Insomnia
Posted in QOTD on 11/28/2007 02:02 am by enjanerdI think it’s ridiculously unfair that I have both insomnia and narcolepsy these days. How is this even possible?
I think it started last week when I finally rid my body of the influenza virus. I’ve been having some trouble sleeping, but it was mostly like 11-12 o’clock trouble. After I spent 2 days last week completely out of it, I was wide awake after pre-Thanksgiving. I stayed up progressively later each night, until Saturday night when I was up until 7am. This didn’t turn out too badly since I woke up at 11 and had a normal day. I got drowsy around 6, but willed myself to power through it by doing laundry and fidgeting a lot. And once I made it over the hump, I thought I would go to bed around 9 or so and get back on track. But no.
Once I made it through the drowsy period, I was awake. I stayed up and watched the Patriots and the Eagles play some sub-standard football. Not like bad football, but just not up to their usual standards. By that I mean Tom Brady had a less than stellar game. They still won, but not enough for me to get a fantasy football win. *sob*
Yenny suggested it might be my new meds. Which is possible… that doesn’t explain last week, but combine that with starting back up after taking a week off, and it might explain my self-perpetuating issue now. I hope I get used to this soon. The staying awake part is good. And I’m not tired in the morning — even get up before my alarm regularly now. It’s kind of scary. But it’s a little unsettling to be up at 1-2 in the morning on a weeknight, especially when I’ve been getting up early to catch the bus lately.
I’m afraid this might affect my sanity. You know, what little of it I have left…
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11/28/2007 at 07:32
It is so unfair that you are awake and can’t sleep – I can sleep,but my children won’t LET me. It’d be easier if I was awake – I think you should come live here until you get this straightened out! ;-)
11/28/2007 at 08:42
You need to convince your kids that naps are like a little bundle of Christmas that they’re allowed to have *every day*!! But they have to run around the yard 30 times before they’re allowed to take one. :)
11/29/2007 at 16:23
My guess is that during your cold, you slept enough to last you for a while. I remember when I was working night shift, I napped so much during weekend because I couldn’t help it (like narcolepsy), then during the weekdays, I couldn’t sleep well (like insomnia) which was ok because I needed more time to work around the house. Every time I was wide awake, I just got up to do work being productive with my awaking time until I felt tired. I believe everything happens for a reason which we might not know at the time. Enjoy your awaking time now and put it to use before the narcolepsy comes back.
11/29/2007 at 23:58
But the combination makes me restless and unable to sleep at night, then tired, unproductive, and drowsy during the day. It’s starting to even out though. So, yay!