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soul2share -> RE: When Insomnia Attacks! (8/8/2010 4:54:02 AM)
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I've been an insomniac since I was in the womb...literally. I'd keep my mom up all night wandering around the womb. My body clock is the exact opposite of everyone else's....I work midnights by choice because if I try to work days, I don't sleep at night, and at about the 3rd day of no sleep, I start to get goofy.
Melatonin works wonders.....I take it, but it seems like the more I take, the more I need. I buy the highest dose on the shelf, and usually take 4-5 of them. My doc suggested benedryl, I take 4 of them at a time. I can't/don't take the tylenol because I take so much of it to sleep. I like my liver...... Also, I have gotten addicted to Ny-Quil in the past. Basically, all OTC sleep aids are simply an antihistamine. I'm afraid to try the prescription stuff, I did try Rozerem, had a 30 day supply that I went thru in 12 days.
I'm what they call a twilight sleeper...I can fall asleep eventually, but I wake up every 2 hours. When I take the sleep aids, I sleep for about 4 hours, wake up and I'm up and down the rest of the day...if I'm lucky. Lately, I haven't been able to sleep once I wake the first time.....it's frustrating as all get out. When I can't sleep, I'll try reading, and when that doesn't work, I'll surf, play games on pogo or clean. I'm going to do the sleep study thing to see what it is that wakes me up. I have been told by those few that have slept with me (in bed, not the sex! Pervs!) that I twitch.....it starts at my toes and fingertips and works in to my torso. Apparently, when I fall completely asleep, I do a huge full body twitch. That may very well be what wakes me up.
The worst part about the whole insomnia thing is the frustration...there have been times when I'll just sit right down and cry, it's that bad. I hate it!
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