The cool insomnia club #2

Living in LaLa Land · Aug 06, 2020 at 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BethRags

Well, I can't tell you what to do, but...you sure need to sleep

Bought a cutter and cut the 100mg down to 50 mg. Here's to good sleep (hopefully) to all. Thank you!

Living in LaLa Land · Aug 07, 2020 at 08:30 AM

4-5 hours of sleep. It's better than nothing.

~Christina · Aug 08, 2020 at 11:09 PM

Hey all ! I hope sleep found you even if it was just a short while

Yesterday and today my Fibro is so horrible I skipped my Lyrica for Gabapentin 600mg twice a day and I dont know if it helped but I felt kinda buzzed, so for about 4 hours I was able to literally catch my breath. I slept 5 hours broken but as the day moved on OUCH it has started all over again, so again I took 600mg 3 time a day this time, No real buzz but I feel a tiny bit less pain. FIbro is horrible

If I go to bed and feel like its going to be a flip flop night I am going to break a 10mg Ambien in half and hopefully it will help I have to get in front of this pain.

Good luck everyone for sleep tonight

~Christina · Aug 09, 2020 at 10:57 PM

Some sleep , but lots of time laying in bed curled in a ball from Pain earlier in the day.. I am taking 1/4 of a Ambien tonight

Nammu any cool dreams ??????

Nammu · Aug 09, 2020 at 11:29 PM

I did have a cool dream last night. Was going to a old fashioned university, all wooden floors , walls, desks and gas lamps. Very steam punk. I needed a sign language terp but could only find British sign terp. I needed a cape and found myself in a Black Friday sale hurricane but there was a scrap of fabric left and I embroidered it. Someone had left a pearl bead and a large needle in the fabric. Then I was on third floor by a wooden banister when some woman came and took my cape, she was down the stairs before she said goodbye.

Mountaindewed · Aug 10, 2020 at 12:52 AM

I woke up and I thought to myself “I feel awesome.” Then I looked at the clock and realized it was only midnight. Ha. That’s what I get for going to bed at 5:30. I’ve been up since.

I’m wondering if I eat this huge bag of baby carrots like an 11 serving size bag which only has about 385 calories, if my skin will turn orangish. I’m not being silly I’ve heard that can happen if you eat too many orange foods.

It’s why flamingoes are pink. Because of all the shrimp they eat.

Not wonder I can’t sleep.

~Christina · Aug 10, 2020 at 06:44 PM

So Awesome Nammu !!!!!!!

*Beth* · Aug 11, 2020 at 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

I woke up and I thought to myself “I feel awesome.” Then I looked at the clock and realized it was only midnight. Ha. That’s what I get for going to bed at 5:30. I’ve been up since.

I’m wondering if I eat this huge bag of baby carrots like an 11 serving size bag which only has about 385 calories, if my skin will turn orangish. I’m not being silly I’ve heard that can happen if you eat too many orange foods.

It’s why flamingoes are pink. Because of all the shrimp they eat.

Not wonder I can’t sleep.

When my daughter was about a year old she turned a weird orange color. I was terrified and took her to the pediatrician. He asked if I'd been feeding her a lot of carrot baby food. I had. He said there was nothing to be concerned about, that she was orange from the carrots. Completely harmless.

bpcyclist · Aug 11, 2020 at 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BethRags

When my daughter was about a year old she turned a weird orange color. I was terrified and took her to the pediatrician. He asked if I'd been feeding her a lot of carrot baby food. I had. He said there was nothing to be concerned about, that she was orange from the carrots. Completely harmless.

I bet she was adorable.

It is called carotenemia. Can also get it from sweet potatoes and squash. It can sometimes act as a kind of sunscreen. Long story.

Aug 12, 2020 at 05:41 AM

up again all night,

this time as well as the imsomnia also had the heat to deal with

and my pain too

*Beth* · Aug 16, 2020 at 04:43 AM

I hope everyone is soundly sleeping. Except those who are outside of the U.S. For them, I hope they're wide awake. Well, not Canadians, haha. You guys should be asleep, too.

The temperature here today was 111 degrees. I have a window a/c and 4 fans, but cannot cool it down in here. All week predicted to be the same. The cats are pancakes

One nice thing about the heat is the crickets chirping all night and day.

lacerta · Aug 17, 2020 at 02:55 PM

I'm so worried and scared and my head is the mess. I took zopiclonum to sleep and some bromazepam, I need to rest very much. I keep reading about Belarus happenings and it does not help to calm down.

Moose72 · Aug 17, 2020 at 06:28 PM

I was up till 2 a.m. this morning and got up very awake at 4:30 a.m. i slept until 3 pm yesterday. I hate that about myself! Also i missed all my night meds last night.

*Beth* · Aug 17, 2020 at 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lacerta

I'm so worried and scared and my head is the mess. I took zopiclonum to sleep and some bromazepam, I need to rest very much. I keep reading about Belarus happenings and it does not help to calm down.

Hi lacerta, can you explain in a few sentences what is going on in Belarus?

bpcyclist · Aug 18, 2020 at 01:37 AM

Hugs to everyone in Minsk.

Wide awake almost midnight. Albert playing w his mousies we got him.

*Beth* · Aug 18, 2020 at 06:07 AM

My grandmother was from Brest-latovsk, which is in Belarus.

Apparently, the citizens became exasperated with their lying dictator and are out in droves to protest. Good for them!

Moose72 · Aug 18, 2020 at 11:03 PM

It's midnight. I slept until 1 pm today. Guess I was making up for getting up at 4:30 yesterday. I hope I can get up earlier tomorrow.

Mountaindewed · Aug 20, 2020 at 02:01 AM

I’m not really sure what happened. I was lying in bed. I think I was planning on watching AGT. Then the next thing I knew it was 10:30. I’ve been awake since. But I had planned on watching it. I don’t know if I forgot or what. I know I took 10 milligrams of melatonin at 4:30 but on Tuesday when I did that I still woke up 10 minutes before it started. My mom thought I was watching it. Weird how I just lost time like that.

Polibeth · Aug 20, 2020 at 02:15 AM

I've been up since about 11pm (fell asleep around 8:30pm) and it's now 2:15am. My cat has been up at night lately and that is what is keeping me up. He's got anxiety or something going on - lots of scratching and meowing. I'll need to take him to the vet to see if I can get him some meds and make sure everything is ok (he seems fine other than keeping up the household at night).

I had been on a good sleeping streak.

*Beth* · Aug 20, 2020 at 05:24 AM

Smoke keeping me awake. Ashes falling in my bedroom. Sore throat. The air smells horrid.

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Living in LaLa Land Member Member Since Aug 2020 Location: United States Posts: 94 3 178 hugs given	Aug 07, 2020 at 08:30 AM #222 4-5 hours of sleep. It's better than nothing. __________________ Bipolar 2 Currently on: Trileptal (300 x 2) Feeling: A bit hopeless

~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Aug 09, 2020 at 10:57 PM #224 Some sleep , but lots of time laying in bed curled in a ball from Pain earlier in the day.. I am taking 1/4 of a Ambien tonight Nammu any cool dreams ?????? __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~

~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Aug 10, 2020 at 06:44 PM #227 So Awesome Nammu !!!!!!! __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~

Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Aug 12, 2020 at 05:41 AM #230 up again all night, this time as well as the imsomnia also had the heat to deal with and my pain too

bpcyclist Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: Portland Posts: 12,681 (SuperPoster!) 4 40.2k hugs given	Aug 18, 2020 at 01:37 AM #235 Hugs to everyone in Minsk. Wide awake almost midnight. Albert playing w his mousies we got him. __________________ When I was a kid, my parents moved a lot, but I always found them--Rodney Dangerfield

Beth catches the flowers Member Since Jul 2019 Location: Downtown Vibes, California Posts: 15,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 23.7k hugs given	Aug 18, 2020 at 06:07 AM #236 My grandmother was from Brest-latovsk, which is in Belarus. Apparently, the citizens became exasperated with their lying dictator and are out in droves to protest. Good for them! __________________

Beth catches the flowers Member Since Jul 2019 Location: Downtown Vibes, California Posts: 15,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 23.7k hugs given	Aug 20, 2020 at 05:24 AM #240 Smoke keeping me awake. Ashes falling in my bedroom. Sore throat. The air smells horrid. __________________