Walking around like a zombie

Hi Georgia, have you tried any of the muscle relaxers to help you sleep. I take 5mg. of valium at night to help me sleep. Im sorry you are having such a hard time with rest. You might want to try some of the over the counter sleep aids if you havent already.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley

Hi Georgiabred! I am a fellow insomniac but have found that getting regular
walking to be helpful...I walk outdoors when the weather permits...maybe it's
all the cooler fresh air... I feel more energized during the day but have been
sleeping better at night.

I also do relaxation- deep breathing and meditation during the day and it helps
calm me...getting rid of stress helps. I know the more stressed I am, the more
wired I get. When I do wake up in the middle of the night I will fix a cup of
decaffinated tea and sit with my rice bag heating pad for awhile and it helps.

Hope you get some relief soon!

Hugs, Robin

Hello Georgiabred, Hey we have the same friend- Insomnia, dont like him very much I keep telling him to get lost but he just keeps coming back like a boomerang and hits me harder each time. My doctor put me on ambium 5 mgs and it dose not work I doubled it to 10mg and it worked better then the 5 mgs but I still woke up and stayed up. I have tryed walking and being more active also and no caffine after 9 am and I still cant sleep. I wish I had something helpfull to pass along, but I dont, just know you are not alone, sometimes when its 4 in the morning I think God I must be the only person awake at this time, though I know I am not and there are so many of us that suffer with this thing called insomnia, its sucks! wishing you sweet dreams, and a goodnights sleep

Kat
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Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Thyroid Disease, Seizures, Raynauds,Osteoporosis, b-12 diff, Ra

Hi Georgia,

I have a nightly routine that helps a lot.  Sometimes I have to add to it.  My schedule is so off kilter because I am in graduate school, so sometimes I stay up until 3 am and get up early the next day and sometimes I can sleep in.  A regular schedule of sleep and waking is really important, but not all of us can do that. 

 Every night I take one zanaflex and a benadryl, my statin and a oh what is it called . . . um . . . ah, calcium.   The zanaflex helps me sleep without waking up feeling like I was in a wrestling match all night.  Then I go to bed and read something quiet or do crossword puzzles. until I am very sleepy. 

On particularly hard days, I listen to a meditation/relaxation exercise on an ipod.  They are saved as individual files so when one is finished, it turns off.  If you do not have relaxation exercises, progressive muscle relaxation is helpful.  You can do that without a cd or music file.  You can also download these relaxing sounds from the Internet.  They have relaxing sound waves played over the top of ocean noises or crickets or something like that.  (ok, I don't know if the sound waves really work or if it is psychosomatic, but the sound waves are relaxing to me.)  Or you can just get the ocean noises and such without the waves. 

I downloaded two onto my computer and ipod for $2 each.  You can get longer ones, but I just play mine over and over.  I do not own this stuff nor do I sell it or anything.  I just think they are nice.  Here is a link to the ones I got.   Note - t ook off the link because after playing the sounds 13 times, the computer cannot find the files anymore.

Sue

Post Edited (Statgeek) : 12/8/2010 10:38:49 PM (GMT-7)