with the tv on, H typing on a very loud keyboard and usually noise from his computer, and the lights on. lol I have to laugh because I honestly don't know anyone else that could do that.

Sorry to rant. But no one else really knows that I go through all that every night and after typing it and reading it it seems ridiculous!

 

[amethist]

For some reason last night sleep evaded me apart from about 4 hours between 2.30 am and 6.30 am.

What a night, first I could not get to sleep, then hubby started with the nightmares, then I woke up as if the world was on fire.

I hope tonight is better.

 

[Serasen]

((amethist)) I hope tonight is better too.

 

[amethist]

Thank you Serasen.

A lot better night for both of us. :tup:

 

[amethist]

I slept really well again last night. Well that was until hubby started shouting in his sleep just after 6 am.

So I woke him up then told him to go back to sleep :whistling: , he is still asleep.

 

[havingfaithinthedark]

Honestly I sleep like crap right now. This whole thing has me so messed up. In order to sleep I have to take come kind of sleeping pill so that I can sleep a few hours. Now if I don't so that I toss and turn with dreams of my husband and I fighting and trying to save what we have and hold what we have together while he goes through his own nightmare and finds answers.

This may seem odd but I sleep worse when he is away. I don't know why. I use to be able to just touch him in at night if he started to have a bad dream and he would settle down. I may sleep worse because of the worrying I do about him since we are not together or I just got use to him cuddling up next to me. He use to be a big cuddler at night. That maybe the hardest bc right now even my touch sets off him getting angry. It doesn't make an sense. Specially when he always said your softness is what always calmed me down.

I live in the world of unknown of what use to be may never be again and the unknown of why I am the only one who seems to be the worst part of his life. Seriously hoping this new person he is about to see can help, because even if we can't stay together I would still like to have my best friend back. I mean at least for the children I don't want to be hated forever over something neither of us are at fault for.

 

[amethist]

The last few nights have been really bad for both of us. Either hubby had his nightmares and woke me up, or my own mind was on a race track.

So last night I used a bit of hubby's mild sedative oil on both of us, it worked a treat. We both had a good nights sleep, though hubby got up at around 2am, which is usual for him.

These broken nights sleep are really telling on me now, and hubby is fed up with them too.

 

[Eleanor]

I hear you Amethist. I am so struggling with sleep right now. H is taking the little girl for Fri and Sat nights and I'm staying in the town house - and taking a pill to SLEEP for two night... Trying to get back on track....