How Do You sleep - Page 37

**Pinkpapercut** · April 6th, 2014, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

It is true that going to bed when the eyes start to droop works. But if you have work in the morn you want 8 hours sleep. It's a pain.

Very true - for the moment I don't need to work, but until 2006 I worked a permanent 2pm to 10pm shift for most of ten years and I would either be falling asleep by the time I had to start my shift, or if I was lucky, I might drop off in the late morning for two or three hours, which left me feeling as if all the daylight hours had been used up by work or sleep. And added to that I would often fall asleep during the daylight hours on my free days meaning that i felt that my life consisted only of going to work and sitting up in the early hours in a deathly insomniac glaze.

**GailFan** · April 10th, 2014, 09:40 AM

Since daylight savings finished, my sleeping has been really good. It's still quite humid at night, but I'm falling asleep without much difficulty.

**billybunter** · April 10th, 2014, 10:07 AM

I awoke at 4.30 this morning

rolled about till 6 then dropped off. At 8ish I awoke again tired, but had to get up. Gonna try and avoid napping today and have an early night.

**billybunter** · April 10th, 2014, 07:51 PM

I feel bed calling right now.

**AlanF** · April 10th, 2014, 07:55 PM

If I don't get adequate sleep, Im a narky bastard at work.

**billybunter** · June 25th, 2014, 08:16 PM

My latest problem is waking 3 times through the night needing a pee. I cut out drinks before bed, but no use. I even wet my pj bottoms one night

any help out there?

**Baranovich** · July 5th, 2014, 07:28 PM

For all of my adult life, I have never been able to sleep more than 5-6 hours a night, sometimes 7. And I have NEVER been able to sleep straight through, I frequently wake up at least 2, sometimes 3 times a night.

I actually sleep better in the afternoons than I do at night. I seem to sleep more soundly in the afternoons, must be some kind of psychological or emotional dynamic to it.

I've had OCD, anxiety, and clinical depression since I was a kid. There's no question that my constantly running worries and running thoughts contribute to me waking up during the night.

I take Klonopin, which is prescribed to me as a sleep aid. And it does work well helping me to FALL asleep, but it seems to make no difference it helping me STAY asleep. I wake up regardless.

In 2010, I had a truly scary time in my life. A lot of things were going wrong in my life, and besides losing my job of 12 years, my social life was at a low, I was losing control of every aspect of my life. Starting in February of 2010 I suddenly lost my ability to fall asleep. For a nightmarish 10 months, I could only sleep for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a night, many nights I couldn't fall asleep at all. My anxiety and panic were so intense, that I developed a truly terrifying condition where I would be laying in bed with my eyes closed, and my eye lids were LITERALLY reopening by themselves. It was like a reflex. I'd be trying to fall asleep, and I could feel my eyelids going up.

It truly was terrifying. I was getting so little sleep that I went into like a permanent stupor/hangover. It became dangerous, driving became dangerous, and my immune system began to break down.

The most horrifying aspect of it was that I was EXHAUSTED. I'm laying in bed, not having slept for a week, and my body WOULD NOT fall asleep. It is a very strange sensation when you are so tired that you could sleep for 24 hours straight, and yet you cannot fall asleep. That tells you how powerful the brain is, and how much your sense of well being or lack thereof can affect your body's ability to function normally.

After finally resolving some things and having the guts to get my life back on track again, did I finally regain the ability to fall asleep.

But for anyone who has been through sleeplessness, they will tell you that it really is one of the scariest things you can go through.

Estreeter · July 8th, 2014, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

My latest problem is waking 3 times through the night needing a pee.....................................t

any help out there?

I think you can wet yourself without any help

**billybunter** · July 20th, 2014, 11:18 AM

Since I got outta hospital i've been sleeping like a dog. Q the jokes. yesterday 4 hours in the afternoon, 5 in the evening and a full night of slumber. Why I don't know.

MaxJoker · July 20th, 2014, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by billybunter

Why I don't know.

Of course you don`t know

As you`d have to sober up enough first

Sheesh,

I told you ,

We all told you ,

Even Hamish McBallShoot the Scotch Patron Saint of adding fertiliser to the house of Windsors`s palatial gardens, told you.

Yet ever the emerald rouge you said you knew best.

Uh huh and more fool all of us mere mortals for ever doubting you, as just look at you now

April 10th, 2014, 09:40 AM	#362
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April 10th, 2014, 10:07 AM	#363
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,377 Times in 14,171 Posts	I awoke at 4.30 this morning rolled about till 6 then dropped off. At 8ish I awoke again tired, but had to get up. Gonna try and avoid napping today and have an early night. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

April 10th, 2014, 07:51 PM	#364
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,377 Times in 14,171 Posts	I feel bed calling right now. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 25th, 2014, 08:16 PM	#366
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,377 Times in 14,171 Posts	My latest problem is waking 3 times through the night needing a pee. I cut out drinks before bed, but no use. I even wet my pj bottoms one night any help out there? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

July 5th, 2014, 07:28 PM	#367
Baranovich Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Southwestern CT, U.S.A The Epicenter of Narcissism Posts: 2,179 Thanks: 34,177 Thanked 47,450 Times in 2,183 Posts	For all of my adult life, I have never been able to sleep more than 5-6 hours a night, sometimes 7. And I have NEVER been able to sleep straight through, I frequently wake up at least 2, sometimes 3 times a night. I actually sleep better in the afternoons than I do at night. I seem to sleep more soundly in the afternoons, must be some kind of psychological or emotional dynamic to it. I've had OCD, anxiety, and clinical depression since I was a kid. There's no question that my constantly running worries and running thoughts contribute to me waking up during the night. I take Klonopin, which is prescribed to me as a sleep aid. And it does work well helping me to FALL asleep, but it seems to make no difference it helping me STAY asleep. I wake up regardless. In 2010, I had a truly scary time in my life. A lot of things were going wrong in my life, and besides losing my job of 12 years, my social life was at a low, I was losing control of every aspect of my life. Starting in February of 2010 I suddenly lost my ability to fall asleep. For a nightmarish 10 months, I could only sleep for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a night, many nights I couldn't fall asleep at all. My anxiety and panic were so intense, that I developed a truly terrifying condition where I would be laying in bed with my eyes closed, and my eye lids were LITERALLY reopening by themselves. It was like a reflex. I'd be trying to fall asleep, and I could feel my eyelids going up. It truly was terrifying. I was getting so little sleep that I went into like a permanent stupor/hangover. It became dangerous, driving became dangerous, and my immune system began to break down. The most horrifying aspect of it was that I was EXHAUSTED. I'm laying in bed, not having slept for a week, and my body WOULD NOT fall asleep. It is a very strange sensation when you are so tired that you could sleep for 24 hours straight, and yet you cannot fall asleep. That tells you how powerful the brain is, and how much your sense of well being or lack thereof can affect your body's ability to function normally. After finally resolving some things and having the guts to get my life back on track again, did I finally regain the ability to fall asleep. But for anyone who has been through sleeplessness, they will tell you that it really is one of the scariest things you can go through. __________________ "Good luck, everyone..." Last edited by Baranovich; April 14th, 2016 at 05:48 PM.. Reason: Edited text for content

April 10th, 2014, 07:55 PM	#365
AlanF Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 704 Thanks: 3,926 Thanked 9,222 Times in 680 Posts	If I don't get adequate sleep, Im a narky bastard at work.

July 20th, 2014, 11:18 AM	#369
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,377 Times in 14,171 Posts	Since I got outta hospital i've been sleeping like a dog. Q the jokes. yesterday 4 hours in the afternoon, 5 in the evening and a full night of slumber. Why I don't know. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.