Have your thyroid checked.
Insomnia is a classic symptom of hyperthyroidism.
I've never heard that. I do have a good doctor (he's, like, English and stuff and went to Oxford).
ianyway, how have you been feeling latly?
depressed? any anxiaty?
Depressed? No. Anxiety attacks are common in my family. Men, as a general rule are less aware of anxiety attacks (we internalize emotions so much that we may be aware of an anxiety attack only as a fast heart rate and other sundry symptoms). But, I do get them from time to time.
Never. Rarely, I will have a diet Pepsi at breakfast if I'm struggling to wake up. But I mean RARELY. I'm not much of a soda drinker. I also avoid ever eating simple carbs (like sugar or refined flour, which I may consume once a week on Sundays) and I don't eat any carbs after 4pm. I have a strict plan that I follow to a "T".
LOL, does he drink coffee? He's not stupid Asguard. He would have made the coffee/awake connection a long long time ago.
This is why I totally adore you Orly. You're extremely perceptive.
String, Carcano is right.
Get your thyroid checked.
I don't really have much of a weight problem though. The usual "daddy belly" that I struggle to keep in check. It's a good thought though, one that I've never heard during a medical exam. I did go to a sleep clinic about six months ago and they did a pretty thorough checkup. I also had my appendix out a year and a half ago and I had a colonoscopy about a year ago (I have the rear-end of an 80 year old). I keep thinking somebody would have detected such a thing (yeah, I know the thyroid is in the throat and not the ass, but all these doctors poking around... who knows.
I am. But, don't tell anybody. They'll think all crazy amounts of anal sex is somehow keeping me awake.
Good point.
String are you getting enough sex? It puts me right to sleep.
Well, sometimes it bores me to sleep. I won't lie, I love--NO--I adore my boyfriend passionately. I would, however, like to bang other guys. I'd be okay if he did, but he's a little on the clingy side and can't fathom the idea of me doing other men. Damn. There are some hotties out there.
No. I rotate though. I rarely have trouble waking up. In fact, even with my horrible insomnia, I wake up at 5:30am to feed the cats and relieve myself. I'm usually up "for good" at 8am.
My work schedule rotates but consists the following shifts each week:
Two Days: 6am-2:30pm
Two Days: 8am-4:30pm
One Day: 1pm-10pm
I have insanely bad
RLS. I remember thinking, "Oh, what will they come up with next???" when I first heard about it. But it's true. Embarrassingly so. My type of insomnia, as defined by my shrink is a mixture of
DSPS and moderate sleep anxiety (characterized by, thoughts like, "Oh my god, I have to wake up tomororw... I only have three hours to get some sleep." etc).
I also have a very hyper-active mind that I can't shut down. When I say, "can't shut down." I mean it races at like a million miles an hour. I ruminate on every subject, good or bad. Everything I've done, doing and am going to do comes in and out of my head at a fairly brisk pace. It's crazy that I've somehow ended up in HR when I can't sit through a single meeting without drifting off into la-la land.
My sleep hygiene is very good. No visible clocks in the room. Absolute darkness (windows covered by a non-transparent cloth that blocks out ALL light). Etc. It sucks and it's weird.
I'm like a newbie so excuse me if I seem to be bothering you . But I know you people would welcome me .
Well, I don't know how did I develop Insomnia, I have been having it since I was 12 years old . It was mild then . It's much worse now (I am 16 now ) . What I have figured out that Insomnia in my case is a result of restlesness of my monkey mind . The prime cause to my this disease is attributed to mental disorder rather than a physical one . I always push myself in whatever I do , try to do better than others , all to uplift my ego and the result is that I my mind wanders from one thing to another . With help of yoga and meditation it seemed to have taken a beating but still I am not able to have a quality sleep .
What I think is that our body has a kind of system, we can never sleep until our body sends the signals to our brain of our tiredness(Mental or physical) . That's why it happens with a person up here(on the page) who just can't sleep without the doing of some brisk excercise .
Another aspect I'd like to discuss about it is the fear. The fear of not being able to sleep . Often people get very conscious and worried if they need some proper sleep for a presentation or something that requires rest . Unknowingly , they bring up the fear , the fear of not being able to sleep . And the more they think about being able to sleep , the more the fear haunts them and they end up getting restless .
The best thing to do in such type of situations is to relax . . . and let go of whatever outcome the absence of a night's sleep might bring .
It's like the more we run after it , the more it runs away from us and more the more we run away from it, the more it runs towards us .
Does anybody have an idea about the effects of sleep deprivation?
I am pretty worried about that . Haha .
Thanks for the thoughts, Bluecrux!
Sleep deprivation is bad stuff. I've been through it a million times.
Right now I'm on Lunesta--which is strong stuff--and it works well. I'm taking double the dosage, which my doctor does not recommend but is the ONLY ting that works. I have never built up tolerance to the drug over the past year, which is great, but because the manufacturer has put a "X amount" limit per day, the insurance will only pay that amount per day (even my doctor, however, says that I should follow the instructions). Luckily, though, I don't have to wake up early more than four days a week. So, I only need to take it on the evenings before to ensure a night's rest.
~String
