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sour gummy worms!! But I can't eat them right now because I'm on blood thinners due to blood clots in my right lung and right pulmonary artery. Can't have much vitamin K (the clotting vitamin). Gelatin is like a pure form of vitamin K. But I LOVE sour gummy worms! It'll be like 8 more months or so before I can have them again. Oh the agony! 🙂
1. I used to play the Cello in middle school and high school.
2. I prefer dogs over cats even though I had 2 cats and a dog at one time. (Still have one cat and one dog).
3. I'm a Diet Coke addict, even though I'd much rather drink regular Pepsi or Coke than diet but I'm diabetic so that rules that out as a daily occurrence lol
4. I love my new Amazon Kindle (e-reader). I'm big into electronics of all kinds.
5. I'm thinking about getting bariatric surgery when (if) I ever get approved for Disability as the backpay will cover the cost of it and then some.
That's interesting. I wonder if I have high cortisol levels. Where can I find this test you speak of? 🙂 Do I have to go to a doctor to get the test? I had horrible sleep last night, woke up practically every hour. That's unusual for me. I can't seem to fall asleep without a couple of muscle relaxers. It calms my mind and puts me in a sleepy state. The traditional newer medicines to treat insomnia do nothing for me. The only thing they tend to do is keep me asleep at night, but never can they get me to fall asleep. I've given up on trying to ask my doctor for medicines to treat my insomnia, it seems he only wants me to try the newer ones, and not try barbituates (?) if that's what they are called. The old fashioned sleeping pills.
I want more info on the adrenal fatigue thing. Thanks for starting this thread!
'sweetsubversion' wrote on '01:Hello all my fellow insomniacs. I am new to the group. I have a circadian rhythm disorder which I've had since I was very small. I am unemployed- this aggravates my insomnia. I have 5 cats.
Cheers everyone.
Sweetsubversion
Welcome! I wish I knew what my insomnia-type issue was but I am refusing to get a sleep study done. I'd just be laying there all hooked up to wires and not be able to get to sleep. I hate not being able to get to sleep. Maybe I'm just nuts though. lol
I hope you find good information here, I know I have. Good to have you with us!
Brittany
It seems that because I had really bad sleep apnea prior to my surgeries I should have lost weight since my surgeries. I've done nothing but gain weight since I had it done. Though I am losing weight now while on Weight Watchers. I found out I have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome) which is probably the primary cause of my obesity. I was a large girl before puberty but I ballooned outward when i hit it. So Yeah, thanks PCOS. I'm now on birth control to control the symptoms and still have trouble sleeping. My psychiatrist never called me back 3 weeks ago. I'm going to call him on Monday and hopefully speak to him. I may try myself on the other sleeping pill Sonata again. The Silenor isn't doing anything for me, it's not even keeping me asleep throughout the night. Though I can usually get back to sleep within an hour of being up.
Long story short, I'm taking moms excess zanaflex (muscle relaxer) to get to sleep. Taking 2 knocks me out. Taking one does nothing to me. So two it is. So as long as I can get to sleep and have some sort of working insomnia pill in my system I should be able to sleep the whole night. It's working so far. I'm just sick of taking so many pills.
My psychiatrist says that it's good to get out of bed if you've been in bed for a half hour or longer and go read or get online for a while. Then try to sleep again. He called it good “sleep hygiene”. I'd do some research on sleep hygiene and see if those ideas will help you. It tends to help me if I'm frustrated laying in bed to listen to classical music or some soft music and to read. I hope you can get over this hump. Good luck to you! 🙂
I take a very high dose of Lexapro for my anxiety disorder (40mg which is twice the high dosage recommended). I did some research on Lexapro and found mixed results, too… But I started taking my Lexapro in the morning instead of at night to see if it would help my insomnia. It hasn't. Oh well, at least I tried. It may be in my system all day/night so maybe that's why I still have insomnia if that is what is causing it. But I can't go off of it (tried once) because I get awful suicidal and have the worst rage. So I'm stuck with it.
'Tommy wrote on '25:I know how you feel, I do that often. What pills are you on may I ask? My GP is keeping me on 200mg of amitriptaline for now while I await a referral with a specialist, and the specialist is referring me on to a sleep clinic (as I suffer from depression as well as insomnia, but they're not sure which is causing which).
But as I said I often do that “ah I'll take 'em later”, then never do. Then I'm up all night, and by time I really WANT to sleep, it's too late to take them cos they'll just make me groggy all day.
Yes that's hwat happens to me, I say I'll take them later and then never do… Then i'm up all night, too and its too late to take them. 😛
I take a plethora of pills for various medical issues.
Silenor – sleeping pill
Neurotin – for anxiety
Lexapro – for anxiety
Risperdal – for bipolar mania and depression
zocor – for high cholesterol (which is under 200 now but my doc still has me on it)
Tricor – for high triglycerides
Unithroid – for slow thyroid
Nexium – for GERD/possible ulcer in stomach
Zyrtec – for allergies
Flonase – for allergies (nasal spray)
lisinopril – for high blood pressure
Relafen – for bursitis (NSAID)
Metformin for type 2 diabetes
and soon I'll be taking birth control pills for Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
I don't think I left any out but I may have.. I used to take a powder inhaler called Pulmicort for asthma but since I quit smoking I don't need it anymore.
Oh the joys of taking medicine every night and morning. I usually forget to take my morning pills.
Oops I forgot that I posted this thread. I am taking Silenor and this is my second month on it. So far it seems to be doing the trick, BUT I have to take it before my insomnia sets in for the night otherwise it doesn't do anything for me.
I'm up at 4am now because I fell asleep around 11pm and hadn't taken my pills. 😛 So I'm waiting for about an hour or so before I take my pills (from when I woke up) so hopefully I'll get to sleep tonight. I noticed that if I take my pills too soon after I wake up from sleeping like this then they don't work. It's a pain in the butt. Trial and error I suppose.
'aimee' wrote on '19:I had certain things come and go that I really wanted to do with my life, although since I can remember I have always had a special connection with animals. After time (and many pursued interests that I grew tired of), I got more and more into volunteering with animal shelters and rescues. I realized that there are a lot of problems involving animals that result unnecessary cruelty and suffering. So, my dream is to be able to work in my career making a fundamental difference to improve the protection/status of animals under the law and raise awareness about the issues. I am in law school now and am working towards being an attorney for an animal advocacy org when I graduate. I am working this summer at Humane Society of the US Animal Protection Litigation, just trying to keep the dream alive!
Also, I have always dreamed of living in a land like Narnia (without the villains of course)
I always wanted to be a veterinarian. But since my BMI is 60 I cannot walk very much without severe back pain, so being on my feet all day is out of the question. Maybe one day when/if I can lose this weight I'll pursue my dream. I'm 27.
I guess I could go to school for computer systems administration, but I'd have to take online classes since I can't walk much and college campuses are huge. I don't know.
Hi, I take silenor. Im starting my second month on it in a few days. Hmm I've not had that reaction to it. If you google silenor side effects I'm sure you'll find a list of them. I hope it goes away for you. Good luck!
Hmm No I haven't tried CBT. I'll look into it. Thanks 🙂
I'm now on Silenor which seems to be working –for now. But in the mean time I'll definitely research what CBT is and how it's done. Thanks 🙂
Brittany
'sleepy wrote on '11:I didn't know fibromyalgia was the same as CFS. I thought it were two different diseases.
I don't get the muscle-aches you talk about but I'm sure it must be hard to cope with something like that.
I'll let you know when the results are in.
Hmm I always thought they were the same disease. I'll have to look into it to see what the differences are. 🙂 Maybe I'm wrong. I'm willing to admit that. 😛
'AuraTodd' wrote on '08:Does it hurt? EEK! 😕
Oh no it does not hurt at all. They use like EKG pads that stick to your skin really well. They put them all over your head and body. Makes your hair nasty and gooey because they add gel of some sort to the pads for your head.
They also put a band around your waist to see how many times you breathe and or quit breathing during the night to see if you have sleep apnea. It's just a pain in the butt. To hook you up to all of that it takes like 45 minutes. Then you lay in bed on your back trying to get to sleep (if you can even get to sleep)… It sucks. That's why I haven't done it again.
No it's not painful at all. They are ekg pads that hook up to wires that hook up to machines.
And if you have to get up to go to the bathroom they can see that you are awake (if they are paying attention) and you usually can just speak “hey I need to go to the bathroom” or press some button as they are listening. The place I went to had a microphone or two in the room so all I had to do was speak and they would hear me. They said they have mics to hear you breathe, like to see if you snore. There was an infrared camera mounted in the cieling so you are being watched the whole night. Creepy if you ask me. I hate being watched.
