Pulled Out of Sleep

[rareboy]

It happens rarely although with the Russians attacking Ukraine more often now.

In the middle of the night...maybe around 3pm or so, I find myself just being dragged out of sleep. No reason necessarily although as I lie there and get my bearings, my heart is usually pounding and the rest of the night's sleep is like a ruined orgasm because the moment that the 2 boyz here me stir they are mrpsing and purring. Get up. Get up. You have to pee. Gib snax.

so at 4:30 i give up and realize that the day has started.

A ruined night's sleep is a disaster for me...it carries into the day and the next evening etc. etc. It is why I take Trazadone.

Since WWIII has kind of started, have you found any changes in your sleep patterns?

 

[Ludlow]

More like...

I was terribly, miserably insomniac as a young man. Nowadays, in middle age, as soon as I slide into bed and my head hits the pillow I melt into the mattress and sleep soundly. I generally have no trouble getting back to sleep if I have to get up in the early hours to pee, either.

 

[Charon]

Nope...

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

lots of pot helps lately I don't so much fall asleep as drift between states casually sometimes i'm up and then all of a sudden i'm not. we empaths have been bracing for this all our lives, this is gonna be the olympics of not wearing ourselves out worrying for others.

 

[Cormac135]

Okay I'll admit i read the thread title as pulled out of sheep and felt good on you.

As for sleep, since the hospital I've been sleeping a good bit longer with some jump starts, having a cardiac, people chasing me etc,etc.

That's usually me up til the morning, which was 6am in the hospital.

 

[Rickrock]

I'm the same as before. I usually get up during the night to go to the bathroom and usually fall back asleep, but sometimes, perhaps once or twice a week, I lay awake for an hour and a half before sleep comes. Fortunately I am retired and can usually nap during the day to make it up. This has been going on for a few years.

 

[cityboy-stl]

I have not had a good night's sleep in over two years, which is why I'm here at 3:13 am. I'm not going to the doctor. I'm not going to take sleeping pills. That's all they know how to do.

 

[Peloso]

I was terribly, miserably insomniac as a young man. Nowadays, in middle age, as soon as I slide into bed and my head hits the pillow I melt into the mattress and sleep soundly. I generally have no trouble getting back to sleep if I have to get up in the early hours to pee, either.

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I had chronic insomnia for a good part of my thirties and it was probably one of the worst things that ever happened to me. More than twenty years later, despite the fact that I usually sleep very well, I still wake up thinking how will I get to sleep tonight?. Lack of sleep really fucks me up physically, and as someone with a mood disorder, it can be dangerous. So no, I can not let some psychotic pedophile war monger who can't get it up unless he's bombing scores of children affect my health.

That said, I did sleep like shit last night because my cat is probably dying and I kept waking up to check on him. Tonight will probably be worse.

 

[Alistair]

I have not had a good night's sleep in over two years, which is why I'm here at 3:13 am. I'm not going to the doctor. I'm not going to take sleeping pills. That's all they know how to do.

Actually you should go to the doctor. There’s several medical reasons that you might not be sleeping. I was tested for several different things.

Common conditions often associated with sleep problems include heartburn, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, kidney disease, mental health problems, neurological disorders, respiratory problems, and thyroid disease.

 

[Peloso]

^ All of the things on that list can cause sleep problems. As well, sleep problems can cause more than half the things on that list and a whole lot more.

 

[eddielee]

If you suddenly wake up with your heart pounding, you should see a doctor.

 

[m1thousand]

I used to say to myself that I was a good sleeper.

I started having insomnia in 2019. Every night, I drink about 2/3 cup of rum in order to get to sleep.

I don't get tired. If I didnt drink, I would be awake all night and Im not going to do that. I would rather be dead.

I did try Zopiclone, a sleeping pill, for awhile, but it stopped working. I tried other sleep medications but it didnt work.

"Dream a little dream, for me"

 

[frankfrank]

I generally have no trouble getting back to sleep if I have to get up in the early hours to pee, either.

Actually, in my case, getting up0 to pee in the middle of the night pretty much guarantees that I'll fall back to sleep. In fact, if I'm having trouble falling asleep, getting up to pee (even if I'm not ready) usually will assure that I'll then go to sleep right away.

lots of pot helps

we empaths have been bracing for this all our lives, this is gonna be the olympics of not wearing ourselves out worrying for others.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!! With me, it guarantees that I'll just stay awake much longer than I usually do, with my mind engaged in speedthinking, endlessly, at about the velocity of 3c. (You know, the number in E = MC squared, where c is the speed of light...) I will not smoke later than 4PM, ever, because it's then guaranteed to entirely fuck my sleep over. And, oh...what a time to be an Empath, eh? The times that we are in right now, for that, are very real. Fortunately I feel I've learned how to regenerate empathy enough to offset the immense amounts of it that I'm also consuming. I'm also conscious that I don't ever want to deplete it, even though it's such a double-edged sword, because I cherish the aspects of "the good blade side" so much...

I'm the same as before. I usually get up during the night to go to the bathroom and usually fall back asleep, but sometimes, perhaps once or twice a week, I lay awake for an hour and a half before sleep comes. Fortunately I am retired and can usually nap during the day to make it up. This has been going on for a few years.

I've found that if I nap during the day, that guarantees also that I'm not going to be able to get into bed until 4am or something. Once in a great while, I do end up needing that nap. Doing that ALWAYS comes back to bite me hard in the ass 10-12 hours later.