Insomnia is killing me

[nursewife]

I fell asleep at 10:30 and am wide awake since 1:00. I'm sure it's to do with menopause as it was very this bad before. I've tried melatonin, immovane, and trazadone with no luck. Somebody kill me please.

[TrickyBob]

I'm right there with you, minus menopause. Want to form a club?

[nursewife]

Jul 10, 2013 0:37:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

I HATE not being able to sleep. i hope you get some rest soon.

Last night I got to sleep at 6:30am. Fortunately I didn't need to go into work till 1. Tomorrow will kill me with starting at 8:30.

[nursewife]

Jul 10, 2013 0:35:45 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I'm right there with you, minus menopause. Want to form a club?

Yes, although I hope we can both get out of the sleepless night club this seriously suck. I never realized how bad insomnia could be.

[Deleted]

Well, to be clear, nobody should sleep at a night club.

[TrickyBob]

Jul 10, 2013 0:43:04 GMT -5 nursewife said:

Jul 10, 2013 0:35:45 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I'm right there with you, minus menopause. Want to form a club?

Yes, although I hope we can both get out of the sleepless night club this seriously suck. I never realized how bad insomnia could be.

I've been working with doctors to fix mine for ages. It's on my laundry list of things to tackle with this new doctor. 

I'll tell you what though, I have muscle relaxers for my shoulder and 10mg knocks me out for 2 days. I've only taken 2? out of the whole bottle because I don't like sleeping for 2 days but it's so glorious. (Not dead to the world but until I sleep it off, I'm foggy. I do make dinner and such in those 2 days, but not with much oomph and then back to bed). I need to try 0.5mg and see if it will give me a normal sleep time whenever my shoulder is really bad. 

[nursewife]

Jul 10, 2013 0:48:22 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

Jul 10, 2013 0:43:04 GMT -5 nursewife said:

Yes, although I hope we can both get out of the sleepless night club this seriously suck. I never realized how bad insomnia could be.

I've been working with doctors to fix mine for ages. It's on my laundry list of things to tackle with this new doctor. 

I'll tell you what though, I have muscle relaxers for my shoulder and 10mg knocks me out for 2 days. I've only taken 2? out of the whole bottle because I don't like sleeping for 2 days but it's so glorious. (Not dead to the world but until I sleep it off, I'm foggy. I do make dinner and such in those 2 days, but not with much oomph and then back to bed). I need to try 0.5mg and see if it will give me a normal sleep time whenever my shoulder is really bad. 

Which medication is it? I take toradol and flexeril for neck pain. It doesn't knock me out though unfortunately. I was really hoping my hydromorph contin would help tonight too with no luck.

[TrickyBob]

Jul 10, 2013 0:57:03 GMT -5 nursewife said:

Jul 10, 2013 0:48:22 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I've been working with doctors to fix mine for ages. It's on my laundry list of things to tackle with this new doctor. 

I'll tell you what though, I have muscle relaxers for my shoulder and 10mg knocks me out for 2 days. I've only taken 2? out of the whole bottle because I don't like sleeping for 2 days but it's so glorious. (Not dead to the world but until I sleep it off, I'm foggy. I do make dinner and such in those 2 days, but not with much oomph and then back to bed). I need to try 0.5mg and see if it will give me a normal sleep time whenever my shoulder is really bad. 

Which medication is it? I take toradol and flexeril for neck pain. It doesn't knock me out though unfortunately. I was really hoping my hydromorph contin would help tonight too with no luck.

Cyclobenzaprine

[nursewife]

Jul 10, 2013 1:18:29 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

Jul 10, 2013 0:57:03 GMT -5 nursewife said:

Which medication is it? I take toradol and flexeril for neck pain. It doesn't knock me out though unfortunately. I was really hoping my hydromorph contin would help tonight too with no luck.

Cyclobenzaprine

That's the generic of flexeril. I've taken two tonight, still awake

[TrickyBob]

Too bad I can't split the 2 days with you!

[nursewife]

Anyone know if a deviated septum can cause sleep issues? I slept great before our car accident last year. When I saw the doc last he got all concerned with my nose, and it turns out I have a deviated septum. I'm assuming its from the airbag punching me in the face as its the only time I've been hit in the face with significant bruising. I'm hoping that's part of the issue so I can kick that assholes ass in court.

[nursewife]

Jul 10, 2013 1:22:35 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

Too bad I can't split the 2 days with you!

I'm rather jealous! I would totally take your grogginess for you! I've found that med has been great since my neck is still a bit buggered from whiplash. It helps a bit too when the neck pain causes tension headaches.

[karmasabiotch]

Insomnia checking in.

[Jillaroo]

I'm always up!
Tonight I am hoping to make it to bed by 3am so that I can get up around 8. We are leaving for a long weekend away and I will be driving 10-12 hours to our destination at DD's bedtime. So I am hoping that with only a few hours tonight I will be able to take a nap once DH gets off work for a few hours before driving.

[bonquiqui]

Insomniac checking in!

[karmasabiotch]

Jul 10, 2013 2:59:24 GMT -5 bonquiqui said:

Insomniac checking in!

I missed you being around here. How are you?

[tdk2]

Yeah. Half awake all night. I'm not sure if that's any better than my fully awake all night nights. I hate the "almost sleep" state lasting forever .

[snickers]

I have been managing to fall asleep around 6:30 am, and then I wake up promptly at 8:30. Grr!

[wambam]

*waves to my fellow insomniacs*

I am of the "can't fall asleep in the first place" school of insomniacs. For some reason I can usually sleep on my couch when I can't sleep in bed. My H and I haven't slept in the same bed on a weeknight in months.

[wowhead]

Checking in! I can't fall asleep or stay asleep without drugs. My current cocktail is ambien and meletonin. It still takes me a minimum of an hour to fall asleep (my body doesn't want to shut down before 2am) but at least I can get 6 solid hours. This is much better than watching the sun come up every morning!