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When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 6:16:14 AM

MissAsylum

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what do you end up doing when you can't fall asleep? do you stare at the ceiling? Watch TV? Or do you find something to occupy your time with? I rarely get bouts of insomnia, despite how much coffee I drink and how relatively close I drink it before bed. But when I do get it, I seem to try to find ANYTHING to tire me out. Today...I have done it. So since it was my boyfriend's 24th birthday on thursday, I treated him to dinner at this creole style resturant called Copeland's. I had never been and OMG- it was amazing. We were too full to order dessert, so no cake this year. So randomly, at 4 something this morning, I baked him pineapple upside-down cupcakes, even though i NEVER made them before. What is the strangest thing you've done when you can't sleep?

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 6:24:37 AM

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What is the strangest thing you've done when you can't sleep?

i have to be quiet for the sake of the Hubby and the Chubby. So, mostly i read, mess around on the computer, and cuss a blue streak.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 6:29:31 AM

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I am a boring imsomniac. I do laundry or read. Sometimes I do my nails.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:16:28 AM

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wow. i feel like i weird now. all i do is cook. i made shrimp scampi last month that could have fed 10 people.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:30:27 AM

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I used to get up and clean my bathroom obsessively...until I moved to canada and had the kids, then 24 hour movies helped and then in in the early 90s I got my first computer with internet access(well BBS) now I dont have Insomnia, I have extra work/surf/chat/etc time.
Working for myself helps too:)

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:35:43 AM

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Katy is boring

Asylum is weird

and Lucy is the Felix Unger of the group.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:40:34 AM

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Oh Holly darlin, my only domestic qualities are that I obsess over a clean bathroom with three men in the house and that I actually live in a house.
Otherwise my iron, vacuum cleaner think they are all to be looked at and admired... not moved or used.
If I thought I could get away with having a male slave housekeeper, I would. and not just for the eye candy.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:48:17 AM

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The only time I ever had insomnia, I was too busy having panic attacks to sleep/ So glad that has been 20 years ago!

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:56:58 AM

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Fear not, Ms. A, you aren't the only insomniac chef on the forums!

I am very prone to insomnia, at least three to four times a month, and I get up to some odd things at times. I have made cakes, bread, and most often, did what advanced preparation was needed for the coming day's dinner - sauce's, marinades, etc. I've also enjoyed walks in the pre-dawn twilight and swims in pools open very early or very late, wrote music and short stories, and occasionally gardened.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 8:58:52 AM

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and occasionally gardened.

in the dark?
when you can't see the bugs?
*faints*

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 9:18:55 AM

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glad i'm not the only one. there have been a few times where my boyfriend will come over, open the ice box to get a protien shake that i make for him, but he wont be able to find them since there will be tons of containers. I think my record for number of dishes cooked at once is 11. all he will say is,"guess you couldn't sleep again, eh babe?" but i'm super jealous you can garden at night. my veggie greenhouse is pretty low-key in terms of care...but i kill flowers. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 9:21:23 AM

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in the dark?
when you can't see the bugs?
*faints*

It means when one of the fuzzy little critters flies into your mouth, you've got the added excitement of not knowing what you're chompin' on

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 9:38:46 AM

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I so rarely have insomnia. I think part of the reason is because I meditate a lot. I lay down and shut off my brain and sleep. If I am excited about something that is happening the next day I might have trouble staying asleep (yes, I am still like a little kid at Christmas sometimes), and while it is annoying, I will still be able to put myself back to sleep...

I would recommend meditation for those who have trouble quieting their minds

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 10:09:29 AM

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ORIGINAL: MissAsylum

wow. i feel like i weird now. all i do is cook. i made shrimp scampi last month that could have fed 10 people.

/puts in an order for eggplant parmigiana, with a salad/

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 10:14:31 AM

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When i get the opportunity to visit- i will kill you with food. lol

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 10:21:07 AM

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Total insomniac here, so If I can't sleep at all, the only thing that works is tylenol pm. I went to a Doctor for insomnia he was super cool, and super hot, (off subject) anyway he told me, instead of a prescription drug, try the tylenol pm. Maybe because I don't take recreational drugs, it worked super good, super quick, and I sleep my ass off. But when I know I can't sleep, it makes things worse, so I take my lil tylenol pm and I'm off to another dimension in minutes.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 10:23:06 AM

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I get up...get dressed... go for a walk... There is a whole different world out there at 3 in the morning... fresh, quite, peaceful, cool... different smells, different sounds...good time to contemplate the world under the moon and stars.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 10:58:02 AM

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Insomnia when my youngest was tiny started my annual snow jaunts, now I get them with my hot flashes so it works well, but in the winter, especially when the snow is new and hasnt been walked in yet, about 2-am I go out in my jim jams and wellys and run up and down the paths of all the neighbours, well more of a leisurely walk now...I love treading in fresh snow at the best of times, at 3am when it is tiny diamonds is even more fun

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 11:40:22 AM

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When I can't sleep, I've been known to clean out the kitchen cabinets and organize everything. Then no one could find anything the next day

I'll clean, do laundry, (have never done yard work in the middle of the night). When it's as hot as it's been, a dip the pool in the middle of the night is nice. Or I'll read or get on the computer. Anything to keep from lying in bed stressing over not being able to sleep.

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RE: When Insomnia Attacks! - 8/7/2010 11:44:56 AM

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When I can't sleep, I've been known to clean out the kitchen cabinets and organize everything. Then no one could find anything the next day I'll clean, do laundry,

Wanna move in?

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