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Last night, my second night on Coffea, I took one sugar pill at 10:30p.m., about half an hour later, I felt a little sleepy, so put down my book (I am an avid reader) and lay down to sleep, at 12:30a.m. I took a second pill, I was tired but did not fall asleep, interesting enough I had a tingling feeling in my frontal lobe, very gentle, an awareness, but my brain had slowed down and was not racing, I also found that my thoughts were gentle and at a lower level, what do I mean by this, my mind usually races at a very high speed and it appears to one one level above what I would consider my normal brain wave, almost like an ECG, it seems to be high in my brain, with peaks, so the level of peaking was more in the frontal lobe and not in the cranium. Around 2:30a.m. I took half a Zopiclone – approx 4 mgs – fell asleep around 5:00a.m. But I am in good spirits today, if a little tired. So, we continue with Coffea until I get a definite picture.
I have to say, thanks Martin as well, but this is a real problem for women, menopause can start as young as 40 years and can be very traumatic for women, often ending up in not sleeping properly, one of the reasons, I think, is that we as women have to deal with this major change in our life, for many women, our feminine self is tied up with our reproduction system, whether we choose to have children or not, is not the point, it is still a decision, when we go through what is called “The Change of Life”, there is much which we have to deal with and this plays on our mind, resulting in a change in sleeping, much of what we feel, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually, is tied up with us being women and in many ways this has been defined around our ability to procreate, when this is not a choice, plus the changes in our physical body and mental well-being, we are moving from one dimension in our life to another and the term Menopause rarely has positive conatations, so we need to find ways to embrace this and maybe our minds will rest a little more, enabling us to stop the racing mind, the feeling like there is still so much more to life, but by tradition, we often are considered to be past our prime. Women are often considered past their prime at 50 and subconciously this has been ingrained into has from a young age, especially if we have witness our mothers and female relatives who when going through this change are often referred to – oh they are just going through women's stuff – but rarely spoken about – so in truth, menopause can impact significantly on our ability to sleep. For me, life started again at 50 – and I have so much still to do – but even with an understanding of this and my ability to speak about subjects which are often referred to as taboo, I still wrestle with my ability to still be considered a viable women – sorry about the termanology. So, with Martins indulgence, perhaps we can discuss this subject more, both men and women can learn much about the impact of insomnia and other issues around this time in a women's life.
Hi Jessallie, at the risk of sounding a little brash, Menopause is a bitch – every woman goes through it, but it is one of the best kept secrets in the world, women don't want to talk about, men run away from it (sorry guys) and doctors, usually male, don't know what to recommend. I have been researching this subject in depth, when I started, probably about three years ago, all seemed to be ok, but as I progressed through this “Right of Passage”, I got just about everything that is known, if you dig deep enough, and the hormones or lack of estrogen play havoc with the mind, emotions, body and spirit – so you might find this is a reason for you not sleeping, you need to with boldness identify the other symptoms – there is nothing to be embarrased about and then decide on a course of action – I eventually, after much agony went onto HRT – it definitely seems to help – I am now working on the insomnia, which is an old friend. Good luck with the menopause – remember you are beautiful – inside and outside and do not let this time of your life undermine your confidence as a woman!
Thanks Martin, I will keep an update of Coffea, I started last night, but not a good night, that might have had something to do with the fireworks going off until 3a.m. this morning, but must confess I was feeling like a bit of a scrooge, I wanted to sleep and others were having fun – how inconsiderate – anyway, will try again tonight and see how it goes.
Creativity vs insomnia, well that most certainly could be a very interesting discussion, I am thinking that creative people tend to push a little more into the 10% average brain usage, in fact they probably push to 11 and 12%, this is where the creative though comes from – problem with this is that the brainwaves become more sensitive and when we are younger we can “spark” the brain, but as we get older this sparking tends to create too much “electricity” going through the brain so we start to burnout – well the first few times we burn out, we recover quite well, but then the recovery time takes longer and of course, the lack of sleep eventually catches up – a vicious circle – so in a nutshell, we need the spark to create, but eventually the spark – well sparks and then we are in trouble. But this is definitely a discussion for another day, I think we should title it – “Moving in the fourth dimension” – the necessary curse of the creative mind.
Take care
Alli
Hi Molly,
I agree, sleeping tablets are better than no sleep, I have tired to quite many times over the years, and sometimes manage to get down to half-a-tablet, but I think many people who have difficulties sleeping are usually of above average intelligence and often have some form of trauma in their life, this tends to come out and play at night, feeling safe, in our personal and work life is a very important component and congratulations that you are still work at 68, I believe that my life is taking a new beginning at 50 – would like to say I am smarter and wiser, but not so sure about that, still a kid inside, a bit of a Peter Pan – I like it that way.
