i am not sure if it is the ebb and flow or my adjustment over time, but I am getting more out of my sleep. Some nights I still only get three to five hours of broken rest, but within that time I have found relaxing myself has made the limted rest more restful.

There are still plenty of nights I have to get up and watch a show or two, maybe a movie, but I am also experiencing evenings where I get 6 or 7 hours of sleep with only 2 or three wake ups. I never have any straight through nights, not even on "crash" days. There is always a spasm or shooting pain that rouses me.

If you are having an impossible time sleeping at least for me I have been able to find some middle ground on rest. It is absolutely nothing like it was before this took over my life, but really what is? Not too much here.

Debi and any others interested, I do occassionally take 3 mg melatonin but have thankfully found myself able to reduce that from more often, almost daily, prior usage. I had a year or more where pn made sleep an impossible task, as much from discomfort as straight up pain.

If you can't sleep, Daredevil on Netflix is really good and The Wire on HBO is one of my favorites of all time. My absolute favorite TV show of all time is also on Netflix, Breaking Bad.

Jon