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Post by JC on Aug 2, 2011 9:45:45 GMT -5
I had some chamomile tea but it has mint in it and it really f**ked up my stomach. I completely forgot about melatonin. I have taken it before and it worked well. Maybe I'll take a trip to the store today. The NyQuil kinda helped last night to help me fall asleep but I keep waking up in the middle of horrid anxiety multiple times last night. I need to get back on my old sleep patterns which means I might have to go a few days sleep deprived. I have huge bags under my eyes that I haven't seen since I was in the middle of my semester.
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Post by omaklackey on Aug 2, 2011 15:24:02 GMT -5
The waking up after falling asleep sucks! The anxiety is a pain in the ass... I hope you try the melatonin. I know a lot of people who use it with great success.
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Post by JC on Aug 2, 2011 15:26:50 GMT -5
How are you doing with the insomnia Karla? Have you been able to get past it?
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Post by omaklackey on Aug 2, 2011 15:50:57 GMT -5
well... I stopped all caffeine. That helped considerably. It was super hard especially sunday mornings we have an early morning practice at 8 to run through music and I swear my car turns automatically to go get coffee! I also have been dealing with the anxiety part of things by really making myself stop the anxiety cycles when I wake up (or sometimes I'm keeping myself awake with it). Its helping a lot. The other thing is my sleep cycle gets really off because I work night shifts sometimes and it made me wonder if what the affects of the anesthsia is messing our circadian rything, especially if you have a long surgery? So I'm getting there slowly. I still have nights, usually when my hubby is gone, that I get very anxious and literally am keeping myself awake. Its stupid, and makes me so tired the next day especially if I have to wake up early.
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Post by JC on Aug 2, 2011 16:03:32 GMT -5
Wow that's rough. I remember when I worked a rotating day/evening/night shift rotation it really messed me up badly. I hate working night shift so much. It really messes your body up. And what's with the crazy anxiety? I get that too and it's strange because I feel like there's no reason to have all that anxiety going on. It's getting stressful just to sleep!
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Post by Karen on Aug 2, 2011 18:39:44 GMT -5
Jenaya, do you still have that pain CD I sent you a long time ago? Or was that someone else I sent it to?... I don't remember. But if you have some sort of relaxation CD or something, that might help. I swore by that pain CD on my worst of nights, and it's geared to put you right to sleep and calm you down. Just a thought if you're desperate!
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Post by JC on Aug 2, 2011 21:21:18 GMT -5
Yeah! I have used it a few times before. I need to bust that guy out again! Thanks for reminding me!
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Post by JC on Aug 3, 2011 6:08:45 GMT -5
I took your advice Karen and got the CD out. The frustrating thing is that I have to listen to it in my ear phones because my husband was already asleep. The only thing I have to play a CD is my computer. So if you can picture this, I have my lap top open on the coffee table, I'm laying on the couch, earphones are plugged in, screen saver is blasting me in the face with bright lights, I can't get comfortable because the earbuds hurt, I'm tangled up in the cords and in my night shirt.... but believe it or not, after about 20 minutes of it, I started to relax. I was ALMOST asleep when my husband comes into the living room, literally MOVES my f**king feet out of the way so he could sit on the couch and then proceeds to tell me about a nightmare he had. I WAS ALMOST ASLEEP!!! He basically got me all riled up all over again and my anxiety again, hit the roof. I was awake until f**king 4am this morning. My husband gets up at 5am to go to work and I have to drive him to the train. So yea, I got an hour of sleep. I'm forcing myself to stay awake. If anything, I'm hoping sleep deprivation will snap me out of this mess. I'm buying some melatonin today too. I'm trying to be patient but this is getting really stressful. I haven't slept right in almost 2 weeks now.
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Post by Karen on Aug 3, 2011 6:15:53 GMT -5
Aw, Jenaya! Please try again tonight - you'll get there!! What a sight that must have been, though!
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Post by JC on Aug 7, 2011 9:17:19 GMT -5
I slept last night!!! NO anxiety, no sleeping pills, all by myself! YAY!!!! I hope this is the end to the nightly anxiety attacks.
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Post by KSA on Aug 7, 2011 9:52:37 GMT -5
Yes the relaxation CD works. I gave my copy to my girlfriend for comfort after a surgery. I swear by it. Thanks Karen you rock! My doc gave me one too and I pick up the sound cds at the library the ocean is my favorite.
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Post by JC on Aug 8, 2011 6:06:25 GMT -5
I think my nightly anxiety attacks and insomnia are gone finally! Last night was the second night of good sleep. I swear, I never want to touch (or need) narcotic pain meds ever again. It was an absolute nightmare trying to ween off those things. I think I'd prefer physical pain over that hell.
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 1, 2011 14:43:31 GMT -5
I'm up to my old tricks, this time I'm blaming it on pre-surgery jitters. I can't shut my brain off long enough to sleep. Even with the Tramadol and Flexeral in my system last night it was 130 before I managed to sleep which meant I slept in late. I hate starting that cycle again. Grr!
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Post by JC on Sept 1, 2011 18:12:27 GMT -5
Oh man. It has to be the pre-surgery jitters. It's so stressful!
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Post by Heather on Sept 1, 2011 23:23:27 GMT -5
If I lay in bed and read it usually puts me to sleep. And Jenaya, that thing you said about liver function and anesthesia... yep. After my lap (February 2008), I started getting horribly dizzy. This persisted for THREE YEARS until a doctor finally said she thought my liver hadn't filtered all the anesthetic out. She put me on Liver Support (it contains milkthistle and dandelion, among other things), and after a couple months of that I was cured of the dizziness.
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