Fuck you chronic insomnia

[dani_meows]

Four hours of sleep and I'm wide awake definitely taking two benadryl tomorrow.

I just want eight glorious hours of sleep.

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[immortalje]

I wish I could give you some of my ability to fall back asleep. Although most of the time it's dozing. Like stretching waking up at 6:30 to sleeping until 9:30 - even with a craftsman on the same floor doing some tiling in the bathroom. Okay, tiling isn't that loud, but still. I had even left the bed to get something to drink in case I get thirsty (since I have to get dressed to leave my room now that the guy is here)

*hugs* I wish I knew what could help. I typically try reading or "writing" fics in my head. Although more often than not those feature me in a mary sue role and will therefore never see the light of day. And if I have trouble sleeping at night, I walk up and down my room or around my flat to get some excess energy out (aka my mind requires me to move - either to the music I'm listening to on my mp3 player or to act out those stories)

Unfortunatly, both of these things are at risk to take up a long time...

[dani_meows]

Normally I can fall back asleep and sleep like the dead... but alas when chronic insomnia strikes it's like my body decides that only a few hours is needed before I'm awake.

I tell myself fics to fall asleep most nights I'm currently on a weird Iron Man/AOS crossover where Jemma is Tony's niece.

I might try the music idea.

But for now I'm going to accept that I'm awake and wait a few hours for Ian to make the coffee.

I might take a nap later but I probably shouldn't since tomorrow we have dinner plans with family and I don't want my body to think a 5 pm naptime should happen every day.

[immortalje]

That sucks.

I've never thought of that connection. The last time I read any marvel fics (aka before HP/Fantastic Beasts took over) I've been stuck on several stories I've found where Darcy is either Tony's daughter or his little sister.

Some nights it helps me to fall asleep and others it just drives me to distraction until I turn it off again.

Naps are dangerous like that. I think in my family the only one who "regularly" takes naps is my father. After a huge family lunch. And sometimes my parents take naps after a long party night. I rarely do that. If I take "naps" it's because I'm not well and the nap is more or less going to bed early and sleeping through the night with waking up in between. I know better than to take naps because that just means I have an even harder time trying to go to sleep.

[dani_meows]

It's a rather fun headcanon verse where I have a whole involved backstory on why people never knew until they found out.

When it gets to distracting I just switch to pretending that I'm surrounded by a pile of cuddling kittens or imagining whoever my current otp is cuddling up for warmth... and that does the trick.

I tend not to nap because I can't just wake up after an hour or two feeling refreshed I tend to wake up feeling groggy and angry to be awake. Yeah, when I'm sick I tend to sleep as much as possible, using the sleep it off method.

[reijamira]

Aw, man, I'm really sorry to hear that. Does relaxing music help, maybe? You know, those soothing rainforest sounds for example? They always help me. Do you drink coffee or anything that contains caffeine? Avoid it. And what about exercise? When I'm hit with a bout of insomnia I do some extra exercise, rev it up to 90 mins a day. It does help a lot.

I hope you'll get your eight hours of sleep soon!

[dani_meows]

I may try relaxing music.

I drink very little coffee, mostly in the mornings.... Might try the exercise, I need to do that for my health goals anyways. What I do remember from the last time when I saw a doctor for my chronic insomnia is that it's not my caffeine intake and has more to do with either my anxiety or my mania coming out to play. However I'll try exhausting the mind with activity and if that doesn't work I'll wean myself off of my caffeine drinks along with going back to the doctor for a few doses of the sleeping pill they gave me last time.


Me too, I miss being able to sleep through the night. ^_^

[alisanne]

Awww. *hugs*
Yeah, I always say I could sleep for the American Olympic sleeping team.
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time right now. :(