Hi,
For the second time in 2 weeks, I cancelled pdoc and made another appointment. I told his office to call in my meds since I am almost out of them.

I don't feel good physically or emotionally.

I'm going to try to sleep.
I really need to start sleeping at night like most people do -- the day sleeping is hard.

M.

PS
What should I do about neighbors with a barking dog? I might go nuts soon.

Hi Mari,

I hope you feel better. I've been down and out today and I don't feel like doing or going anywhere myself. I'm like you and stay up half the night. Lately though I am going to bed earlier due to mental exhaustion from stress or depression. I need to call my pscy nurse practitioner for an appt.

I hope we both feel better soon. Did you have to work today?

Hugs,
barbara

Dear Barbara,
Sorry that you are having a "down and out" day.

I have work to do today, but I can do it from home --- when I feel clear headed.

I hope you feel better soon too.

M.

Hi Mari,

That is good that you can work from home when you are clear headed. Thank your for the comforting words. I should be better tomorrow or the next day. I usually don't stay this down for too long at one time.

I understand so well about sleeping better at night Mari, I just bought my replacement CPAP mask and have yet to use it. Had bad female issues night before last and was still worried last night. Wanted to be able to JUMP up in a heartbeat if I had to you know? Anyway, I know how hard it is with regard to sleeping well. In a day or two I should be up to using the mask and sleeping with the cpap again.

Good luck Mari, you have had such trouble with sleeping well, I wish you many restful hours of sleep tonight.

Mari

Hoping you start having better days. Sending some hugs and thoughts.

Donna

Dear Pam,

I need to follow up with the sleep doc I saw last December to see about scheduling a sleep test. Maybe I should try to call his office tomorrow (if I am awake in the day time!).

Thanks for being encouraging about sleep -- sometimes getting help takes much energy.


M.

Good Luck with making that appointment Mari. That's one more step towards investigating/resolving your sleep issues.

Meanwhile, I hope you are able to get some good sleep in. Hopefully at night sometime, but, at least in the day if not.

My former pdoc when i went through periods of total night-owlness, especially when depressed, used to tell me about sleep hygiene and all that and about not napping in the day. BUT he would always add that if push came to shove, I needed to get some sleep no matter what. And if right then i wasn't for whatever reason sleeping at night, then sleeping in the day would just have to do. In otherwords, getting sleep was priority #1 to him, fixing when i got it was a secondary issue. Important, yes, but secondary.

So i hope you get some good, solid, restful, peaceful SLEEP, whenever you can get it for now.

Especially as you have been feeling poorly and stressed... we need it more at such times!

~ waves ~

BJ,
Have you ever noticed that most people are flattered when you ask them for help?
They like feeling like feeling helpful and important -- lots of people -- not everyone.

But yes, I agree with your statement that strong people can ask for help. It is another one of those things that we learn to do -- ask for help.

M.