insomnia
I've been away lately and not putting up any posts.
On this Thanksgiving, naturally I wanted to say that I hope you are all well and to enjoy your turkey day. Additionally I'd like to say that insomnia sucks the big one. Where the hell did this come from and how did I get so fucked up in the first place, to use the correct terms--pardon my French.
I talked to a sleep specialist at a party a few months ago and he said I had to cut the caffeine as the first step... I have a habit of drinking sodas all day if you didn't know. I'm not sure I'm willing to do that...that's about as reasonable as someone telling me to stop using the internet, the television or to no longer read books. Now if I was getting kidney stones (ouch! knock wood), ya, that 2-5 sodas a day would be cut back. Yes, they're all diet, 0 calories, and yes I know they rot my teeth, but arrgGGH, they are so good. Even without the caffeine, is it MY fault that my almost-4yo doesn't sleep, stays up late, comes into the bedroom and tosses and turns at 4am? Is it my fault the cats jump on us while we're sleeping and whine they don't have food at 5am, making it unbearable to not appease them immediately? I live with 6 dictators!
(Is it my fault that you can get good fantasy hockey advice 24/7 and Yahoo doesn't post results/updates from the night before til 2am??) Is it my fault that my job has me on call til 1am for a third of the year...oh wait, okay, yes that one's mine. It seemed to fit my profile.
It's quite unhealthy...and it's convenient yes to only really need 5.5 hours sleep, but being tired frequently in the mornings at work is not good for your career (I even drink coffee sometimes though. I don't like coffee, how fubar is that). I used to be able to rationalize when I stayed up and read all night...hey, it's 2am but I'm not tired anyway, and reading is good for you. I will 'live' an extra 3 years over some of you perhaps if you add up all the nighttime hours over my lifetime... err...okay that has the assumption that I don't wear my body out early by burning midnight oil so much that I have a heart attack or stroke at age 68.
Oh well. Back to bed, 6:19am. sick sick.
On this Thanksgiving, naturally I wanted to say that I hope you are all well and to enjoy your turkey day. Additionally I'd like to say that insomnia sucks the big one. Where the hell did this come from and how did I get so fucked up in the first place, to use the correct terms--pardon my French.
I talked to a sleep specialist at a party a few months ago and he said I had to cut the caffeine as the first step... I have a habit of drinking sodas all day if you didn't know. I'm not sure I'm willing to do that...that's about as reasonable as someone telling me to stop using the internet, the television or to no longer read books. Now if I was getting kidney stones (ouch! knock wood), ya, that 2-5 sodas a day would be cut back. Yes, they're all diet, 0 calories, and yes I know they rot my teeth, but arrgGGH, they are so good. Even without the caffeine, is it MY fault that my almost-4yo doesn't sleep, stays up late, comes into the bedroom and tosses and turns at 4am? Is it my fault the cats jump on us while we're sleeping and whine they don't have food at 5am, making it unbearable to not appease them immediately? I live with 6 dictators!
(Is it my fault that you can get good fantasy hockey advice 24/7 and Yahoo doesn't post results/updates from the night before til 2am??) Is it my fault that my job has me on call til 1am for a third of the year...oh wait, okay, yes that one's mine. It seemed to fit my profile.
It's quite unhealthy...and it's convenient yes to only really need 5.5 hours sleep, but being tired frequently in the mornings at work is not good for your career (I even drink coffee sometimes though. I don't like coffee, how fubar is that). I used to be able to rationalize when I stayed up and read all night...hey, it's 2am but I'm not tired anyway, and reading is good for you. I will 'live' an extra 3 years over some of you perhaps if you add up all the nighttime hours over my lifetime... err...okay that has the assumption that I don't wear my body out early by burning midnight oil so much that I have a heart attack or stroke at age 68.
Oh well. Back to bed, 6:19am. sick sick.
posted by the squeaky mouse gets the cheese at 4:20 AM
2 Comments:
Hint: Feed cats at night and then they don't whine at you in the morning. Good luck sleeping. Psst and try non caffinated soda once in a while. :)
There are many ways you can try and get back on track. I have a lot of case studies in my book that sound exactly like your description -- they think there's no place to cut corners and find time to sleep, until someone sits down with them to work on a plan.
Cutting out the soda -- at least cutting back -- is a must. You also need to teach your body to be tired. For starters, try eating a calcium + carbohydrate snack about 1 hour before bed. A hot bath or shower helps too. Establishh a pre-sleep ritual and you'll be much more likely to feel tired when you should.
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