I try to go to bed, around 10-11. I have to get up around 6am. Get the kids ready for school, and myself to work.
I do, find, every once in a while, I can sleep in, on a Saturday or Sunday, until about 10/11am. When the kids decide they don't feel obligated to wake me up. It was an 8am day, today...through no choice of my own ;):D:p:cool: |
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Now, however, I suspect my poor sleeping comes from some neuro damage from being without B12 for so long. I've got pernicious anemia (thusly the monthly injections) and right when I get one, I do sleep much better. When I'm at the end of the month (like I am now), I sleep...less better. |
I'm another in the 3-4 hour a night camp. I have a very hard time getting comfortable to get to sleep. Many times I get mad and take Advil PM. I'll often times be just about to sleep then start twitching or itching and wake myself up. :mad: Went to bed at 9pm last night and it was well after 3 when I finally settled enough to sleep... and that was after taking Advil PM. I have to wake up at 6-7am because that's when my three little ones get up for the day and Hubby has to get up to leave for work. I try to catch a 1 hour or so nap in the afternoon; but many days it just isn't possible with the kids.
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Well pain and fatigue play a big role here. So I typically go to bed between 8 and 10, I have to get up at 6:30 on weekdays to get the kids off to school. Then I usually take a nap from about 8 to noon. I make hubby lunch so that I can at least see him a little, then nap again from 1 to 2:30. So between 16 and 18 hours a day. Wow, that's a lot, this is the first time I've actually done up the math. But my insurance company wont cover provigil for the fatigue and nothing else we have tried has worked.
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Needless to say, my insurance company is not my best friend right now. |
Right now I'm in a semi-normal sleep pattern. Well, all things considered. I very rarely sleep in my bed anymore :( :( :(
I sleep in my recliner. My combination of egg crate pad, leg pillows, arm rests, etc. keeps me in a position favorable to my various ailments and body parts. I don't drink much water after maybe 5 p.m., so I only get up at night to use the bathroom about once, maybe twice a week. I have an occasional night where I'm freaked out or have serial nightmares or have an unusually high level of pain, but I usually sleep about 8 hours. I could probably sleep 9, but my bladder will only last 8. :o I doze/nap a few times a week. But periodically I have a spell--sometimes a day or two, sometimes several days--when I can just barely keep my eyes open, and I'll take a couple of naps a day. Back when I was first diagnosed, I could sleep ten hours a night, and most of the week-end. And still be tired all the time. |
I do best with a 10 hour sleep but when I need to get up with less than 10 hours I can do it. I don't know if it is due to adrenalin or not since the only times I do that is when I am traveling to see the kids. When my husband had his heart attack and I had to get less than 10 hours I was a jombie. The only aide I take at night is my Clonazepam and Amitryptyllin. Spelling I'm sure is wrong on both those meds. But if I don't take them I don't sleep well at all. So is that addiction???
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