Insomnia really really sucks.

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8/31/2009 12:56:44 PM

Boo to insomnia.

Yay for wine wooziness though.

Does anyone else like noise when they're trying to sleep?

I love to fall asleep to the sound of loud fans, thunderstorms, washing machines and dishwashers. Getting to sleep is no prob. It's just staying asleep that sucks.

8/31/2009 11:36:45 PM

I SLEPT TODAY! on the train to DC - 2 whole hours of uninterrupted bliss.. i think it was the rhythmic clacking of the rails. i dunno but it was fantastic.

^ yes, i love regular (fans, driving on a concrete interstate, etc) or white noise (like fans)

[Edited on August 31, 2009 at 11:41 PM. Reason : er]

8/31/2009 11:40:39 PM

another night on the opposite coast and no sleepyness at all

I need a cuddle buddy, or need to take my Ambien here soon

8/31/2009 11:42:03 PM

^ i don't get how you can take it so late. oh wait i guess if you are in cali then it isn't actually that late.

ugh i can't sleep! i was SO tired before and i'm still tired but i just can't sleep. i was reading and then i was tired and then i was going to sleep and then my neighbors were watching a movie at like the loudest volume possible and i put in earplugs but it still didn't help.

now i'm eating a bowl of cereal. ugh.

8/31/2009 11:46:30 PM

what time do you wake up? i thought ambien is 8 hours? do you have to wake up at 6 or something?

8/31/2009 11:47:36 PM

Quote :

"I love to fall asleep to the sound of loud fans, thunderstorms, washing machines and dishwashers. "

If you have an iPhone, there's an app to that called White Noise. it's free and you can hook it up to the speakers.

I find that stuff helps me get to sleep too.

[Edited on August 31, 2009 at 11:53 PM. Reason : a]

8/31/2009 11:53:07 PM

^^^ and ^^ it's not Ambien CR. It's zolpidem (aka generic Ambien). It kicks in after about 30-45 minutes and is completely out of your system in 2-3 hours. Once I'm asleep I am fine, but I never get tired.

^ I have several iPhone apps like that, they only work for me on airplanes.

8/31/2009 11:54:51 PM

for some reason i do well on planes too... in fact a lot of times, i'm out before i even take off.

9/1/2009 12:03:13 AM

^^ ohhh i was gonna say cause i have ambien CR

shit is whack.

9/1/2009 12:11:33 AM

a: can be bad at times depending on how stressed out i am.

B: i have a high stress job. racing thoughts.....cant make my mind shut off.....if it has been a bad night at work i rehash everything i did to figure out if i did something wrong..........basically second-guess myself and generally beat myself up about it........go me. also i work night shift so my circadian rhythm is uber fucked.

c. sleep when i can and go back to work the next night exhausted and irritable. tried trazodone......i woke up hungover and disoriented with orthostatic hypotension........not good.

ambien... didnt always make me go to sleep, or i might not get the 7-8 hours worth of time for it to clear my system........and then my depth perception would be fucked for a while upon awakening due to double vision.......also not good.


if i am completely desperate ill start studying for the CCRN exam...........that usually puts me out.

melatonin helps sometime, ive also tried l-tryptophan.


drinking to get to sleep isnt a good idea.............the sugars in it will cause to to wake up esp if you even remotely have hypoglycemic tendencies. this is due to the sugar crash... it makes your adrenals secrete adrenalin which wakes you up.



it sucks so much to try to sleep after an especially brutal night of work. multiple adrenaline rushes followed by a "crash" which leads to chugging tons of sugar filled caffeinated beverages........which leads to a "sugar crash" .............rinse repeat. i go home with a completely exhausted body and exhausted adrenals, but i cant sleep because MY FUCKING BRAIN WILL NOT SHUT UP. It helps if coworkers and i go to the local diner to unwind and eat breakfast and have a beer... helps me debrief and then i get to take a lovely carb induced coma ala thanksgiving dinner.

on my days off: i can sleep like the dead.....it is glorious.


for most insomiacs...........routines routines routines.......establish them and stick to them. The act of the bedtime ritual will tell your brain its time to sleep. go to bed at the same time each night when possible and get up at the same time each day(even on the weekends).

9/1/2009 12:35:54 AM

yeah I have heard nothing but bad things about CR. Just makes you a half awake zombie for 8 hours. Regular ol' Ambien will knock you the fuck out. Speaking of which, I'm about to take mine

9/1/2009 12:36:29 AM

jesus i have no sleep schedule

9/1/2009 3:57:32 AM

i work 3rd so i are

9/1/2009 3:58:30 AM

9/3/2009 12:16:11 AM

gave in last night (rather this morning) and took pills... actually took too many since the first round didn't cut it. woke up this morning with i swear what felt like a hangover and cotton mouth. made it to work 2 hrs late. think ima head to a dr. this is getting out of hand.

9/3/2009 12:19:09 AM

insomnia...always....I will not take pills for this though(not judging anyone that does by all means, my problems just come from horrible sleep schedule)

[Edited on September 3, 2009 at 12:59 AM. Reason : .]

9/3/2009 12:59:14 AM

working 1st shift one day and 2nd the next and always having different days off makes this hard


im going to take some melatonin, but it always makes me sleep longer than i want to. also, i took it for the last couple nights and it seems to lose its efficacy

9/3/2009 1:58:56 AM

^^ mine come from anxiety

and i didn't try mine tongiht. because i wanted to drink. see i'm kinda responsible

9/3/2009 2:32:00 AM

^^ thank you for teaching me a word.

9/3/2009 2:41:48 AM

Quote :

" will not take pills for this though(not judging anyone that does by all means, my problems just come from horrible sleep schedule)"

Speaking from my own experience, medium-strength pills work great for adjusting a sleep schedule (when you know you won't be able to make yourself go to sleep by sheer force of will). And I don't end up oversleeping or anything either. And they're easy to ignore for a late-night weekend.

Then again, you might have totally different experiences if you tried them. Also, I don't technically have insomnia, just something called Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome (basically my natural cycle is about 5 hours too late, and my ability to sleep is fairly unaffected by light levels/sundown/sunrise).

[Edited on September 3, 2009 at 2:42 AM. Reason : .]

9/3/2009 2:41:52 AM

Ugh, I still have a couple hours of work to do

9/3/2009 2:42:20 AM

^^ what are medium strength pills?

9/3/2009 2:43:21 AM

^they originally put me on 5mg of Ambien. Which for a normal person will knock you out cold in a few minutes.

But it didn't work at all. Did some tests and found out I basically have a super liver, and a lot of body mass. So doubled the dosage and it still takes about twice as long to kick in as normal. My guess is 2-5mg of Ambien (regular not CR) would work great

9/3/2009 2:45:59 AM

^^Example: Rozarem
Doesn't hit you as hard as ambien and such.

[Edited on September 3, 2009 at 2:46 AM. Reason : ^]

9/3/2009 2:46:30 AM

that is what my prescription is for - rozeram.

do you take it

does it work?

9/3/2009 2:51:07 AM

yay. still awake.

9/3/2009 2:57:03 AM

Quote :

"that is what my prescription is for - rozeram. do you take it does it work?"

I take it every night I need to go to sleep at a "normal" time of night (usually midnight-1AM). Works great for me, so far haven't had any negative side-effects (been taking it about a month now). But the "Do not take on a full stomach" warning on the bottle is pretty important... If I take one too soon after a nighttime snack, it hardly does anything. If I've eaten too much, I can feel the drowsiness hit but it usually isn't enough.

Also, if you're anything like me, you need to be in bed ready to sleep 5-10 minutes after you take it, regardless of how much you've eaten. If for whatever reason I'm up and around, the effects are easy to ignore (there's no trip-out after the initial wave of drowsiness like some people have on Ambien, either - I didn't have one, anyway).

[Edited on September 3, 2009 at 3:01 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on September 3, 2009 at 3:07 AM. Reason : if I were smart I would have taken a pill two hours ago.]

9/3/2009 3:00:12 AM

Dammit!

Went to bed at 11
Woke up at 1
Woke up at 3
Awake again
Might as well go to the gym

9/3/2009 5:45:11 AM

feel like crap. couldnt sleep. going to bojangles to throw up, or eat a biscuit

9/3/2009 5:46:45 AM

anyone else awake right now?

9/6/2009 3:53:57 AM

what does it look like. and i don't see myself falling asleep any time soon.

i'm going to be so miserable tomorrow.

9/6/2009 3:54:54 AM

what time will you wake up?

9/6/2009 3:58:14 AM

i probably wont, as in wont go to bed at all. i dont see it really happening for me anyway tonight. oh well.

9/6/2009 3:59:27 AM

what time will you go to bed tomorrow? do you sleep like 12 hours to make up for staying up all night?

9/6/2009 4:01:07 AM

no, i dont really sleep much period when im on my insomnia kicks. ill take pills tomorrow night and *hopefully* sleep 4-5 hrs

9/6/2009 4:03:44 AM

10am here, just now going to sleep

9/6/2009 4:03:49 AM

where are you?

9/6/2009 4:11:33 AM

heidelberg, germany

[Edited on September 6, 2009 at 4:16 AM. Reason : damn church bells, these dont help insomnia]

9/6/2009 4:14:12 AM

ok, i'll bite. why?

9/6/2009 4:15:53 AM

i got bored of the US and wanted to travel

9/6/2009 4:17:18 AM

For work?

9/6/2009 4:22:48 AM

For Freedom?

9/6/2009 4:23:22 AM

for drugs?


aha ok not rly. or maybe.

9/6/2009 4:24:18 AM

For beers?

9/6/2009 4:25:49 AM

for freedom mostly

but smoking is pretty commonplace here so i take advantage of that

[Edited on September 6, 2009 at 4:27 AM. Reason : and good beer too!]

9/6/2009 4:26:35 AM

oh and sexy german womenz too eh

[Edited on September 6, 2009 at 4:30 AM. Reason : hopefully not the hairy muscle-y type]

9/6/2009 4:29:46 AM

ive only had to deal with the sexy ones so far.
hopefully not with the hairy muscular ones till Oktoberfest

9/6/2009 4:35:31 AM

went to bed at 10. Just woke up. Now I'm having probs falling asleep.

Just had 3 great nights of sleep sharing a hotel room/bed with friends. I really need a sleeping buddy.

9/8/2009 2:30:23 AM

i thought about bumping this like 10 minutes ago

9/8/2009 2:31:06 AM