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Love your last posts . . . What a great idea naming your insomnia is . . . I am most impressed that you gave it such a soft, cuddly name and image.
Think I will name my insomnia and pick an image for it . . . I am anticipating a much spikier name, possibly in CAPITAL LETTERS and perhaps a dart board, or punch bag for the image ! You know what is going to happen now . . . I won't be able to sleep with excitement of picking a name . . . and then fear of forgetting it by the morning because of my menopawsal memory loss ! Yes, I know I have spelt menopawsal wrong but it looks and feels less aggressive spelt this way !
Why don't you start a new thread entitled something like how would you name your insomnia . . . Could be fun and very enlightening when we see the names our fellow insomniacs pick . . . I love the You Know You Need More Sleep When . . . Thread and I think laughing together about this inconvenient problem helps.
The train analogy was inspired . . . Think I will try the Orient Express tonight as like you I do looooove luxury and think I might go all the way to Venice . . . Not sure I will feel like a return journey this morning though as I love Venice and it deserves so much more than a flying visit !
Wowie Groggy . . . What a turn around from early this morning – WELL DONE !
I am so proud of you for getting through the day, enjoying it and being able to recognise how well you did and what a lovely warm feeling that gives. I celebrated your success with a man size G&T but fell asleep half way through it so I am recycling it as we speak !
Love the new name . . . Teddy is much more appropriate as I am a girlie girl . . . well at least I was 20 years ago . . . bit of a insomnia induced saggy eyed old girl these days . . . but girlie all the same !
How did your friends visit go . . . did you manage to sparkle, or at least stay awake ? I recently fell asleep on a friend on the telephone ( ended up snoring ! ) and she was a bit upset . . . well the conversation was about her and everyone knows I am more of a ME, ME, ME girl ! Hey . . . I have found another positive of insomnia !
Sorry I didnt reply earlier but my lovely partner came home and he likes all of my attention . . . Especially In the brief minutes I am awake in his awake time ! I was pleasantly snoozie so I fell asleep on the sofa for c 3 hours and don't feel a bit guilty about it thanks to Martins wise words. I have woken up now and would go to bed but I am letting my gorgeous man have a go in the ' big bye bo's ' ( our pet name for the BIG COMFTY BED we both fight over ! ) He really is thoughtful and goes in the spare roon ( now affectionately known as his room ) so that I can spread out and meditate as required . . . the real reason is because I snore !
Can you imagine a snoring insomniac . . . I even snore when I think I am awake . . . I say think I am awake because I am aware of my surroundings and can hear my man snoring ( even though he doesn't snore – his words ! ) yet I dont hear myself snore so perhaps I have lost sight of what is sleep and what is not . . . Alternatively perhaps I am hearing myself snore on another plain – way too deep at this time of the morning, even for an insomniac ! My new way of thinking is perhaps I have spent too many hours analysing not sleeping to be able to get to sleep !
Oh well, I will close now as Teddy has a few emails to reply to before beddy bye bo's and kicking him indoors out of the comfty bed and into his micro room.
Nighty night and here's hoping for a few hours sleep, in the right place and in the right part of the day. No number of hours sleep mentioned and and no problem if not as I have got my cake decoration pattern all cut out and the icing ready to roll so don't worry if you won't let me sleep insomnia . . . I have a better offer anyway !!
Speak to you in the wee small ( not so dark ) hours, or when I get up . . . should sleep set in unexpectedly !
Your Pal Tired Teddy x
Thanks Martin and THANK YOU SO MUCH for setting this website up and for your emails, which are really making a difference.
I don't expect to be insomnia free at the end of the 2 weeks but I am already looking at lack of sleep and how it makes me feel differently and that is great progress.
Tired Ted x
Well that is very positive and a great strategy — look forward to hearing how it all came together.
I have had a lovely day so far . . . . didn’t have to get in until 10.00 am then went to Columbia for the coffee ( AKA got talking to someone and was out of the office longer than I had expected . . . this Happy New Year chat takes longer than you realise ! ) and now it is almost time to put my healthy homemade soup with pasta in the micro !
Going for a perk me up walk at lunch with my friend and will then be straight back at it until I leave at 4.00 pm for a much earned rest after 2 days back at work.
Keep up the good work and look forward to the military debriefs as they come in.
Tired Ted x
You know you need more sleep when your text messages start to look like a script from ‘Allo ‘Allo, because your fongers haf prussed the wrung litters !
Ditto Groggy . . . Look forward to comparing notes on how our days have gone in the wee small hours
TT x
How well are we doing . . . More than 3 hours sleep in the right part of the day . . . Watch out INSOMNIA . . . Your days are numbered ( hopefully ! )
You know you need more sleep when you are the only person in the village . . . probably the world . . . who hasn't been awake enough to finish 50 Shades Freed . . . been stuck on page 184 for 3 months !
You know you need more sleep when instead of spraying your face with the lovely refreshing tonic to perk you up you spray your face with nail varnish setting spray as your eyes were not open enough to distinguish between the bottles <##%%{$$¥¥€##> !!!!!
Oh Groggy . . . what a rough time you are having and thank goodness you found this forum.
You sound just like I used to feel . . . . Sorry, sorry everybody !
I think it would maybe help if you try to stop saying and feeling sorry to / for others and realise that it is you who needs comfort and support – I found it difficult at first but am getting better at it ! What you are going through is not your fault and you most definitely do not need to apologise for it as you are doing everything you possibly can to resolve it.
Martins emails in the next few days will really put how you feel at the moment into perspective for you. I am not criticising you here, I just want you to not feel as guilty as only a fellow overly apologetic insomniac could understand !
I was disappointed that I woke up at 2 am but so impressed with myself for being disappointed and not frustrated or angry. I listened to a few meditation apps and would have possibly got back to sleep if I hadnt been thinking about printing and cutting out the pattern for the icing on my wedding cake ! The wedding cake was another wee small hours project – I get up when I am awake, rather than toss / turn and get wound up because I cant get to sleep . . . I have found and am really enjoying a creative side I didn't even know I had – now there is a positive of this flaming insomnia !
Like you I could have done with a better nights sleep for work today but I do find it easier to stay awake when at work as slumping on my desk is not pretty, or acceptable where I work !
Keep your chin up . . . try not to aplogise for the awful and challenging enough symptoms of insomnia and remember INSOMNIACS R US – we are all in this together to help each other live with insomnia . . . as peacefully as we can.
Good luck for work and other activities today.
Really Tired Ted x
Thanks very much Deanka . . . There is safety in numbers and we are all wanting the same thing so hopefully with Martins help we will see an up improvement . . . Small steps can sometimes make a big difference . . . Here hoping !!!
Hi Groggy
Thank you for your message and your good wishes that I manage to resolve my problem quickly.
I am so sorry to hear that you have had insomnia nearly all your life, 6 months has been enough for me.
I have just woken up and thanks to Martins emails had a different view on I. I am not angry I have woken up / I didn't look at the clock and panic and I am not putting myself under any pressure to get back to sleep. I have come on to the forum to see what's new and am then going to do my Solfeggio 639 Hz meditation for 40 minutes and if I can't get back to sleep I will get up until I am tired enough to get back to sleep – great advice Martin. Don't want to teach you to suck eggs but have you tried meditation apps ? I don't always manage to get to sleep after them but they do make me feel soft and relaxed and this is much better than frustrated and angry that I can't get back to sleep.
I went back to work yesterday after being on enforced sick leave for 2 months so didn't have my usual afternoon snooze and I was really surprised that I didn't bob off until 7 pm, which is very unusual – I had a good 1 1/2 hours sleep on the sofa and then 4 hours in bed so that isn't bad after what could have been a stressful day. What I am trying to say ( never been good with short versions ! ) is I am learning to accept sleep anytime I can get it and not get upset if it is not the norm – never did want to be like everyone else anyway !
Hope you are managing a little sleep tonight.
Tired Ted x
Thanks very much for your supportive message Deanka, it is very much appreciated.
The 2 tips you mention are my favourite to date . . . I have just received the day 5 email. Like you I would read sometimes in bed, on the times when I felt like I was likely to get back to sleep fairly quickly but I tend to get up when I know I am too awake to sleep To try to help me get back to sleep I have downloaded quite a few relaxing / meditating apps on my iPad and I have to say these have helped. My thinking is even if I don't get back to sleep at the end of the session at least I have been in a relaxed state and I am quite addicted to the soothing sounds of Solfeggio 639 Hz !
Finding this community and receiving Martins emails is helping, if only psychologically but better sleep has to start somewhere and any tips, however strange, deserve to be given a go in my book.
I am going to bed shortly as I am back at work tomorrow after 2 months enforced sickness and I need to feel as fresh as an insomniac can ! I have got my meditation app and cucumber eye patches ready and my alam set so I don't need to worry what time it is now I have no clock in the bedroom. I am expecting a disturbed night because I am bound to be anxious about going back to work when they have been so unsupportive and pigeonholed my ovarian problem and insomnia as a mental health problem but I will just get up, take my mind off not being able to sleep and try again when I feel ready to sleep and keep on with my mantra . . . I am very good at what I do and I have a medical, not psychological problem, which I am doing everything I can to resolve !
Here's hoping you have as good a nights sleep as possible.
Tired Ted x
I have had a lack of sleep since 7 July 2012 because of an ovarian problem ( very long story and it took even longer to get a definitive diagnosis ! ) and unfortunately one of the side effects of the medication to help with the pain is insomnia !
I think I am luckier than most people on the forum because I can at least sleep during the day ( can't Keep my eyes open after 2pm ) . . . . That being said it is not much good to me as I have a full time job and a very loving partner I am not getting to spend time with as I am asleep in wrong part of the day as I am exhausted from being awake during the night . . . Vicious circle <€€$¥+^###>
Work have been very unsupportive and made me stay on sick leave and have referred me to the University Physcian for a mental health assessment this week ! I do not feel mentally challenged at the moment ( hormonally challenged yes . . . but not mental ! ) so I am not going to allow this inappropriate action make me angry. I am however very disappointed that they have pigeonholed me as in poor mental health, without giving me the courtesy of getting a definitive diagnosis, especially as I have been recognised for my commitment and hard work twice this year. I thankfully have a diagnosis now which is ovarian, as I stated all along and I now have to battle with menopausal symptoms as well as insomnia . . . . Trying to see the glass as half full ( rather than my usual it only has a splash in it ) . . . my pain has significantly decreased on the injections and I wasn't sleeping anyway !
I have managed to keep busy through the night . . . Sewing, knitting, reading et al but I now seem to have that awful . . . too tired to get to sleep but not awake enough to be able to get my eyes open and concentrate on anything ! I have loads of lotions and potions on my bedside locker . . . Some to help me relax and sleep and others to perk me up in the wee small hours when I can't get back to sleep but I had an incident the other night . . . Instead of spraying the refreshing tonic to perk me up I sprayed my face with the nail varnish quick dry spray – good job I wasn't pulling a funny face and realised before it set !
Sorry to hear everyone's problems but it is good to know I am not alone.
I Amon day 4 of Martins emails and it is good to know what I have researched myself is true and I am looking forward to the other tips coming in and beating this flaming ( literally when I am having one of mybmany flushes insomnia ! )
