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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 09:18am on 2004-07-13

Last night I could not sleep. First, I was too sleepy to want to do anything else (including watching television ... actually, I wanted to play guitar but kept losing concentration) but still couldn't fall asleep. Then back pain kept me awake. Finally, after giving up and getting online, then having a very sudden attack of "so dizzy I must lie down or throw up", I crashed ... partially woke when I dreamt that I was seeing a bunch of SCA folks walking past the camera on the morning news, then woke completely when I dreamt I heard someone downstairs putting my things in boxes to steal them (it was the sound of tape being pulled off a roll in my dream that woke me). So I slept one [expletive]ing hour. Not a happy camper.

Not even interesting dreams with story lines I can bore people with; just impressionistic wake-me-up bits.

Still dizzy. Hope I'm feeling well enough later to drive to Virginia. Hope I'm feeling at least well enough to move the car across the street by the time street-cleaning parking restrictions kick in.

Something more interesting queued up in my brain for later, I promise. Okay, maybe not more interesting (it involves politics and pontificating about cyberspace), but certainly less whiny.

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posted by [identity profile] fixx.livejournal.com at 07:45am on 2004-07-13
Most people say (complain) it has no effect. On me it has a very subtle effect, that being of convincing myself that "it is probably nothing" and letting me go back to sleep until I am fully rested.

I hear that taking it for long periods can mess with your brain chemistry, so I normally only take it from 1-5 evenings straight, and usually 1-1.5mg dosage each.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 07:55am on 2004-07-13
Tried melatonin for a couple of months a while back, tinkered with dosage and timing; never got anything useful from it. :-(
 
posted by [identity profile] suecochran.livejournal.com at 08:31am on 2004-07-13
I take a number of meds and they all supposedly have a sedating effect. Even with that, I also need to take abilify (prescription) and melatonin to sleep. Without the melatonin I don't usually get to sleep. I take 3mg tablets and usually one or two do the trick. Sorry that it hasn't worked for you. Have you tried tryptophan? (In the form of milk or turkey)? I also know for me that what the shrinks refer to as "good sleep hygiene" (i.e. getting to bed at approximately the same time each night, getting up at the same time in the a.m., and not taking more than a 1 hour nap during the day) helps me to sleep regularly. Good luck with it. It sucks to have insomnia. It's so draining.

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