The Insomniacs Thread - Chat here when you are up in the Middle of the Night

Saw this and of course immediately thought of this thread.

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@olmom4896 that is a great idea that will at least help with the feeling of sleep chaos! You mention another issue. Once retired in my case, every day is different. So the night when I stay up late interferes with the class I take at 9am the next day. I have the option to take that class at night which means I stay up late again but then the next night I go to bed early and then can’t stay awake for the night class. And so on!!!

Starting a diary now. Maybe I can find a little one with a nice cover to put a good vibe on this problem :slight_smile:

It’s all on the app! Please take a look and don’t depend on my reporting.

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I have started doing tai chi in my head and that is helping. Last night I slept 11:30- 5, a major achievement.

To be honest, pain is beginning to be a major obstacle to sleep. Maybe imagining movement helps that in some way!

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I have been under a lot of stress lately as my H is seriously ill. ( note: please do not PM me regarding this). My GERD and eosinophilic esophagitis has been acting up.

I don’t know if this has been mentioned upthread but the 4-7-8 breathing technique has been helping somewhat.

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I am awake, but it’s not insomnia, is it, if it’s not yet midnight? I have too many thoughts about the state of the world.

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Wait, I have two consecutive posts? lol I stayed up late watching Ransom County. SOOOOO good, but I will go to bed now with three episodes left.

I’m having trouble sleeping because of worry about our state tax return, which was mailed via certified mail on Monday, doesn’t show it moving out of the local post office. It has a full set of our federal return as required by the state, plus a couple of checks. Arggh. The federal return mailed at the same post office is moving through the system and is in transit. Luckily we have freezes on credit etc.

If no movement this coming Monday I will call or visit the post office to see if they have more info.

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I can’t sleep, even though the oral surgeon said the pain killers will make me sleepy.

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On a red-eye to Boston and losing three hours in the process. Can’t sleep on planes. Hope I have enough energy to keep me going until a reasonable bedtime tonight.

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I couldn’t sleep at all Sunday on the flights from Warsaw to Copenhagen and Copenhagen to Boston. My body is still on Poland time so I wake up very early. I’m going to crash at some point.

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I am in a different apartment where my bedroom is far from the wifi. I am wondering it there really is legitimacy to the idea that EMF can impair sleep, because ever since moving here I am sleeping through the night, sometimes even 8 hours.

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Whatever the reason, it’s great that you’re sleeping like that.

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Wow, i had to search for this thread. People must be sleeping really well!

Rain came through and woke me up. I wish that I wasn’t such a light sleeper.

I’ve been awake the whole night, working. I guess I’ll crash eventually.

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Oh, sorry. Well, since you’re here … did your sister really move out already? So many houses for sale in our 'hood right now and everyone is lowering prices to compete.

Yes, they got to Arkansas on Sunday. They’re pretty discouraged about their house not selling. :frowning: But they’re very happy to have moved.

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We finally bought a new bed and I am sleeping better (once I fall asleep) though I still have some back issues when I wake up.

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Well, I spoke too soon….

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