norgard

new here, I am a night owl

Posted on 07/07/08, 04:47 pm

I can not sleep to save my life. I am up all night, and wake up every hour once I do fall asleep. I always had a sleep problem but since I just suddenly lost my mom .. I really can't sleep. Her death plays over and over in my head and my mind races every night like crazy. I hate it so much. my hubby sleeps on the couch so he can stay with me until I am ready to go up. That is sweet, but he really needs good rest for his job in the Navy. Lunesta doesn't work anymore, xanex makes me sleepy but I get jittery and stay up. Any advise? I want to go to sleep, sleep all night for 6-8 hours. peacefully. Will this ever happen or am I stuck like this. Doctors don't say much. Like they don't take me serious that I don't sleep. I guess there is really only so much they can do anyway..

Thanks
Nat

• Reply #1 07/16/08  8:55am
  
  rattles
  I feel your frustration. Sorry to hear of your mother's passing.
  Can't offer any solution just here also awake if u wann a chat.
• Reply #2 07/22/08  10:34am
  
  79pounds
  maybe you are a night person who should attempt sleeping during the day instead. i get like that. i have friends who are asleep at 8:00 p.m. so weird. they wake up at 3:00. i go to sleep around 3:00. i always thought that was normal as most of the people i knew did about the same or earliest midnight, until we moved to north florida and i met people who think going to sleep at 9:00 p.m. is late...very odd people. are you an artist? i think most artists are night people, not just because any decent club doesn't even get going until midnight, but also because of the peace and serenity of the night. artists are peaceful people and you just don't find that kind of silence during the day at all. to me the day is a good time to block it all out, whether that be in an office or in sleep. i really don't even feel awake until around 2 p.m. and my favorite time of the day is twilight, as the sun is about to start going down.
• Reply #3 08/04/08  2:10am
  
  norgard
  artist, funny you say that. I used to be. How do you lose that nitch, more like you lose the passion. I stay up til about 4-5am East coast time, wake up every hour til anywhere form 8am til noon, some days 2pm. But I am never asleep fully. I don't understand it. I know what keeps me up, but don't know what keep me from having a peaceful sleep. Even take sleeping pills and still can't stay ASLEEP. Don't get it. talked to docs, they just give me meds. One day, maybe, I will sleep peacefully. I think I'd have better days if I were well rested!

Hi fellow night owl insomniacs: WE welcome you all! This is a new group co-founded by Steve and Jenn. May this be be a positive, light-hearted group to support each other in our restleess, sleepless and insomniac struggles. As co-founders, Steve & Jenn ask that this group be fun and that discussions are clean. Therefore, we ask that every member be respectful and considerate if others opinions differ from your own.