Sandra,
I think it is because everything is so quiet.....we are trying to relax and sleep....and there is nothing to distract us from what we are feeling. During the day, there is so much more going on. Kids coming in and out (if you have them), pets that need taking out or letting in (if you have any), spouses coming in and out to work (again, if you have one)....and other things going on like the phone ringing, cars going up and down the street, birds singing, dogs barking; all of the normal day time noise and activity.

But at night....everything is so much more quiet. Even if a person lives alone, it is more quiet during the night, and there are less distractions because all of the day time activities have stopped. Phones don’t ring (of it then do, we have a heart attack because that means something is wrong somewhere), kids aren’t playing, dogs aren’t barking, & people aren’t out and about doing their stuff that causes noise and distraction. TV’s are even usually off, because we are trying to get to sleep, and even if they are on....all that is on are stupid shows or re-runs we have seen a zillion and one times, or infomercials. Nothing that it takes half a brain to watch...nothing that is really very distracting and that is usually pretty boring.

Then there is also the problem at this time of year, with the temperature dropping at night. Cold sucks....and it gets colder at night now. Cold that hurts, and nothing to distract us from it....and it makes for a long night.

, because I so totally understand where you are coming from. I hope that the night(s) gets better for you.

Love and
Jose

YEAH, what Jose said. LOL That girl has it down pat.

I can't sleep tonight due to my stress which I think comes from the RSD. I think it does something to the part of the body that causes stress. I am guessing that would be some part of the brain, don't know but it sure does effect the brain too.

She sure got it right about TV. When I lost Bill 11 months ago, I sat up all night watching reruns. I didn't like being in a quiet house even at night. Now I have seen every rerun of Scrubs, Fresh Prince, Full House, Bonanza, Gunsmoke and finally fell asleep and slept through some. LOL I think this is absolutely the worst year of new shows and the reruns are coming 3 weeks into a new season of a show. I believe everyone in the tv industry is in a burnout mode and don't want to work. LOL At least if there were decent shows on to keep a person occupied it might help us a little to keep our mind off of the pain, stress and boredom.

Nights are always my worse. I do deal with major depression and stress gets to me a lot.

The weather sats me off with pain so bad I go into a can't and don't want to keep living mode. Even with extra pills in me so weather is definately a factor at night or even in the day when it's changing.

I don't know if you use lidoderm patches but I have noticed if I throw a few of them on the areas that hurt worse at night they help some and even help make me sleep some. I up my Methadone also at the worst times. I have noticed though that if I am in extremely bad pain, nothing helps. I don't think the whole bottle would help with the pain then.

I hope things do start calming down for you. Something else is to get you some heating pads to help at night in the worst areas. I have 3 of them and I have used 2 at a time before.

With RSD it's a trial and error thing at all times it seems.

Thanks again for all of the great websites you bring up for us. They are so helpful as are you.

Ada