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Posted 10/22/2016 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
I need it, think about it , then DO IT!!!

I cant help it, its an awesome feeling.

Do I need help? A support group? Another pharma drug for this? Intravenous Red Bull?

Tell me I'm not the only one.

No one can stop me!!!
Posted 10/22/2016 10:04 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone else?

When my brain feels fried, this fixes it, but its daily.

I couldnt sleep more than ...maybe 4 hours a night for 15-20 years. It was dangerous to drive sometimes and i'd power nap in a parking lot on the way home from work. Not realy sleeping , just way out of it/eyes shut for 5 min helped. A LOT. Weird.

I did sleep tests ( a joke). How do you sleep with 100 ft of wires stuck on you?

Anyway, after ABX, I can sleep pretty good most nights unless it was a stressful time period. But now that I dont give a %@#$ what my retared boss says, I sleep even better.

6-7 hours is my limit till body aches wake me, but thats better than 4 hours. If I can drift and sleep longer on weekends, I still need a mid day nap.

I dont get it.
Posted 10/22/2016 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
Well, if you need a support group because you do power naps, count me in too! That's how I survive!

If I try to lay down to sleep for a longer time, I rarely feel better - as a matter of fact, I usually feel worse after a long nap! So, 20 minute power naps are my go to.

I think I'll pass on the Red Bull though! LOL!
Posted 10/22/2016 10:13 PM (GMT 0)
Red bull (less caffeine than coffee - its the other stuff in it)gives me calm energy.

The other energy drinks (with higher caffeine) will bounce me off walls and give me the jitters.

Yea 15-20 min is the best for me too. Any more and I'm out for the whole day- not good.

Wish I didnt need naps though.
Posted 10/22/2016 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
LOL! I wish I didn't need naps too!

I can't have any caffeine yet (cry), so I'll let you have my share of the Red Bull!!
Posted 10/22/2016 10:18 PM (GMT 0)
When my lyme was peaking I was taking so many naps a day. Sometimes 3 naps a day. All I did was sleep. And I slept at night.

Now, no more naps. My sciatica healed up and I just went for a bike ride at the 6,500 foot level. Came home had lunch and no nap! High altitude has always wiped me out. So this was an awesome test today.
Posted 10/22/2016 10:19 PM (GMT 0)
Pre-lyme I was a professional napper.


my husband was so jealous...I'd lay down for half an hour and be good to go.

Now...not so much...and I'm sleeping better at night, but not like I used to.
Posted 10/22/2016 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
I am jealous! I wish I could power nap. Please tell me that my body and mind will relax again someday!
Posted 10/22/2016 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
Petza- lucky you! That was fast. So guess you maybe ticked off your piriformis, but not much.

I'm still healing hip tendons. ART guy a big help, just a copay for 45 min sessions. It will could be awhile since I am also trying to correct a long time muscle imbalance there.

I still need a lot more fascia work- got the book you mentioned.
Posted 10/22/2016 10:45 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, Im a seasoned relaxer again. I power nap better now. But the fact that I have to sucks! I dont get it.

That lyme / candida anxiety was no fun, felt like a meth head for some years - relaxing was very difficult. Power napping wasn't as easy then unless I was completely wiped out.

Back in my competitive days, Id power nap at the end of stages,( in a truck/in the ditch/ against a tree), when others were busy socializing, "bench racing" ect. I appeared to be quite "lazy" I guess (was even told so). Then when we got going again, I'd pass them on the next stage! LOL. It was pretty funny actually. A great "sleeper" move, that served its purpose well.
Posted 10/22/2016 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, it healed but I am taking it easy and slow. I did not do anything while it was healing. So needless to say I now am in the process of getting my bike butt back. Only 4 miles today and I was whining. And on one of the hills I was sucking O's (oxygen) big time. That hill hurt me in a good way. You know what I mean.
Posted 10/22/2016 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
1-3pm is a sleepy time of day. If I can stay awake past this time then I'm good till bed time around midnight
Posted 10/23/2016 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
Not napping much any more, but I do remember living in the hammock!
Posted 10/23/2016 5:30 PM (GMT 0)

Sissy63 said...
I am jealous! I wish I could power nap. Please tell me that my body and mind will relax again someday!

Sissy, rather than trying to sleep, try just laying very still and not moving around for 20 minutes to just 'rest'. That's how I started out doing power naps. It can take a while to get the hang of it, but I make sure I'm in a quiet room - not completely dark, but no bright lights/sunlight either, and quiet music to concentrate on so my mind doesn't race on all the other things that I can think up. LOL!

Be sure you are comfy too - comfy clothes, not too warm or too cool.
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