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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:05:22 AM EDT
and Arfcom at 6am on a Sunday is like watching paint dry.
 I need to go see a Doc about this.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:07:29 AM EDT
I'm with you...
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:09:01 AM EDT
+1
although its only 5 am here. i am bad at sleeping <BR>booze helps |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:36:33 AM EDT
They don;t like it when I sleep at work
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:38:53 AM EDT
I read 100x more than I post. I can catch up reading most of the posts at this hour, not during the day.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:43:36 AM EDT
Whenever I'm online at 6:45 in the morning, it means I'm at the tail end of a night shift. I'll be going home in about 30 minutes and sleeping until about 4 in the afternoon.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:48:50 AM EDT
+1 Right there next to ya, bud. And OP, try some benadryl... cheap, over-the-counter, non-habit-forming, and about 50mg drops me like a TAP round. |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:53:53 AM EDT
I take 400mg of Seroquel and 3mg of Xanax; otherwise I won't sleep at all....
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Posted: 1/20/2008 2:55:46 AM EDT
Sunday mornings are the only morning I wake up to a day I have obligations to no one, so I should be sleeping late, but I wake up earlier when I goto sleep with less stress about the next day.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 3:00:16 AM EDT
 My sleep schedule is so screwed up now, I've been up since about this time yesterday, I'll be up until tonight, trying to get my schedule straightened out. |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 3:03:53 AM EDT
I've been up since 6:00 because I like to have a cup of coffee and surf for a bit before the family wakes. Also, I like to finish my coffee before my daughter wakes up since she wants to share it. Have you ever seen a two year old on caffeine? I made that mistake exactly once. Not pretty.
Also sad to say... I get up mucy earlier than 6:00 during the work week, so I slept in this morning. |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 3:05:36 AM EDT
That's quite a bit of Xanax... have they tried weaing that one? (difficult, because it is probably the most habit-forming of all the Benzodiazepines). Benzos (like xanax, valium, ativan, etc) screw up your normal sleep stages (specifically REM and Slow-wave sleep)... they're really not a good choice for long-term use as a sleeping pill. ETA: you're taking the Xanax as an anti-anxiety agent, right? Not as a sleeping pill? ETA2: Weaning xanax can be difficult, not only because of the addiction potential, but because stopping it cold-turkey can lead to a pretty serious withdrawal syndrome... can even be fatal in some cases (just like DTs from alcohol). Don't take this post as medical advice... I'm not licensed in your state
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Posted: 1/20/2008 3:25:01 AM EDT
Just got up after 7.5 hrs of sleep. Wanna sleep better?...then retire. Makes sleeping a breeze!!
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Posted: 1/20/2008 4:17:46 AM EDT
I suffer from a severe form of Bipolar with extreme forms of mania/mood swings and side dishes of anxiety plus panic attacks. This regimen is considered non-standard treatment as all the standard ones have failed up to this point. I've been seeing a psych for over 19 years to deal with this. FWIW, I've been taking Xanax for about 6 years now and although I'm considered dependent, the regimen works......for now... |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 4:33:03 AM EDT
Having trouble sleeping too, but I have a 2 week old little girl. Makes for difficult sleeping.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 7:44:46 AM EDT
I have allways had problems falling asleep and have tried everything. I would say the biggest help for me was when I changed my diet. No mello yello past 2pm. just water. It really helped me sleep better and I have almost stopped grinding my teeth. Be very very careful with chemical sleep aids. By the way, moat people sleep much better when the bedroom is cold.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 7:47:38 AM EDT
12.5mg of Ambien CR. Works most nights, last night it still took 3 hours to fall asleep though. Been taking it every night for about a year and a half.
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Posted: 1/20/2008 8:00:22 AM EDT
I used to have a lot of sleeping problems when I worked from home. I wouldn't be able to sleep for more then 2-3 hours at a stretch, so I would do that twice a day for a total of 4-6 hours a day.
Now that I am back to a normal job I still only can sleep for 5-6 hours straight. Oh, well I have always been like that. I haven't slept for more then 7 hours straight in 5-6 years. What's funny is my little brother can sleep for 13-14 hours straight with no problem. |
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Posted: 1/20/2008 8:10:24 AM EDT
Get a sleep study done. Most likely that'll tell you what the problem is, or at least point the doc in the right direction.
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