i cant sleep

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

thank you for this post Dora, I've had a look at the link which ive saved to have a proper look at when i'm feeling more up to it.:T :beer:

You're very welcome - good luck.

emma_b_4

thanks too i have saved it for when i have time to look

as far as docs is concerned i doubt i will be going, i just dont feel he could do anything for me. he doesnt have them time to listen and i dont know what to say in a 3minute appointment! im feeling much brighter, returned to work, done well, im sleeping about 6hours now which is fine, in this heat ots pretty good!

only thing im fighting now is the urge to get pregnant xx

Turning_into_scrooge

emma_b wrote:

thanks too i have saved it for when i have time to look

as far as docs is concerned i doubt i will be going, i just dont feel he could do anything for me. he doesnt have them time to listen and i dont know what to say in a 3minute appointment! im feeling much brighter, returned to work, done well, im sleeping about 6hours now which is fine, in this heat ots pretty good!

only thing im fighting now is the urge to get pregnant xx

Good luck Emma, i lost a child many years ago, it takes time to move forward with your life and its not somethig you can put a time limit on. I found i used to think he/she would be 10 now or a teenager and one thing i used to worry about which allot of people with think is really silly but was whos reading him/her their bedtime story and tucking them up in bed. Sound daft i know but thats greiving. If your doc is not very good have you considered having a chat to your practise nurse?

emma_b_4

hiya

i had a chat with my tutor at uni, who is a qualified nurse and has bereavement training. obviously she cant prescribe me anything as she isnt in practice now but i dont want anything like that, i just needed an impartial ear i think! i have also spoke to a councellor at the MA. i am sleeping and not as emotional now so im happy!
the one thought getting me through the day though is getting pregnant and i don know how to handle those feelings, i wasnt broody b4 at all, its hormones i suppose isnt it.

we thought about planting a tree or flower but my gardening skills are poor, i have seen an angle type ornemant thingy for the garden and thought of buying that..i dunno.. (wont need watering!)

Frank1in

I work shifts and i always find when i come off nights that i can't sleep at night for a few days.
I find now if i stop myself from having any naps, Have a warm bath, air my bed and spray lavender oil/Avon sleeptherapy spray in the room and on the pillow. I then wait til about ten have a cup of milky horlicks ( i make it with milk into a paste first and then add water) Go to bed and read a little bit, then try and sleep. it doesn't always work, but most of the time it has.

I have tried herbal remedies like mytol and they work but i only take them when i m exhausted as I want to sleep normally not because of tablets. i know this isn't really the same as you as it s only my shifts but it may help.

Hugs.

emma_b_4

thanks, yes it does help, and also im a student nurse , and will have to do nights at some stage so its very helpful!
fortunately for the last few nights i have slept well i think it was all connected to the grief or something...altho for a couple of days i felt i was losing my mind! wierd what the lack of sleep can do to you..

ps what a fab signiture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways -
Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up,
totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride! "

that really made me smile.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXX