Re: SIMPLE SLEEP VENT My_farm: I can't stand the taste,and I am not a drinker :-\
I just hope that my old roommate will stay long enough to get past this phase.
Mike
Re: beating a dead horse My_farm: I am determined to find out what the mechanisim is.
To those who awake in the middle of the night2:00AM),do you wake
up with or because of anxiety or just wake up and roll over
and try to go back to sleep ?
I believe that a huge number of people have had this,but are way
past and are not sharing :'(
I think that my heart no longer pounds out of my chest,but the pain or
pressure between the eyes is what requires a xanax to try to calm down,
(calm down,not go back to sleep).
Regards
Mike
Re: Beating a dead horse AmyMarie1972: Hi,
I had that problem to. I would go to bed then wake up at 1-2 in the morning and that would be it.
I had a book at the side of my bed for the times when I couldn't get back to sleep, reading always makes me feel tired, so i would read that for half an hour or so until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore.
It only lasted a couple of months though.
My mom always said warm milk personally not something that I like.
Hope you get some sleep tonight
Amy
Re: Beating a dead horse ChristyM: Hey Mike-
I went through the same thing and would usually wake up because I had been dreaming about "us". Then I couldn't get back to sleep because that heaviness would settle around my heart again and my mind would race replaying the conversations we had been having and looking for anything he might have said that would give me hope. After two weeks of not being able to sleep but a few hours at a time, I bought Unisom. I took it 1/2 an hour before bed and it would put me out pretty quickly. If I awoke during the night I would be too tired to want to get up and pace around the house or even go look for something to eat. After awhile (I think maybe a month or two) I was able to quit taking it and my sleep habits returned to normal. I still have some in the house because I'm one of those people that even if I have some anxiety going on (work, family, etc.) or something really exciting happening in my life, I can't sleep.
Hope this helps.
Christy
Re: Beating a dead horse RSGinATX: I had the same experience for several months following separation. I realized after a while that I was never fully asleep to begin with, I was only just dozing while waiting for that call or knock on the door. The 'I was wrong and want you back' call. It became obvious when the first thing I did upon waking was to check my cell for missed calls when I don't get many calls even during the day. It didn't get better until my stbx had done enough hurtful things during our separation that I knew if I took her back I would be hurting myself worse than staying apart. A couple things that helped me were getting on anti-depressants and sleeping on the couch. Sometimes I'd sleep all night on the couch others I'd alternate from bed to couch if I woke up. Granted, I spent many, many nights sleeping on the couch while we were together, so doing so didn't remind me she was gone. Who knows, maybe it'll ease the feeling of sleeping in an empty bed.
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