What do other insomniacs do?

dibuzz

cheeswright wrote: »

even gardening - in summer if its not dark

I've done that too, I got some strange looks from people heading off to work when I was pruning at 6am but it was green bin day and mine was only half full

Mr_Toad

Wow. All this goes on a night!

I go to bed, fall asleep, sometimes so quickly I don't get to turn the bedside light off, and I wake up at 07:30

scottish_lassy

Don't often suffer insomnia but do waken really early. Like the idea of gardening BUT anything I do must be done in PJ's as I always live in hope that I'll get back to sleep! Dream on!!! Digi box has been a great acquisition as can watch all sorts (of decent TV) whenever I like.

GlynD

Insomnia is a curse. I read to pass the time or get up and watch TV, trying to keep the noise down because the memsahib and two kitties are trying to sleep.

pukkamum

My insomnia is linked to my time of the month, I will often be on the verge of sleep, put my book down, light ou and bang, wide awake.
I heard that getting up is the worse thing to do as it puts your body clock into a rhythm of getting up at that time.
I'm then generally awake til 4 or 5.
I used to get up and watch t.v but now I tend to just read in bed, I've been through 2 books a night sometimes.
I hate it.

Brewstersmum

I read somewhere that the human body was designed to have two 4 hour sleeps a day and as we have evolved it has become one 8 hour stint. maybe you guys with insomnia just need to have two 4 hour bursts.

I do feel for you all as I suffered whilst pregnant. I would be lying there still looking at the ceiling at 4am!

double_mummy

i cant get too sleep some nights im still awake at 7.30 when we get up

i play on my phone plan stuff read books but i have to stay in bed which gets a little tedious due to medical carp i have to be in bed for a minimum of 6 hours otherwise i really struggle the next day

mine started at about 14 got worse with 1st pregnancy better when i had PND i could sleep all day and night then! and then worse when i got better

oh and i do quite a lot of my shopping at stupid am

itsanne

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Wow. All this goes on a night!

I go to bed, fall asleep, sometimes so quickly I don't get to turn the bedside light off, and I wake up at 07:30

Stop gloating!

I hope you appreciate how lucky you are.

itsanne

GlynD wrote: »

Insomnia is a curse. I read to pass the time or get up and watch TV, trying to keep the noise down because the memsahib and two kitties are trying to sleep.

I'm more towards this view than thinking of all the extra time it gives me. It wouldn't bother me if I wasn't actually tired, but it's frustrating how it's possible to be wide awake and tired at the same time.

Avoiding waking those who do sleep well doesn't help :cool:

GlynD

itsanne wrote: »

I'm more towards this view than thinking of all the extra time it gives me. It wouldn't bother me if I wasn't actually tired, but it's frustrating how it's possible to be wide awake and tired at the same time.

Avoiding waking those who do sleep well doesn't help :cool:

I like to think that way too but I'm sat here exhausted.