can,t sleep

debbierose
debbierose Member Posts: 403
edited 14. Oct 2009, 10:59 in Living with Arthritis archive
GRRRRRR
still awake and no sign of sleep ever coming, I,ve been feeling really off for the last couple of days and have had a lot of pain in my lower back and thighs, sick as a chip. even Dexter S=Doodle is flat out.
:cry: :roll:
I think its the landlord fault at our pub for doing a midnight runner.angel18.gif
hope every one else is having a painfree night.
see you all in the morning.
lol

Comments

  • joyful164
    joyful164 Member Posts: 2,401
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Debbie
    Sorry you are not sleeping. Horrible isn't it? Especially if you have to goto work aswell.
    I could go through a list of things which might help, but you know most of them by now I should think
    A sort of tension builds in. How can we stop worrying about not sleeping? As you know by now, I love art and from time to time I have tried to sit through a teach yourself DVD. Sends me to sleep in no time. Never have managed to sit right through one.
    Why not send for a DVD on a subject you would like to learn, might do the same to you.

    Joy
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi, Sorry you'r not well, I HATE being sick! :x

    As for sleeping, try not to worry or you will get into the cycle of going to bed, trying to sleep, getting stressed then you can't sleep because you are too stressed. :!: :shock: Thats a discription of me, anyway. One way that never fails, in the day time anyway, is to read the paper. I pick the paper up and I start reading - thats it, an hour or two later I wake up with bits of newspaper all around me!

    Seriously, reading does help me, I think its the relaxation it brings, so if you like reading, try it. I also have amatriptylne from the doc, that helps sometimes, when its pain keeping me awake, but not so good if I'm really worried.

    Sleep tight tonight. Love Sue
  • debbierose
    debbierose Member Posts: 403
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I am determined to sleep right through the night
    i,m not going on the lap top after 9pm. I,m having a cool shower and going to finish my book.
    I'm not going to come down stairs if I wake,
    I'm going to stay in bed until I go back to sleep even if its kills me,sick0010.gif
    I ususally leave that to John when I wake him to tell him I can't sleep. :oops: if all this fails I shall take a sleeping pill.

Categories