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sadie612
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If anyone could tell me how this sleep thing works that would be great... I have yet to figure it out :BH
=( sorry you had to go through all thatmei lan said:Oh, dearest, I'm so sorry. I am the QUEEN of sleep problems. Mother and I cared for Daddy during his illness before he walked on ahead. He was sick for five years before he died, but really sick for three. And part of that really sick part was off-and-on dementia. If you know anything about dementia, you know that it can really wreak havoc on your sleep patterns. So he was up every night part or all of the night, and we were up every night part or all of the night. FOR THREE YEARS. He walked on ahead nearly four years ago, and we just started sleeping pretty well about a year and a half ago. We both still have sleep problems intermittently, esp. if we are stressed. My best advice is to follow the sleep etiquette guidelines (no exercise, caffeine, or TV right before bed; make your bedroom somewhere pleasant to be; do something you know will relax you before you go to sleep; etc.). And then just do the best you can. We did take Ambien for awhile because we were so strung out we HAD to do something. But it's so potent we took 1/2 pill, and then 1/3 pill. Sleep is SO UTTERLY VITAL. I feel for you, hon. I'll pray you sleep better tonight.
sadie612 said:=( sorry you had to go through all thatmei lan said:Oh, dearest, I'm so sorry. I am the QUEEN of sleep problems. Mother and I cared for Daddy during his illness before he walked on ahead. He was sick for five years before he died, but really sick for three. And part of that really sick part was off-and-on dementia. If you know anything about dementia, you know that it can really wreak havoc on your sleep patterns. So he was up every night part or all of the night, and we were up every night part or all of the night. FOR THREE YEARS. He walked on ahead nearly four years ago, and we just started sleeping pretty well about a year and a half ago. We both still have sleep problems intermittently, esp. if we are stressed. My best advice is to follow the sleep etiquette guidelines (no exercise, caffeine, or TV right before bed; make your bedroom somewhere pleasant to be; do something you know will relax you before you go to sleep; etc.). And then just do the best you can. We did take Ambien for awhile because we were so strung out we HAD to do something. But it's so potent we took 1/2 pill, and then 1/3 pill. Sleep is SO UTTERLY VITAL. I feel for you, hon. I'll pray you sleep better tonight.
Doesn't matter. Try Rescue Sleep. If you get it and it doesn't work for you, I'll buy it from you. What do you have to lose? You can get it through any good herb shop. Either the spray or the drops. I won't go into the full details of my sleep issues but the short story is that it involves a life long battle against 3-5+ full days/nights of absolutely zero sleep, not just trouble sleeping or a couple hours a night. Exactly zero sleep for periods of days on end. It's an absolute living h*ll and when it started up again and I found out about this stuff I tried it and I won;t give it up for anything now.sadie612 said:I have tried herbs and melatonin... I was on 2 tablets of the stuff last night and only had about 3 hours.
I did however get 3 loads of laundry done, supper cooked for tonight and cleaned the kitchen. I am at work now yawning my head off... I am tired
Foxmeister said:I had sleep issues. I took went and had a sleep study done and found out I had sleep apnea. Now I sleep using a c-pap and it's great. I went years with hardly having dreams and now I dream every night. I can sleep for 6 hours and wake up and feel great.
unionmom said:I won't go into the full details of my sleep issues but the short story is that it involves a life long battle against 3-5+ full days/nights of absolutely zero sleep, not just trouble sleeping or a couple hours a night. Exactly zero sleep for periods of days on end. It's an absolute living h*ll and when it started up again and I found out about this stuff I tried it and I won;t give it up for anything now.
It's why I love my Rescue Sleep so much. I don't think I could survive it anymore if it ever got to that level again. When it was at its worst it was basically sleep 1 night and then no sleep for 3-5 nights then sleep for 1 night, etc. The worst ever was 6 1/2 days/nights with no sleep. I wanted to die. First 2 nights were nothing. It was so much my norm that they didn't phase me. 3rd night was usually rough, I'd feel really tired. 4th and 5th nights I'd either get to feeling kind of drunk/goofy or insanely hyper.mei lan said:unionmom said:I won't go into the full details of my sleep issues but the short story is that it involves a life long battle against 3-5+ full days/nights of absolutely zero sleep, not just trouble sleeping or a couple hours a night. Exactly zero sleep for periods of days on end. It's an absolute living h*ll and when it started up again and I found out about this stuff I tried it and I won;t give it up for anything now.
Great merciful Zeus!!! That is HORRIBLE!!! I truly think that now that would kill me. YOWSA...I don't know how you got through it. Bless your heart.
unionmom said:Anyway ... sadie, whatever you do I hope you find something that works for you. I'm 100% serious though ... if you want to try the Rescue Sleep know that it will be basically risk free since I'll buy it if you try it (give it a fair try) and it doesn't work.