InsoMEia!

First of all I thought 'goody, the InsoMEia thread is back' and then I came in and read what an awful time Donna was having and I felt so sad. No one should have to put up with this, it is just not fair.

I absolutely HATE it when I don't sleep, it messes you up for the whole day and you feel awful.

Sorry, Donna, I have nothing useful to say and no helpful advice, but lots and lots of sympathy.

ME seems to reprogramme the sleep centre in your brain and it gets all garbled.

Sometimes I go to sleep fine and then after a few hours I wake for absolutely no sensible reason. After that I take ages to go back to sleep - if at all. I don't understand why I can fall asleep at 10 pm but not at 3 am? :roll:

Donna, I'm with you babe xxx

Hi there Donna

I'm really sorry that you are having such a rough time sleeping - it just destroys your day doesn't it and makes you feel short-tempered and grumpy

I do wish I could come up with an idea to help you sleep :?

I'll have a think during the day

Meanwhile :hug:

Hi Donna,

So sorry to hear that you are having a rough time :cry:

How on earth do you manage to get up in the morning and go to work, especially full time :?:

I think you should continue with the sleeping tablets even though you are reluctant. :roll:

Sleep deprivation is awful :cry:

Thanks you lot! :D

I know no-one can wave a magic wand :cupid: but I really feel at times that people just dont understand. :?

I have laid down for nearly 2 hours today and my eyes are stinging :shock: but I just cant drop off. I have watched tv, read, had a bath you name I have done it but nothing is working. Once of a day Lavendar helped but no more!

I am going to go back to the 1 a night tablet - sod it! :cross:

I am due to return back to work next week and if I was to sum up my summer holidays I would say \"Everything has caught up with me\" :weird: I am VERY concerned at this moment in time about going back to work with so little sleep. :shock:

Anyway thanks again you lot! :hug:

Donna x

P.S I am sure you might be thinking that maybe I am trying too hard but it just simply isnt happening :cry:

No matter how little sleep i have had i still can't sleep during the day :cry: it's so frustrating. :roll:

Hi there again Donna

I know only too well hoiw wretched it is when you can't sleep ...... I was almost at the end of my tether :wah:

I think for the next few nights you must take a whole sleeping tablet - just to get you back on track. You mustn't keep worrying about getting addicted ..... to hell with that Donna ..... you are not going to get addicted full stop ..... but you may need to take them for a good while yet before you can even think about cutting back.

As I mentioned in an earlier posting (now extinct :roll: ) ... my GP maintained that some folk need the help of sleeping tablets to sleep full stop ....... and without them their quality was ziltch!

So please stop worrying about getting addicted cos that is causing you to be anxious too and it is fast becoming one horrible vicious circle :evil:

All of us nurses are advising the same thing ....... it's not going to hurt you for a good while yet ..... you just need to get some decent sleep and if that means you need a tablet ... so what!

Take care and night night and don't worry

Katie xx :sleepy:

Hi Donna nice to hear from you again, sorry you are having a bad time with your sleep, or lack of it. The :nurse: in me says keep taking 1 tablet for at least 2 weeks, you body needs to get into a routine of sleep. The alternative/ complementary therapist says try putting a few drops of camomile oil into your bath. You can build up a resistance to aromatherapy oils, just like you can with medication.

Good luck hope you get a good long deep :sleepy:

I saw an interview with Dame Eileen Atkins on This Morning a couple of weeks ago. she was saying she is a long term insomniac and never sleeps without medication. when she went into hospital they did not give it to her and she was climbing the walls.

Addicted or not she takes the medication, goes to sleep, wakes up and spends a productive day.

Morning everyone!

On your advice I have just rung my GP and requested a repeat prescription for a full 28 days (The other prescription was for only) and what the hell to it and I am going to take a full tablet for 2 whole weeks. I've had enough! The pain is gettin intolerable a times and I need to stop being stubborn and independant and go for it - just like our gold meadal winners at the Olympics :run:

Donna x

Good on you Donna, it can't be anywhere near as bad as what you are going through now. Good luck and sweet dreams. xx

Good to hear you so strong again Donna

Go for it girl :P

If you get enough sleep then the pain may improve :wink:

Here's a hug :hug:

Well done Donna

Sleep is absolutely vital to recovering from this wretched illness, so even if it means resorting to a pill ...... so what!!

I'll take anything going just to feel a bit better :wink:

You are a busy working mum and sleep is your top priority :zzz:

Take care and sweet dreams

Hi

Again, I am late with this but....

I am convinced ME has its roots in a sleep disorder :zzz:

On holiday I took my sleeping tablets and felt great but having got over- tired at my sisters wedding I find they dont work as well. Why is that? I am so tired but cant sleep. I can feel every fibre pulsating and cant relax :cry:

It is as if I have gone too far to be helped by them some how :evil:

Any ideas

Dale xxx

Dale, my heartfelt sympathies. One thing that is needed is relaxation and a good thing for that is a holistic massage if you can get one.

It's horrid when you want to sleep and can't. I don't understand how I can fall asleep quite quickly, only to wake 2 or 3 hours later to lie awake for over an hour unable to get back again.

I wonder how Donna is doing, she hasn't been in for a few days. Perhaps she is asleep - I do hope so.

hello fellow insomniacs. sorry to hear of everyone's probs. My sleep isn't great at the moment either

i get really bad irritable leg syndrome and since ive not been able to exercise this has got even worse. then i wake up at weird times and cant get back to sleep. i wonder if anxiety has something to do with it too?

dale, i know the feeling of every nerve tingling, even when you're shattered. very frustrating. i can't think if i don't sleep properly and my master's dissertation is falling to pieces, aargh!! :evil:

Trees x