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Post by lostchild on Oct 2, 2014 12:41:24 GMT -5
The medication makes it easier to concentrate but it keeps you wakeful.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 2, 2014 12:46:30 GMT -5
The medication makes it easier to concentrate but it keeps you wakeful. So you need to make sure you take it early enough …. hmmm. That makes me wonder if any of my meds or supplements do that. Not that I've noticed, but it could be subtle. I'm really bad at taking stuff on a schedule. Getting them in once a day is about the best I can do, and sometimes I fail at that. I do notice though, as life becomes less chaotic in a number of ways, it's easier to pay attention to things like that. ROUTINES! We gotta have ROUTINES.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 2, 2014 13:04:44 GMT -5
I normal take by 9 am but its such a high dosage to last all day that my body is effected all day into late evening.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 3, 2014 2:13:45 GMT -5
I took a pretty long nap in the afternoon yesterday. I was so sleepy and tired I just wasn't getting anything done. And now it's 3:00 and I haven't been able to sleep yet!
I will still try to get up at 6:00, and maybe take a noon nap.
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Post by shellsncheese on Oct 3, 2014 2:21:36 GMT -5
larataylor I'm in the same boat. After 3am here and I'm wide awake. I've tried going to sleep several times, but can't. Now I'm contemplating what's best for me to do now. Get up and be productive or continue trying to sleep.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 3, 2014 6:12:51 GMT -5
Well, it's 7:00 and I'm up. I tried again at 3:00, and finally fell asleep. Not feeling really chipper, though. I guess I'll drive DD to school, since DH went to bed *even later*, and that will help wake me up. Ugh. Sorry you're in this boat with me, shellsncheese. It's not a good boat!
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Post by shellsncheese on Oct 3, 2014 6:31:45 GMT -5
I fell asleep sometime before 4 and I'm up now, just after 7. I was going to let myself sleep until 8 but the dog had other plans. I'm still in bed now. It's cold out today so that doesn't help with my desire to curl up in bed.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 3, 2014 7:47:41 GMT -5
Being a bit cold was part of my problem, I think. I put the comforter back on my bed at 3:00 and got under it and went to sleep.
I can so relate to it being too cold to get out of bed. We struggle to heat the house every winter, and last winter was terrible! I just wanted to spend the day under that feather comforter. Also, my bedroom is a dark cave. It used to have two windows, but the addition covered one, and shades the other with its front porch. Makes it a challenge to wake up in there!
Good for you for getting up, though! Dogs and children do help with that!
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Post by shabbychic on Oct 3, 2014 10:26:42 GMT -5
I'm also trying for a more regular sleep pattern, although my preference is 9:30 pm to 5:30 am. I work 9 am to 5:30 pm. I really don't get much done in the evenings after work because I am mentally and physically tired. I like getting up early, having some quiet time first thing, preferably outside, and then some time to write and practice my guitar before going to work. Then I can come home, eat, do a few minutes maintenance, get ready for bed (shower, clothes ready, lunch packed etc) and go to bed early. What happens though, is that I don't feel like I have gotten enough done, so I stay up finishing something, and then get up late and start the cycle all over. Or I fall asleep too early in the evening, then have to wake up to take pills, take my partials out, take the dog out, etc - or I get too tired to go to bed.
Last night I got home from choir rehearsal at 8:30 and fell asleep on the sofa by 9. Thursday night football was on, and there's nothing like a good football game to put me to sleep. The steady drone of the announcers' voices does it. So then I woke up at 10:30 and dragged myself to bed. At 2 am a thunderstorm came through and my dog woke me up. She got a pill at 9 before I went to sleep because I knew it was supposed to storm, but it wore off before the storm came. I gave her another pill and then stayed up for a couple hours soothing her and making sure she didn't tear the house up. I played calming music for her and petted her. I was too tired to get up and do anything useful but not really asleep either. Finally fell asleep at who knows what time, with all the lights on (so she can't see the lightning) and without my CPAP. Turned off the alarms and went back to sleep until 9, which is what time I'm supposed to start work. So 12 hours more or less spent sleeping or trying to, and still tired. No wonder nothing gets done!
I am taking a writing course online. Their deadlines for lessons are creating a bit of pressure for me. I can always postpone them but I don't like to. but working full time I don't have time to do everything each lesson tells you to do (reading, write something, write a query letter, write a proposal for the next lesson, write a note to the instructor.) I have thought i needed to retire (don't have money and like my job except for the time it takes up) but I think I need to look at other places the time is going.
Yawn.
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Post by shellsncheese on Oct 3, 2014 10:54:17 GMT -5
I ended up falling back to sleep. Realistically sleeping 3-4 wan't enough for me to function tonight at work, but now I've slept too much and will probably struggle to get to bed tonight again.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 3, 2014 11:02:23 GMT -5
shabbychic - I love your name. I think shabby chic is my style … not that I could afford anything else! Since I was forced to consolidate two houses' worth of furniture, I got to take my pick from both houses, and I'm really happy with all the old, solid wood things I have now … barely a trace of fiberboard or formica in this house now. Anyway - I would like 9:30 to 5:30 even better than 10:00 to 6:00. But I think it would be asking too much, and would fail too often. DH is a night owl, and DD has friends over & stays out late sometimes. I prefer to have dinner, wind down, and go to bed … then wake up energized and ready to work on things.
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Post by larataylor on Oct 3, 2014 11:09:48 GMT -5
I ended up falling back to sleep. Realistically sleeping 3-4 wan't enough for me to function tonight at work, but now I've slept too much and will probably struggle to get to bed tonight again. You gotta do what you gotta do. Being functional at work is important! I'm just having a slow day today. I need to get out in the sun for a while, get a bit of exercise, and NO NAPS. Then maybe I'll be back on track tonight. Two steps forward, one step back.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 3, 2014 11:56:50 GMT -5
Bed by 10:45 with lights out at 11:10. Have job interview...took 30 minute rest after got back from grocery shopping.
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Post by cricket on Oct 3, 2014 14:01:49 GMT -5
I'm trying out resistant starch. (Again. I had actually learned about it some time ago, but got distracted before really giving it a go.) It's been in the news lately due to the granny smith apple study, which got me thinking about it again. I keep reading that in addition to other benefits, resistant starch can help with sleep. "Vivid dreams" is a term you'll keep hearing if you do much reading on the subject, the "I can't wait til bedtime" type. Also deep, restful sleep, and reduced need for coffee in the mornings. I don't have a special article about the sleep connection, just anecdotes from message boards and blogs, but google has plenty to check out if you are interested. There are already some resistant-starch-rich foods in my regular diet, but I'm trying to make sure I have some good sources daily now. (Including granny smith apples!) I also got some potato starch to supplement with, a strictly utilitarian measure I'd read about. I had one tablespoon mixed in water before bed last night. Chalky, bland, not a treat for sure. I used a straw and sucked it down like medicine. The usual recommended "dose" is four tablespoons a day, but a sudden increase in something that acts like fiber can cause digestive upset, so I'm working up slowly. You hear about mixing the potato starch with kefir to get the best probiotic effect, but I haven't done that yet. I have gotten as far as getting my stored kefir granules out and active again. I poured out the first batch of kefir yesterday, as they say to do, and have a second batch going that I'm about to go refrigerate for tonight. I really love kefir blended with sweetened blueberries, but I'm going to try to keep the calories and sugar in check. Plain won't be the same treat, even before I stir in the chalky potato starch, but I'll probably get used to it, maybe even develop the taste for it. Positive thinking. I don't want to devote too many extra calories to a supplement--kefir and potato starch aren't calorie-free, even without added sugar--but I think it's worth a few calories to try it out, see what everyone is talking about. They are both reported to fight anxiety, which is really reason enough to try alone. I was up a bit later than planned last night, just had trouble wrapping things up, but otherwise I slept okay; a little trouble drifting off, and a couple of episodes of waking during the night, so nothing special to report yet at this dose. If anyone is interested, I'll keep you posted on any clear benefit to sleep quality I observe as I gradually increase my resistant starch intake. If I don't see any benefit, it's going to suck. But at least I like apples.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 4, 2014 0:48:25 GMT -5
Laid down earlier,took sleeping pill then had to be driven to bank and Home Depot. In bed 10:48. Sleep?
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