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Posted 8/19/2013 11:01 PM (GMT 0)
I am ready to go to bed shortly after I get home from work. Truthfully when I come home from work but I manage to do a few chores. Any way I know this is a stupid question but......I am so freaking tired, is it bad if I go to bed around seven pm? I get up at 5 am and I don't have a husband or little ones to take care. I am tired and if I am asleep I don't know how much pain I am in. I don't want to make myself worse by getting to much rest. Confused........
Posted 8/19/2013 11:07 PM (GMT 0)
I get up at 7 am and go to bed at 10 pm during the week. Much earlier than my friends.
Posted 8/19/2013 11:13 PM (GMT 0)
excuse my lower cases.... holding ice pack yo jaw....

it depends laying still for 8 plus hours will make you achy it is less with muscle relaxant but still can be an issue

you are an adult... sleep as you like. i generally sleep 9 hours. try it and see what happens. worst case scenario you make yourself stay up an hour or two.
Posted 8/19/2013 11:17 PM (GMT 0)
Dechaine,

Good question. I know in theory it is possible to get too much sleep, but I really think we vary a lot with how much we need (like with everything else.)

In your case, you're genuinely tired, and you've been working - it's not like you just hibernate in bed all day to escape. So, if that's what your body is asking for, I'd say it probably needs it. That is, unless you've noticed that you feel better with less...

I have a good friend who's the picture of health, and she sleeps 10 hours a night, year in and year out. Then she goes like a force of nature all day long.

I have to force myself to start getting ready for bed, way too late. Chronically tired....lifelong habit. If I could afford therapy, that would be one of the first things I'd try to figure out. The definition of insanity, and all that ;)

Debbie

Posted 8/20/2013 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
Lately, I wait until I'm so tired that when I hit the bed I'm sleeping within 5 minutes...knock on wood. I'm one that also rides the insomnia roller coaster more than I'd like. Even when I do fall asleep quickly, I usually awake due to pain or stiffness. I can sleep 8 hours but never really feel refreshed...thank goodness for B-12.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 8/20/2013 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
I think there is a difference from fatigue and depression-like fatigue. They both can feel identical but only you know which is which usually. So my opinion is that as long as your sleep isn't becoming destructive then it's all good. We have fibro. We get a sense of fatigue that most people can't comprehend. If your body wants to rest, I truly feel you're doing yourself a disservice by pushing through it. I know when I do that I overtax my body and it makes me so much worse. And lately I have needed much more sleep than I usually do so I don't feel guilty when I sleep in - so why should we feel guilty about going to bed early?

Just play it safe and if your early sleeps are happening every day it's time to talk to your doc because there could be a bigger issue happening.
Posted 8/20/2013 2:51 AM (GMT 0)
I have sleep issues myself. I lay down at 2am but can't get sleepy until 4 or 5 am. I'll sleep until I wake up or my mother wakes me (usually the latter).
I've done the whole sleep hygine thing, but I can't reset my internal clock. My doctors will not give me a sleep aid to get to sleep earlier. I'm not sure why but everyone refuses because they say I'm getting atleast 8 restful hours of sleep.
Posted 8/20/2013 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
My body sets my time clock..

I avoid naps but sometimes I am overcome by fatigue & fall asleep - bam- no matter vow hard I try to stay awake.

Bedtime is between 11 & midnite.. falling asleep is another matter ! May be 5 minutes - sometimes is hours. I set alarm for 8 1/2 hr when I feel sleepy just so I do not sleep all day..

If I had a couple of nites with only 3-4 hr of sleep I will let myself sleep as long as I can.
Posted 8/20/2013 7:14 AM (GMT 0)
When I was working full time, I would come home and crash every afternoon and go to bed early. I think if you can sleep a good 8 or 9 hours, it is probably good for your body. As long as you feel better getting that amount than not, I don't see it as a problem.

I have the opposite issue lately; it is two am right now, and I am wide awake. I have to be up at four. rolleyes I think sleep (too much or too little) in general can be a problem for fibromites; it's finding that balance that works for you (and being able to implement it) that is the trick.
Posted 8/20/2013 11:36 AM (GMT 0)
Significant chronic pain and sleep problems are very common with Fibro.

I see a Rheumatologist on a regular basis and he has prescribed non-addictive medications ( we have tried several at different doses over the last few years ) that have decreased my issues with both to levels that allow me to get rest and go about my
day with a pain level of 2-3 vs. the previous 8-9 plus stiffness.

Like most who post here I have multiple 'heavy hitter' chronic
issues - most are related to a primary genetic immune deficiency - and I have learned to 'trust what my body is telling me' i.e., if I'm tired - I sleep because my body needs it or I would be able
to keep my eyes open!

Take care.
Posted 8/23/2013 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
I sometimes have trouble falling asleep and have had heart palpitations when falling asleep and waking in AM. But I feel well in the morning and then exhausted after a few hours of being up. I am scheduled for a sleep study (I went for my first one 2 months ago but could not fall asleep) My question is- the Nurse Practitioner said she would give me Amberin to help me fall asleep. But I am worried that it won't be strong enough to put me to sleep. Anyone with the same issues?


dx-SLE in remission, fibro, raynauds, sjogrens, migraines, UTI, IBS, depression, osteoarth.
Posted 8/23/2013 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
If they can get at least 4 hours of recorded sleep they can diagnose you.

I have issues getting to sleep too.
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