Sleep problems??
 

Well I have been having problems with sleep this past week or so.


Tuesday night, went to bed at 00:00.....sleep finally came at 02:30am then up for work at 6:30am.

Wednesday thought " oh well 12 hour shift after such little sleep I will be ok I will sleep like a baby tonight".....hmmm BED 11pm......sleep 02:30am up for work at 6:30am.

Thursday knackard at work all day.....could have slept on a washing line. 12 hour shift ended. Relaxed at home and thought, stay up until the absolute last minute before sleep takes over. Went to bed at 1:30am ish......looked at clock at 2am, 2:30am, 3am finally felt sleepy at 3:30am......up for work this morning at 6:30am.

It's not the sleep that is the problem, it's the actually being able to fall asleep. it's as if my mind has gone into over drive and will NOT shut down. When I have finally fallen asleep I stay asleep.
Talking to a lady at work today, and she had the same thing a couple of years back. She took SYNDOL. Now this is actually a HEADACHE remedy, but it contains a relaxent. I bought some from the chemist ( DESPERATE NOW) but I don't want to have to take these just to induce sleep.



Anyone any other ideas??

Sensible ones please.....I'm too tired to read through loads of inuendo's.;):D ( you know who you are)

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Have you tried a milky drink and sprinkling lavender oil on your pillow? Or a relaxing Lavender bath.
Avoid alcohol this can keep you awake. If all else fails get a job on nights and just don't do mornings. lol

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I got a list of the doc - hot milky drink, dont drink any drinks containing caffeine after 6pm, turn the tv/computer off by 11pm and read a book but not a thriller (gets the brain racing!). But the killer was - do not use your bed for anything else but sleeping in - no reading a book, watching tv, eating etc.

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My problem is not the dropping off bit, it's the middle of the night that I have problems. If I wake up (or am woken up by one of the children) I can't get back to sleep for hours. The other night Zack woke me up at about 3ish and I was just dropping off again at about 5ish when Maddie woke up - I knew at that point there was no way I was going to get any more sleep.

I think my body thinks it's had some sleep so it's had enough sleep!

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HMM milky drink fine!!!

Lavender would kill GINGER as he is alergic and can't breath..... so out rules lavender in the house.

Worked nights for 4 years but with 2 small children in the house....nigh impossible to do.

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Stranegly enough one of the ones that works for me ( sometimes) is to take a deep breathe, hold it for a couple of seconds and then breathe out slowly. It's supposed to slow the brain down and you concentrate so hard it stops you thinking about everything else.

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All this does make sense Jen. I was telling Tinks in chat. Last night I fought it to the death before I went to bed. Feeling sleepy I got into bed. Ginger had just finished work and needed to wind down. He put the T.V on and it was that quiz show on ITV. The theme was FIRE------- and you fill in the blanks. 10 minutes later Ginger turned the T.V off and I was filling in the blanks til 3:30am..................:mad:

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doing a Sukodu puzzle works for me , I keep a book of them on the nightstand and it tends to help slowdown/clear my brain out and helps me drop off

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Reading sometimes makes me sleepy.....but if it's a good book like I am reading at the moment ( martina cole - maura's game) I find myself saying " oh just one more chapter.......just one more chapter.......just one more.....)

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Never tried that!!! but I will try anything I need sleep!!!!!

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Another one is to exercise BEFORE you go to bed.

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I had a great tip a few week ago. Try counting down from 100 saying sleep in between but of course u have to be relaxed before hand.

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have you tried the nytol herbal? I sometimes find a nice hot bath a couple of these and a nice cup of horlicks or hot choc does the trick nicely slinky ... good luck hun

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How about, don’t have a heavy debate on accyweb before you go to bed because it will only leave you thinking and not sleeping.

Just a thought.

:)

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Slinky, try reading this, when I tried to read it I kept falling asleep.

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LMAO.....well thanks Neil, that did the trick nicely, but I ended up dreaming of Madhatter actually posting a thread that actually made sense.......I know weird isn't it.:confused:

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Oh ****** have I missed something AGAIN?? Tinks why didn't you ring me to let me know there was a BIG DEBATE going on.......:confused:

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:confused: Must of missed it myself hun. Maybe Len can post a link to it?

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Your not trying to give up smoking by any chance are you Slinky ??

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OMG NO lol........would you like a few murders in ACCRINGTON:D:D

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its just the patches can have an affect on your sleep the nurse told me just a thought

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Yeah I know what you mean. When I have tried giving up smoking before, it has disturbed my sleep.

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old thread, i know ... but....i'm having trouble sleeping

waking up 3/4 times during the night, actually getting up around 5am cos i cant settle, got achey shoulders and an achey back and neck through tossing and turning all night...other then the ideas already mentioned, anyone got anything else?


PLEASE

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I can get you some rat poison :p:rolleyes::D

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A bottle of wine usually works for me flashy:D

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had a glass last night Jay and it didnt work

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i have a lump hammer if you want to try that:D

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think i'd need Reece to help me with that one

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i think i can get you some volunteers to help

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hmmmm

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I have had sleep problems for many months - sometimes too much and other times insomnia.
I have more or less regulated my sleep pattern by using melatonin - a natural product - small dose an hour before bed - it also helps your body to produce its own melatonin if you dim the lighting in the evenings
What is Melatonin?

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see problem solved by accyweb again:D

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cant you get melatonin in certain foods Margaret?

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Not unless you eat pineal glands:eek: not recommended

see last para of the link

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lol ok, i thought i'd heard about it somewhere else

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I would class natural as something that grows not a synthetic copy made in a lab. The pig derived version is natural, the lab made one is not IMHO

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I stand corrected - it is a hormone which is produced by the pineal gland, (as opposed to a pharmacutical chemical cocktail), but due to risk of infection from using brain extracted material, it is chemically copied.
Since it is a chemical which our bodies produce and use naturally, it is not an 'alien substance' which can disrupt bodily functions

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Sorry M but I can't agree with that. Of course it is alien, it is synthetic and is made in a lab. I sometimes think you would suck pigs testicles if someone wrote a blog about them being good for you.

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No need to get crudely offensive.
I take no prescription meds whatsoever and am curing my CFS with nutritional supplements at no cost to the taxpayer.
Incidentally the NHS considers CFS incurable - yet I am 50% better than I was 7months ago.
I do not follow advice in blogs. My DIY therapy is based on research and recommendations of three qualified doctors - Dr Chandy(Co. Durham), Dr Myhill (Wales), Dr Cheney(USA)

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PS - I am not the only one using vitamins, minerals, and other natural products. Fifteen thousand people have now signed my petition.
Petition to: oppose the adoption of the Codex Alimentarius (WHO/UN) proposals for restriction of the presently freely available herb/vitamin/mineral food supplements. | Number10.gov.uk

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Margaret take no notice of him, you do what you want with your life and sod everyone else x

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just try some soft-music to lisen to-it works

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There was a news item this week, about night shift workers, being more eikely to develop cancer.

Obviously there have to be more tests about this....

But regarding night shift workers in general...constant nights, not just the odd night, but people who work nights all the time, like my daughter.

They are sleeping during the day, so they must surely be missing out on melatonin, vitamin D, and other essentials...any advice Margaret? :)

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I have never worked nights, but my first husband did, and he died of kidney cancer at age 49.
I know an ambulance driver who works night shifts and he uses Melatonin - safer than sleeping pills.
I take vitamin D every day because I don't get 30 minutes of sunlight a day, any season
I'm quite a hermit :)

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Have suggested vitamin D to her, for obvious reasons, and the melatonin idea.

Don't think the permenant night shift issue has been raised enough.

Daughter comes home from work at 6am, sees that as her tea time, (during the week)
Goes on commy for a while, has something to eat, then depending on how she feels, goes to sleep for the day. Still has to fit in nomal stuff during daylight hours, like going to the bank and such, which interrupts her sleep pattern.

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Lavender oil in bath stuff , milky drink, no caffeine or other stimulants, and a clear conscience.:rolleyes:
Ps I sleep like very well. Never needed any help, though I have heard Bach remedies are good.

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the bbc website has some ideas .....

BBC NEWS | Magazine | 10 ways to get a really good sleep

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cheers Jen :)

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i have sleepin problems since my sister passed away , now iam totally dependent on sleepin pills , but some times i still can,t sleep even after talkin them , and im talkin about 5-6-7 in the mornin , there is nothin more i can do to help with sleepin tryed everythin even alcohol and talkin sleepers and sometimes that don,t work , so i just have to live with it ,

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be careful with sleeping tablets, i had a friend that got dependant on them and started taking more and more of them to sleep, eventually taking so man that we couldnt wake him up and called and ambulance, the doctors said that they see alot of sleeping tablet overdoses, most commonly zopliclone (think thats what it was called anyway)