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Hiya Dancing Groggy Gal
Crikey . . . I have just had a very disturbing vision of a manic insomniac dancing way out of beat and time <€€$$¥¥++*%%%%%%¥¥$$€€>. I used to be an Ice Dancer and represented my county in the Northern Recreational Ice Dance League so I do know a bit about timing . . . Only problem was I always wanted to lead, which was a bit trixy when I also wanted to be the lady – think I seriously should consider schizophrenics R US now !
I always find Abba ( particularly the Mama Mia album ) good for bopping along to as I am painting ( showing my age here ! ) . . . Had a bit of Kylie on and as a consequence ended up suggestively chopping veg for our cassoulet last night . . . This was way before Mr M got home . . . Can't have him getting all excited 2 days on the trot can we !!
Good to have you on board for the luxury wake ups . . . Who needs to worry about not sleeping when you can look forward to a pamper when you get up – No competition insomnia ! Must stop talking to insomnia, otherwise people will think I am mencol !!
How about a nice big pot of your favourite coffee ( or tea if you prefer ) for after your bath . . . Very DeVere Dear ! You could then put on a very glamorous nightie and negligee ( bot of 'Allo 'Allo ) and lather yourself up with luxurious lotions . . . Your eyes will still be insomnia baggy . . . But at least the reso of you will look and feeeeeeel gooooood ! I am thinking of upgrading breakfast on a weekend to Eggs Benedict with a glass of Bucks Fizz . . . Oh heck . . . Looks like I now need Alcoholics Unanimous . . . I hope there is no limit to how many forums one can join !!
Ph well, I will close now for a meditation session and then try another if Incan be bothered, if not the pamper session will start early !
Rendezvous as 6 . . . . AM, or PM will do !
TT x
Hi Groggy
This will be unusually short and sweet as my fingers are refusing to work in co- ordination with my brain this morning and the result is a magnificent ''Allo ''Allo script ! I have just sent an email to my friend and have left the 'A 'A mistooks in and am going to do that on here from now on, just to see when I am at my most tired . . . Don't think I will ever beat the classic . . . ” I am going to hump ( instead of jump ) in the bath ” mistake of yesterday though . . . Never seen Mr M perk his ears and other bits and bobs up so quickly when I told him and I will be sued for disappointment at this rate !
Good for you not getting angry about yesterday . . . . Remember a new regopime ( AKA regime ) takes 4 weeks to become the norm ! I am sad to realise that today will be the last day I will get email from Martin and I cant believe I am at day 14 already as I have really looked forward to getting them and your posts. Martins suggestions have made a real difference and I now view being awake in the night and asleep during the day / early evening as a minor inconvenience and a bit of what I need, rather than it being a big mistake to berate myself over. I fell asleep c 6 pm and was sent to bed by Mr M c 9 pm . . . Snoring again ! And I woke up at midnight . . . So all in all that is 6 hours sleep so well done to me ! I think I am going to accept 3 hours early evening and then 3 hours in bed as my norm and have a pampering session half way through or at the end of my second sleep session . . . Just sprayed lotions and potions to get me to sleep and perk me up . . . No wonder my body clock is confuzzed ! The positive of this wee small hour girly pamper session is that Inhave the softest skin and face and on one of my rare, fully awake moments, a glint in my eye and a spring in my step ! We could add ” Girly Wee Small Hours Pamper Packs ” to our product range !
Well I got the report from the doc yesterday and I am ” officially ” NOT mencol ( my new way of spelling mental so it seems less offensive ! ) so it will be interesting to see how my meeting goes tomorrow now. At least the buffoon from Human Remains is not attending now and the nincompoop who referred me for the mencol assessment has more than a tad of egg on his face. I have picked a lovely outfit for tomorrow . . . It is a dress with a red pattern and a lovely red jacket so as the old adage goes . . . . Let the rag . . . See the bull – would you mess with a menopawsal insomniac, especially if she was wearing red . . . Wonder if he will be wearing white ! I will of course be doing a spectacular job with my hair and make up . . . Just to reassure them that I am bothering with myself and am therefore not depressed plus it will look like I have got an interview for another job . . . I wish !
Time to go now before I throw this flaming iPad at the wall . . . Perhaps we could add a knitted iPad to our portfolio, which is ideal for quietly hurling at the wall on the nights and early mornings when you type all the right letters . . . But not necessarily in the right flaming order !
Hope not seeing a post for a while means you are in the land of nod. I have got an INDUSTRIAL G&T to help with not sleeping and thoughts of my farcical meeting tomorrow !
Tired Teddy x
PS. So much for making thos one shirt !!!!!!
STAND BY YOUR BEDS . . . I am up and groggy won't be far behind !!
I had a hoped to stay in bed until 5.30 am but had information overload whizzing through my head so got up just before 5.00 am to review my documents before my meeting with the Top of the Shop ( the boss ) / Human Remains ( HR ) and my line manager. I was going to go on my own as I came out of the union as they didn't help me get back to work 5 years ago but I am joining again and I am putting myself forward for the Welfae Officer for the union as I am good with verbal cuddles ! Plus if can make life easier for someone else who is being ” done wrong ” that will be a comfort for my suffering . . . plus I will be abe to go to the union honchos for advice on my rights next time they start pushing me around, rather than spending hours and hours trawling the Internet to not find what I need.
Oh well . . . Time to hump in the bath as phase II of my luxury wake up regime . . . Did you notice the 'Ello 'Ello mistake in the early part of this paragraph ? I obviously meant jump ( not hump ) in the bath !
Look forward to hearing how your first early rising is going.
Bright as a Button Teddy x
Hi Groggy
Well I bobed off c 6.30 pm and woke up c 9.30 pm so that's 3 hours sleep clocked up already – YEAH !
You have obviously tried everything to help with your insomnia and it is such a shame that after so much effort, you have suffered for so many years.
I think your new plan to get up at 6.00 am to try to get into a pattern is a great idea and remember you are no longer alone as I am at the other end of Insomnia Land. I may not be asleep at the same time as you but I am always up at 6.00 am and promise to look out for your posts as soon as you get up to encourage you to start the day . . . At least this way you will have the time to enjoy a luxury come around like me and remember . . . while your are having this decadent wake up time for yoursel you will at least be in a fairly relaxed state . . . Especially if like me you struggle to get your eyes open first thing some mornings !
My insomnia started when my ovary first started playing up on 7 July 2012 as the pain stopped me getting to sleep. It wasn't agony but it was too painful for my mind to forget about it. I struggled with this until my first hormone injection early October 2012 which improved the pain significantly . . . Well at least so I could get to sleep. Unfortunately one of the side effects of my hormone injection treatments is insomnia . . . AAARRRRGGGGGGHHHH ! Who said I was not lucky ! I did say today that I think my body and mind suits insomnia as I have had such a productive time at work and have made less mistakes than I may have done on full sleep ( not that I made many, you understand ! ) I always said that I didn't know how I managed to concentrate and didnt make any mistakes on my big project for September so heigh ho . . . Insomnia is maybe the way to go !
I was offered surgery for my ovary but I wouldn't consider having gynae surgery in Hull after the cock up that was my hysterectomy 5 years ago and I would be prone to more adhesions anyway . . . At least I know the problems with this one very well and have found a way of managing the pain. My Gynaecologist has said he would be keen to talk about surgery if the pain comes back when we stop my injections in 18 months. The side effects of the injections are really not pleasant but on balance they are not as bad as the pain without them.
Unfortunately there is no miracle cure for insomnia and I do think that we will have to be accept it, learn to live with it and make the best of it and who knows we may even get to enjoy it !
Remember . . . slowly, slowly catchy insomnia monkey !
Oh well time to close as my programme has nearly finished so I am going to kick Mr M out of the big bye bo's for my snooze.
Until the morning insomnia pal
Tired Teddy x
That must be a relief . . . Finding what could be your problem . . . Please let me know what your doctor says and does about it
GOOD LUCK !
Hiya Groggy Gal
I thought of you earlier when I got in my menopawsmobile ( my new car ) and tried my memory stick with new music loaded on it.
I didn't know how it worked and was too tired to look in the manual so I just plugged it in and then music started playing and guess what the first track was . . . It was ' Ready Teady ' by Elvis . . . Well I laughed my socks off and didn't even know I had the song downloaded ! I was singing along and pulling my best Elvis face . . . Good job my man with the white coat was not around !
Good for you going on a 2 hour walk . . . I have read somewhere that exhausting yourself physically is good for helping you sleep so heres hoping for a good nights sleep for you.
We had a lovely meal but we were both sooooo tired we brought half a bottle of wine home and Mr M has got in the bye bo's for an early shif before the insomniac kid ( me ) gets in. I have another of my favourite programmes starting again tonight but not sure I will make it as it starts at 9pm but I have got it taping. It is an American series called Revenge . . . Not sure if you can get it where you are but I loved the the first series.
You are doing really well and I think we have both come such a long way since finding this website . . . I think we will always have a predisposition to insomnia but as you quite rightly say . . . Small steps. I would be very happy with an improvement a few days a week as I don't expect a full recovery, just to learn a way of living with insomnia as peacefully as possible.
Ciao for now
Full up Tired Teddy
Hi Groggy
I am known for my love of luxury . . . why not . . . I am worth it !
What a shame the pooch did not help with your sleep but at least you got cuddles and cuddles are good for making you feel good so this is an ideal substitute for the torture of a long dark night alone and I bet she was happy to see your face and snuggle in.
My day hasn't been too bad although my eyes are struggling now ! Mr M and I are going out for our meal tonight and I am leaving now and we will go straight out to our local pub, no dobut and no doubt it will mean a bottle of wine, which will no doubt throw a spanner in the works for my diet this week and will probably mean I will now be starting it next week . . . oh no . . . de ja vu . . . that other vicious circle in my life !
Not sure when I will get the assessment but it will come when it comes . . .
I will close now as I am just about to shut shop and go home to a nice meal we don't have to cook . . . don't fancy my chances of sleep avoidance when I get home . . . how has your nap attack gone today ?
Take care and post to you soon.
A very Tired Teddy x
OMG ! . . . There I was . . . Frustratedly debating whether to get up and how to entain myself when I did get up and then the flaming alarm went off . . . Couldn't decide whether to be pleased it was time to get up or disappointed because I could roll over . . . rover.
Anyway there I was bleary eyed . . . all ready for my pre-get up stretches when Mr M came bounding in, pillows in hand. We usually work on the principle of . . . one out . . . one in . . . but this morning I am am all out of sync as I hadnt even had time to roll off before he was in !! Mind you I can't complain as he has been soooo understanding and I should really go in the single bed as I am shorter ( note I did not say smaller ! ) and I need the extra space for my snooze mobile and lotions and potions to help me sleep !
Oh well . . . Time to jump in the shower as I like to have a shower then relax and take my time getting ready as I leisurely get through my pot of delicious Italian coffee . . . Coming around should be as relaxing as getting to sleep in my opinion and as I can not usually control getting to sleep at the moment, I can control the enjoyment of waking up and starting the day.
Hope you had a good night / mornings sleep and post to you soon.
TT
Hiya Groggy
Well . . . I almost made all of my programmes and it wasn't for the flaming adverts I would have seen the end of Mr Selfridge ! I rewound it 3 times but bobbed off each time so I gave up and rolled over on the sofa to a COMFTY sleeping position and in your best French voila I was asleep for almost 4 hours.
My bladder woke me up for its constitutional just bedroom 2.00am so I decided to go to bed. My mister seemed pleased to see me and we had a lovely cuddy buddy but I must have been snoring as I felt Mr MANopaws stomp off to his wee room 10 minutrs ago. At least he did any muttering under his breath this time and was relatively quiet about it !
I was gagging to see if you were awake, or not and nearly got my iPad from under the cuvs when he did an Elvis and thank goodness I didnt as Mr M unusually came back in the room almost straight away . . . Never been so pleased to have been lazy, or not get my tired eyes open quickly as he would be terribly upset to think he gave up the big bye bos and I was laid awake in it . . . Because as we know . . . In non-insomnia land a bed is for sleeping !!!!!
Oh well must close now as I am up c 5.20 am as I am back to full time hours this week and I like to start at 8.00 am as I can get a better parking spot at this time.
Give that gorgeous pup a big cuddle from Auntie Teddy and here's hoping she is just what you need to help you sleep through !
TT x
Hi Groggy
Well . . . I had to type the first 2 words above 4 times as I feel half asleep and my fingers are typing rubbish . . . When I am this tired my text is more like a script from 'Ello 'Ello !
I laughed at your bit about us being the only 2 insomniacs in the village as I nearly started a new tread early this morning entitled IS THERE ANYBODY THERE ?
I have seen an email telling me that I am in demand and that you have started a new conversation for me to join . . . Heckies . . . I haven't been in demand for years . . . more than likely because I have been soooo tired ! Will look at the new conv as soon as I have posted thos one . . . 'Ello 'Ello !
Get you having 9 hours sleep . . . I bobed off for a couple of hours this aft and I have to say I felt ” groggy ” when I woke up and it took a while for the old eyes to fully open.
It is a great night on the TV with a few of my favourite shows starting so I am hoping to stay awake to watch them all until 10 pm but I have taped them all, as the chances of that happening are a bit remote !
How are your anti-nap activities going ? I still haven't got a new project planned for the wee small hours so I am going to have to sleep through . . . Did you hear that insomnia !!!!!!!
I had a look on the menopausal sites earlier but didn't have much luck . . . Perhaps I needed to be more awake !
Great idea on adding menopawsal items to Insomnia Productions Inc . . . Lots of menopawsiacs suffer from insomnia so that is a win . . win . . We just need to get some little workers to do the donkey work now we are getting some sleep !
Right . . . I am offski as Dancing on Ice has started and I want to get all excited and read your other message.
Keeeeeeeeep sleeping !
Tired Ted
Forgot to reply re your question asking if I have joined a menopausal forum earlier . . . Thought about it then didn't bother as they are likely to be too hormanally challenged for my sense of humour. At least insomniacs are usually too tired to be offended !! My reply was triggered by a post I put on Facebook after my tidy up this morning as detailed below :
Just packing Christmas away for another year and realised that poor old Frosty The Snowman hadn't had his batteries put in this year and he had been unusually quiet . . . . Burst into fits of menopawsal laughter when Steve said he has probably started the SNOWMANOPAWS !!
Well am I pleased with my little self . . . Who needs 8 hours sleep to be able to concentrate!
Decorated you know what and it looks F . A . B ! This has cheered me up no end as I wasn't sure how it would work out as it was my first attempt . . . Had a few tetchy moments when some silver balls went AWOL when my concentrated slipped a bit and had to change the way I did it a bit – just hope the balls stay on without the icing glue, which didn't do what I wanted but hopefully they will cement in place as the icing hardens. Just need to make a romantic label for the top of the box before I file it away under Special Days til March
Yours with a much happier face and other bits and bobs . . .
Inspired Teddy who now needs a new project for the wee small hours x
Thats very positive setting your alarm 5 hours ahead !
Great to read you are not letting Insomnia Nights bother you . . . I think that is a mile stone . . . I definitely felt less frazzled once I accepted it for what it was and just got on with it . . . I really do believe the more you try to sleep and get angry because you can't, the less chance you have of actually getting some much needed sleep – thanks for sewing that seed Martin, it has been a real turning point for me.
I had a bit of a bumpy night but I think it is due to my bladder / bowel being over active ( because I had too much to eat and drink . . . Well, it was the weekend, and they equal treats don't they ! ), plus dodgy MH assessment thoughts and a dash of being more than disappointed at not getting to sleep . . . Naughty Tired TEDDY . . . note to self . . . Take notice of your own flipping advice !
I was debating whether to get up when I put Classic FM on and was amazed to find it was almost 5 am and a decent enough time to get up. The best bit was one of my favourite pieces of music was playing and I always think it ( songs of the auvergne bailero by Joseph Canteloube ) is a bit like an awakening song so . . . Decision made . . . Hi Ho . . . Hi Ho . . . off to ice my cake I go !!! With a lovely big pot of Italian dark fresh coffee . . . Perfetto !
Have a good one and post to you soon
Grumpy Draws x
Hiya Groggy
Good on you tiring yourself out enough to sleep when in bed . . . Hopefully !
Well I got sent to bed at 9 pm as it was either bed or my man was getting in it for his insomnia ! He laughed as I threw myself off the sofa ( not a pretty sight ) with eyes closed as I didn't have the energy to move and like you that sofa was soooo flaming COMFTY !
Anyway . . . Tired Ted got on the bed with soothing Classic FM quietly playing in the background . . . I had a bit of a struggle with my MH assessment whizzing through my head and then Alla Kazan ( apols for the spelling ) I was in the land of nod. Got woken up a few mins ago with a not so nice dream and my bowel, otherwise I would have tried to roll back over – Rover !
I have now realised that my bowel, or bladder ( or a hot flush which obviously raises my temperature ) seems to wake me up between midnight and 1 am every day so perhaps I should join ' weak bowels and bladders R US ' as well ! This never used to bother me until my ovary decided to stick itself to my bowel and bladder – Ovarian Entrapment Syndrome does not feel quite so glamorous this morning !
I thought about listening to one of my meditation apps but couldn't be bothered When I got out of bed 10 mins ago and I feel a bit grumpy but I am going to try anyway, if only to make be feel less grouchy. If If I am not bobbing of by the end of it I will ice you know who !
Sweet dreams and I am here if not !!!!
Tetchy Tired Teddy x
