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Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 10:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Yes, that's it Abby, Newman makes me think! Sometimes I think "great post" other times I think "good grief I'm old".

Sincerely Newman, thank you for this thread. I really do consider it yours. LOL

Max
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08-12-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Ah, sleep. Thankfully, I can fall asleep very easily and have only had the "menopausal insomnia" a couple of times and then only for one night. I consider it a GREAT night if I make it through without having to get up for a potty break. A bad night is when I have to get up several times, sometimes pretty much every hour. I try to stop drinking water early in the evening, but I get thirsty! I've gotten really good at stumbling to the bathroom and back again without fully waking up, though, so it's not too bad. And of course, it helps that I work at home and pretty much set my own hours, so I don't have to pop out of bed at 6:00 a.m. and get cleaned up to go to work. :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
When I get up in the night, I usually crawl back in bed and read.. with lots of covers to stay warm and sometimes a cat, too.. I try hard not to turn on tv at that time, even though I usually have stuff on the DVR to watch. I try not to go online because I may not get back to bed.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Chew,

I was thinking I wrote MINE wrong too, lol. I think i am smarter now in some respects. While watching the news I can see the SPIN now, for example. But there are other times when I've forgotten what I should have learned, repeat mistakes. It's a mixed bag for me.

Sleep. I got up at 3, and then didn't turn on the radio. Took about 15 min. but I got back to sleep, til 5 that is, when I flicked on Air America radio to hear Rachel Maddow.

Two things: naps and meditation. When trying to return to sleep at 3, I was trying some thought labeling techniques. I just lay there, wait for a thought to appear, then label it as a fear thought, a judging thought, an organizing thought, planning thought, whatever, put it in a bubble, and let go of it. Wait for the next thought. I'm not sure if that's going to keep me awake, or help me fall quicker to sleep, but that type of meditating seems more useful than just thrashing in bed or staring at the wall or listening to radio.

I like naps now. Especially if I only get 5 hours of sleep at night, if I don't go to the club to workout, or go jogging, then I'll likely take a timed20-25 minute nap. It feels good. Sometimes I can feel the lactic acid draining from my body? The tiredness just leaving my arms...


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i don't have any trouble sleeping once i get to sleep but i have always had trouble settling down at night, not just since i have gotten older. i need at least 8 hours sleep. i am not a morning person and have trouble being civil until i walk out the door at 7:30 and then it is still a struggle until 10. if i could adjust my workday by about 2 hours i would be fine. but, i don't have that choice. taking a 'power nap' isn't an option again because it would take me an hour or so to settle down to sleep.

so, i go to bed at night between 9 & 10 in hopes of being asleep between 10 & 11 if i am lucky. why don't i just stay up until 11 you may ask? well, then it would be 12 or 1 before i would go to sleep. it isn't the time of day, it is the routine of the body. i just can't lay down and fall asleep.

i am a very light sleeper and require total darkness and quiet to get a good night's sleep. that rarely happens. not when you live in the city surrounded by street lights and have a husband, 2 cats and a dog that all invade my sleep space. i get the best night's sleep when i am in a motel by myself.

i often suffer from insomnia during the summer. i don't have winter SADD but summer SADD. and, that keeps me awake even later at night once the sun stays up longer. medication doesn't help. it just makes me grumpier the next day.

i guess i am truly a night owl as i could sleep to noon with no problems what so ever once i finally get to sleep. unfortunately, the world in which i work doesn't accommodate me.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
oh, i need to add that i do get up to go to the bathroom at least once during the night. but, i can do that in my sleep and it disturbs me no more than rolling over.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
My old job and I worked there for over 17yrs I went to work at 2am every day and it realy screwed me up..I had to take naps because I like to stay up late, and I dont like naps(cause then I feel lazy) so I used to walk around glazed most of the time and on my days off, Id sleep til noon... Now I make my own hrs and can work from home if I want, but I still have problems sleeping..Im just a night person. I take my dogs for a long walk usually at dusk and do about an hour workout because of my back problems, it keeps me from getting to stiff, but if I know that I have to get up early I force myself to bed, No tv, no late snacks, lights out and it usually works, but not allways...Yes, sleep is a problem...

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
I don't consider myself smarter, but I do know I am wiser!

Rabbit
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rabbit a private message Print Post    
Interesting Oldtex. So at what age do I graduate from a smart ass to a wise ass?

Buttercup
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09-10-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
I'm thinking you're there already, Your Hareness. I'm just sayin'

Rabbit
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rabbit a private message Print Post    
<Hiya Butter Bunny!!!>

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Hey, did anyone else notice Newman said he was excited about something? Made me smile.

I an a chronic insomniac. My gyno told me years ago that 95% of sleeplessness was due to anxiety... implying that was my problem....and it annoyed me to no end since I knew that it was not generally the problem As I told him, I am usually in that special five percent! (But I think it is higher than that.) My personal diagnosis for my sleeplessness is due to allergies, hormones (PMS is the worst), and chocolate eaten late in the day (though I can drink a cup of coffee and go right to sleep...I don't understand it.) On rare occasions anxiety plays a part....but mostly because I I am trying to find solutions to something in my life so mulling it over again adn again. Thankfully I can get by on only a few hours of sleep, but when it hits for several days or I have something I have to be especially alert for, I keep an rx of Halcion around. Works well for me! I won't let myself have it for extended periods of time, though. I think it is easy to get addicted to it and I have no interest in only sleeping via pill.

Cndear....I get my best sleep in hotels, too. I agree that it is the dark thing. I have both blinds and blackout shades in my bedroom and it still isn't dark enough for me.

Oh, and Chew...movie discounts. That would be great. Is it abnormal for me to be looking this forward to senior discounts at 45? I am a sick woman, I fear.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Rabbit, that's a great question! LOL

How about a wise smart ass. Yes...hmmm, perhaps that's what I am!

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Oh, forgot, about this sleeping thing. I find if I take a nap before going to bed, I sleep great! Then I wake up a few hour later, take another nap and go back to sleep again. Works for me...Sorry I'm just in a silly mood.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i'm afraid to ask this question. no, that's not true, it's the answer that i'm afraid of. LOL

what do you get when you cross a rabbit with a smart ass?

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Ayii - Dearie... That is too funny! But VERY naughty!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
well, my dh thinks it should be jackass since there are jack rabbits. but, that isn't what i was going for. hehehe

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I KNOW what YOU mean, cuz I have the SAME evil sense of humour. heh heh.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i have sleep apnea and ever since i got my cpap i sleep like a baby. usually a true 8 hours. a sound machine goes during the same time.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i sleep much better now that my dh has a CPAP for his sleep apnea and doesn't snore and stop breathing all night long. i guess i got used to living by myself for 12 years and even after 4 years find it very hard to get a good nights sleep with someone in the bed with me or in the house with me for that matter.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I'm kinda like Max, in that I get up frequently for potty breaks, but can do that kinda like sleepwalking. Funny how that doesn't wake up the dh, even if its often, but if I crawl into bed after being on the computer til all hours, that wakes him up... go figure. LOL.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Sleep is a good topic. I'm a light sleeper as well. It has to be totally dark. As soon as I see a sliver of light, well, I'm up. Which is ok because I work early anyway and definitely am a morning person.

Quiet is also an imperative.

I know some people who go to sleep listening to talk radio! How does that work?! I can't even go to sleep listening to music, or fall asleep with the tv on. Which is funny because I can fall asleep in the chair while watching tv...


Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Most people who live anywhere near a city have never experienced total darkness. They think it's dark but it really isn't. I'm talking about darkness so dark that you can't tell by looking if your eyes are opened or closed!

Do you have really good drapes or blinds?

Sleeping is another of those funny things. There are some things in life where trying hard doesn't work and trying to go to sleep is one of them (I can think of a few
more ). So if I can't go to sleep for awhile, I don't worry or obsess about it. I'll just stagger through the next day and crash the following night.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Several years ago a relative tought me a kind of self-hypnosis technique to help in getting to sleep.

In bed, in a comfortable sleeping position, start trying to relax starting at the top of your head, down to face, relax facial muscles (you may not realize it that you may be smiling) relax that face, down to shoulders, stomach, legs to toes.

I'm sure you get the idea. This help me just sometimes. And it may sound weird, but it is at least relaxing for me.

Turning off my mind is my main problem.

Sleep is so important, why can children and my dh fall asleep as so as their head hits to pillow? And as many have mentioned, getting up to pee is a problem for most of us baby boomers! But I can kind of sleep walk to the bathroom and back to bed.

Hope everyone has a good night's sleep and fantastic dreams.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I can sleep pretty much anywhere and anytime! And Newman, I usually go to sleep with talk radio, playing softly, so I can drown out dh's snores! And it helps me drift off by listening to the chatter, rather than rehashing my day's concerns. I usually time it for an hour, and I rarely make it til it turns itself off. But some nights it may take a couple of hours til I get to sleep, and if that happens, I go to the livingroom with a book, and fall asleep reading.