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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 11:18 pm
Thats a big problem for me-If im reading then I will surely fall asleep...Somtimes I dont want to fall asleep cause im enjoying the book. By the way Newman, by your recomendation I just finished The Kite Runner and was riveted to it,was allmost sad when I finished it,Great book, thanks. Ive found that one thing that also keeps me awake is worrying about my daughter, Having a young daughter in a college town that is known for its partying just makes me worry constently..Its amazing how fast I will fall asleep when she gives me a call at any time in the middle of the night to say she is home and safe...rest comes easy after that. Im wondering how many other mothers or fathers find sleep easyer when they hear that voice and know they can relax..
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 11:55 pm
Chewpito, I know that feeling when you're finishing a really good book, and don't want it to end, want to hold on to it. Mame, but if you fall asleep in the living room, with a book, then you just walk upstairs to bed and fall asleep again? I've heard not to read in bed, read elsewhere, but I like reading in bed. Stubborn, I guess... Yesitsme, I think you're gyno is right. Anxiety is key. I know myself, that Sunday nights are often bad sleeping nights, because of Monday work anxiety. And if the weather is really bad or going to be bad the next day, that adds to anxiety too. Oldtex, that technique, a friend mentioned it to me many years ago. He described it as tensing the leg muscles, even lifting them up a bit, holding it for 5 seconds or so, and then releasing, plop. Same with the arms. This might be ok if you're sleeping alone, like I do, but not sure my ex-wife would have been thrilled with it, lol. Funny, I don't recall having sleep problems when I was married and sleeping with her. I don't know how anyone deals with someone who snores. That would be a deal breaker for me, I think. Or I would constantly be trying to "fix the problem."
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:17 am
Newman, we're in a condo, and there are no stairs in my suite. If I've fallen asleep on the couch, and then wake up, I'll head to bed. I also prefer to read in bed, same as you. We have a wonderful light on the headboard for that. I'm lucky in that I can read anywhere too. I can read in cars and trains, etc, no motion sickness for me. And very comfy reading by myself in restaurants, which apparently horrifies or traumatizes other people, who can't imagine a woman dining alone and enjoying her own company at that. I find that hilarious. Mind you it was years before I would consider going to a film alone, and now I'm perfectly okay with it as long as its a fairly empty theatre. LOL. Being unmarried til I was 44 had a lot to do with it I think. I just learned to fend for myself and not wait around to be suitably accompanied if there was a film I really wanted to see that others weren't interested in, for instance.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 5:35 am
Chewpito, I just finished listening to the Kite Runner on cassette while driving to work. It was read by the author and, like you say, riveting. I didn't want it to end. As far as sleeping I turn on one of those "white noise" sounds on my clock radio. I fall asleep listening to "old time radio shows" which a local station plays at night. Anything from the Shadow to George Burns and Gracie Allen. I have yet to stay awake to see if the Shadow caught the bad guy.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:03 am
Sleep? Not a problem....tv and lights on all night. Half the time with the laptop on my lap and I'm on the sofa. Funny, I sleep better when I'm in dark hotel room. I feel as if I get enough sleep, but I probably don't since I get up early, early, early!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:01 am
I sleep with the tv on turned to Tvland. I can basically sleep anywhere in any environment either quiet or loud. But I can never sleep on Sunday nights. I'm very glad that I've gotten back to my normal sleep pattern which was totally screwed when I was sick and had to go on sleeping pills which I became addicted to and had to ween myself off of. I still have moments when I crave them though...
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:21 am
I sleep with the TV on, too. I don't sleep well when it is dark and quiet. I only have problems sleeping when I am stressed about work. I have Ambien for those times, but seldom use it and only take 1/2 when I do.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:11 am
For most of my life up until a little over a year ago, I have been a night owl. I could not go to sleep until 1:00 or 2:00 am and sometimes not at all. Once I finally went to sleep, I slept like a log. Of course, I didn't do well getting up in the mornings and even if I did somehow manage to get to bed at a decent time, I still didn't like getting up. And there was no way I could go to sleep without the TV on because I wouldn't be able to get my mind to shut down. My mom, who has had the same problem, has told many many times over the years that it was from depression and I'm thinking she could be right because a lifetime of this behavior completely changed when I kicked out the ex. I found myself going to bed by 10:00 but still with the TV on (my preference is Nick). However, I would wake up a dozen times during the night and I was more tired than when I was getting 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep. There's nothing more irritating than going to sleep at 10:00 and waking up and for a moment feeling like you've slept for hours and it's only 11:00. I was also for the first time in my life, getting up between 6-7 on weekend mornings. I have found it's amazing how much can be accomplished before noon. My routine now is going to bed at 10:00 and turning on my soaps I recorded during the day. I have discovered that for some reason I am more likely to get drowsy watching something I recorded than watching the current programming. I try to make sure that I don't have to take any more potty breaks after I go to bed because that breaks the cycle and I have to start over. After I have dozed off a couple of times, I turn off the TV go to sleep. I am finding that by following this routine I am not waking up as often during the night and sometimes not at all. I am now waking up between 5-6, but I try to wait until at least 7:00 to get up so as not to get too tired before the end of the day. If I take even a 30-minute nap during the day, I'll never go to sleep that night.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:22 am
I usually don't have too much problem sleeping, but after reading this thread yesterday, it took me a long time to fall asleep last night!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:31 am
As I mentioned earlier, it’s one of those weird things. By that I mean that with most things, the harder you try, the better you get at it. Trying hard to go to sleep doesn’t seem to work very well.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:37 am
it has been my personal experience that doctors like to label anyone who doesn't sleep the 'normal' hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as being depressed. i say phoey on that. my sleep pattern is just different than other folks just as my haircolor and taste in foods. none of that makes me depressed just different. why should doctors try to force me into sleeping the hours they think are 'normal' by giving me drugs or labeling me as psychotic? it sounds like brainwashing to me and a way to make money.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:11 am
Dogdoc, Ill bet that was great with the original writer, I felt so close to the characters I think id like to get the tape as well... Well, last night I slept crappy...maybe I need a new pillow but my neck is killing me...drat. And just wondering how many of you were thinking of Newman when you took that halfsleep/walk to the bathroom last night.. Ill admit I did..Im allmost laughing thinking about all those people all over the states sitting on the toilet thinking of him...He should be flattered...LOL
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:09 pm
Too funny Chew!
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:36 pm
Funny graphic, Kearie. I'm chuckling. I don't get a flattering feel, Chew, if I think of people sitting on a toilet, thinking of me? But I get your drift... I did try to not put on a light for the 2am walk to the bathroom. Didn't work. I don't want to trip over anything and hurt myself. I also have to put a light on anyway to see where I'm peeing. Don't want to miss the porceline goddess. Afterall, there's only me to clean it up! For me, I just need the discipline to not turn on the radio, or tv, or internet. Just go back to sleep. Or if that's impossible, then read for awhile... I guess I'll stick with that approach. Like others have said I don't want to get addicted to sleeping pills.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:48 pm
newman, why don't you just sit down to pee? my dh does and it saves us both a lot of mess. just an idea.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:20 pm
Cnd, you just gave me an idea. Would it be too traumatic if I tell my 11-yr-old he has to start sitting down to pee? I get so tired of having to remember to look to see if the seat is dry. I worked with a woman years ago who had a sign in her bathroom telling men they had to sit. Her two sons were not allowed to stand either. I always thought that just didn't seem right... until I had a son.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:26 pm
i don't know anything about raising children, native, so i can't address your question. i did not tell my dh to sit, it was something he was doing before i met him. i just happen to appreciate it tremendously. i have known a lot of men as they have gotten older decided to sit because their aim becomes worse and they end up peeing on themselves otherwise! LOL
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:28 pm
As silly as it may sound, speaking as a guy, I don't think it's a good idea to tell him that he has to sit down and pee. Telling him that just doesn't seem the right thing to do to me. LOL - I know it's probably silly (I'll say it first so no one else has to). ETA: Of course, some guys like to sit.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:33 pm
Lol. Nt my boys have their own bathroom and I have mine that they are not allowed to use.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 1:34 pm
For some reason I cant picture a guy sitting down to pee, it kinda creeps me out...but thats just me.. and thats true about having the discipline to turn off the computer or tv., I find it so hard to just click off...why is that?? I know its all going to be there in the morning..
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:18 pm
Mocha, you are very lucky. I live in a very old house that only has one bathroom. Chew, I agree. It is kinda creepy. For me, having the TV on was my way of turning my mind off. If I was listening to the TV while falling asleep, my mind would not be churning with issues like work, money, son, the meaning of life, etc. But now I'm thinking I'm sleeping through the night more since I started turning off the TV.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:55 pm
get some cherios put them in the toliet and tell them it's target practice My guys not only put seat up to pee but put the lid back down after....It's a feng shui thing to make sure the lid is down and Dylan has known this since he was 3, he even puts it down at other's houses LOL
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:16 pm
The other thing you're forgetting, with boys, is that they get these huge erections in the morning. If you made it a rule to sit down and pee, well, there's no way you can bend that thing to get it to aim in the toilet!
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:24 pm
Thanks for sharing that Newman. Is that for men...or just boys? <EG>
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:28 pm
LOL, whats worse, cleaning the base of the toilet, or the ceiling...AAAKKKK...
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