insomnia and jogging and children, etc. » Janelle

Posted by beardedlady on April 13, 2002, at 17:23:57

In reply to I'm impressed ... how do you do it?!, posted by Janelle on April 13, 2002, at 16:46:21

I have severe chronic insomnia. I could lie with my eyes closed all night and not sleep a wink. But I am on Serzone for that, so I am relatively free of difficulty. (I took a sleeping pill last night because my daughter woke me at 2:00 by knocking on the wall!)
When you have kids, you will understand the concept of going to bed at 9:30 and waking up at 5:30. I am fortunate, however, as my insomnia med allows me sometimes 9 hours of sleep! I sleep from 9:30 or 10:00 to 6:30 or 7:00 most days.
In addition, as your docs have probably already told you, regular, vigorous exercise enhances your mood and improves your sleep. (As do B vitamins.)
The downside of all this is that I can't seem to stay awake to watch movies.
My pdoc also believes we each have a sleep threshold--a window of time (usually an hour) when we fall asleep fastest. Mine is 9:00 to 10:00, which is a good thing, since the little one's up at 6:30.
beardy : )>

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Ah... thanks for explaining beardy! » beardedlady Janelle 4/13/02
Beardy: there's more inside above post! (nm) Janelle 4/13/02
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Beardy: quick one for ya ... » beardedlady Janelle 4/13/02
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Does that mean you reverted to human then? ;-) (nm) » Phil IsoM 4/14/02
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