I need a good nights sleep. Any suggestions?

angie45

Hi Everyone
Can anyone suggest a way for me to get a good nights sleep? I'm finding that despite popping my regular nightly meds of 2 co-codamol, 1 amitriptyline, 1 diclofenac, and 1 esomeprazole I'm still waking up two to three times a night. It's usually because I've moved the wrong way in my sleep and the pain has woken me. Trouble is, as I'm sure some of you will be familiar with, because I haven't slept properly, when its time to get up I'm still suffering from the effects of the night befores meds and I'm not worth a button.
I'd rather find a non-meds way (if I take anymore tablets I'm sure I'll start rattling when I walk) but at present cannot think of anything, can any of you clever people think of anything?

traluvie

Hi Angie..

It can be a pain when you are taking meds to help you sleep and still can't.
I have to sleep with cushions either side of me to ensure partner don't knee me in back lol and so i can turn over and my legs/hips/knees and supported by the pillow if that makes sense lol..some other ideas..
*hot milk before bed
*hot water bottle
*some of that sleep easy spray stuff you put on your pillow
*soothing music on mp3 player to settle you down and if you wake it may get you back off to sleep easier..

Can't think of much more..hopefully someone else may have some more ideas for you..

frogmorton

Hi Angie

medical method....check whether your dose of amatrip is high enough and also can you try slow release meds so you have less pain to 'wake' you?

Other than that l do like Tracy's lovely list

or if all else fails l can pop round....

Mind you l cant guarantee you won't still feel the effects in the morning

Love

Toni xx

tjt6768

Ra is a fully qualified hypnotist.. I could get him to put you in a trance each evening. Although he has been known to be mischievous, I couldn't guarantee that you won't start clucking like a chicken whenever someone sneezed :shock: :shock:
Good luck hun. I hope something helps

julie47

Hi Angie

All I can add to traluvies Ideas is an aromatherapy bath.

It is very rare that I sleep through either. I always wake when I turn over. If I can't get back to sleep, I turn on the radio (very quiet so not to wake oh) and that helps me.

Hope you find a solution.

Juliepf x

traluvie

tjt6768 wrote:

Ra is a fully qualified hypnotist.. I could get him to put you in a trance each evening. Although he has been known to be mischievous, I couldn't guarantee that you won't start clucking like a chicken whenever someone sneezed :shock: :shock:
Good luck hun. I hope something helps

You do make me laugh..

angie45

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the helpful replies. Sorry I've taken so long to say thanks but I got a phonecall from my mum yesterday concerning a family bereavement asking how we were going to get to the funeral in Manchester. No matter how much I tried to convince her that my cousin wouldn't expect us to travel from Glasgow to attend the funeral she wasn't having it. I spent most of yesterday checking transport and accomodation costs.

Traluvie, I loved your list except the warm milk (YEUCH!) and will certainly give some of them a try.

Frogmorton, Thanks for the friendly nudge. I just realised I've been on the same amitrip dosage for nearly two years now well past it's review date. As for your kind offer to pop round to administer your alternative therapy method, my hubby reckons he's fully qualified to do this and there's no need for you to come out into the cold night but thanks for the offer.

tjt6768, Thank you to both yourself and Ra for the kind offer. As honoured as I would be to have the amazing Ra in my home I'm not sure how my two feline girls would react, they're rather insecure concerning their home life (long, sad, story for another time) and may think Ra is replacing them. I wouldn't want my little sleep problem to cause my girls such upset and distress and hope Ra understands why I have to decline his kind offer.

Julie47, thanks for the aromatherapy idea I'll be looking out the lavendar oil for tonight.

Thanks again everyone.

sbolam

hi, I know what you mean..I have not had a good nights sleep in awhile..waking up 2-3 time with turning the wrong.

pill do help but i do worry about having to rely on them to get to sleep.

I am not on as many pills. i do take diclofenac and co-cods..

stephen

dreamdaisy

I think arthritis and a good night's sleep are mutually exclusive. Once in a while I get a blinder where I sleep for about five hours without interruption, but more usually I am woken every 90 minutes or so by pain and even the sleep I do achieve is hardly restorative. Sluggish is the usual operating mode for me. DD

bubbadog

Hi Angie, I was going to surgest a couple of glasses of whisky my couple of glasses are usual triple shots in one glass! I'm so sorry to hear of the bereavement it's hard to be able to travel when your not well as it is but dealing with the loss as well as dealing with an illness is very hard. I would think what would the bereaved want you to do, and then at least in your mind you know you did the right thing not what someone else is telling you to do. I'm sorry for your loss and hope you find a way to get enough sleep soon. Amanda/bubbadog.

cloud9

Something that helped me but didn't cure was to not have any caffeine after 6pm. I now find I can fall asleep more easily and when I do wake throughout the night, I'm calmer.

cacyhi

Hi Angie
Even before my recent op, I sleep like " a chicken on a roasting spit " I rotate 90 degrees every time I wake up, from being on one side ( hip)then lie on my back , then the other side (hip) and so on all night. As lots of people say, a good night is when u can get back to sleep straight away each time u wake up and turn.

The best way of improving my sleep in general is for hubby to sleep in the spare room because sometimes his snoring is the final straw !!!!

Have you ever tried a memory foam mattress because this made a big difference for me ( bcoz im so thin and bony) and its been more comfortable than any other mattress ive had .. just a thought.
of course, right now, Im sleeping in such stupid positions coz of the plaster cast Im looking for my own solutions --- sweet dreams

liesa

Hi Angie,
sorry about your nights of pain and no sleep... all been there done that at some time or other... first thing i wouldve done is contact your GP, and see if he/she will allow you to up the dose... i take full dose of 150mgs at night and feel better in the morning but i have only been on an extra 50mgs for the last 6 months or so i do feel better, but its the days that are worse for me now...
hope you find a way of sorting ur nights its orrible when ur sleep is so needed yet so disrupted! xxxxx

elainebadknee

Angie

This is just a light hearted reply may make you laugh or not.....In our house when someone hasnt had a good night's sleep (dad says he never sleeps past 7am but mum says every time she wakens which is 3-4times a night he's out for the count)!!! That we will administer the huge mallet in the garage onto the noggin!! Failing that a horse tranquiliser????

No seriously i put on music and i know its silly cuddle me frog and try to chill out, usually works!!

Elainex

angie45 wrote:

Hi Everyone
Can anyone suggest a way for me to get a good nights sleep? I'm finding that despite popping my regular nightly meds of 2 co-codamol, 1 amitriptyline, 1 diclofenac, and 1 esomeprazole I'm still waking up two to three times a night. It's usually because I've moved the wrong way in my sleep and the pain has woken me. Trouble is, as I'm sure some of you will be familiar with, because I haven't slept properly, when its time to get up I'm still suffering from the effects of the night befores meds and I'm not worth a button.
I'd rather find a non-meds way (if I take anymore tablets I'm sure I'll start rattling when I walk) but at present cannot think of anything, can any of you clever people think of anything?

roses1

Lie on the edge of the bed you will soon drop off


Seriously Warm / hot lavender bath , calming thoughts empty your head, dim lights, realxing music, read, ( I always feel tired if i start reading especially if its boring!) Do not do anything to stimulate the brain, like being on computer etc. Also if you in bed and cant sleep tell yourself you will get up and do some housework that should do the trick

hileena111

Hi After my THR ....I thought after the awful 6 weeks on my back it would be heaven to be able to be on my side but it didnt matter which side....I woke up with pain every night about 4 times....after the doc trying various tablets we found slow release diclofenic at night did the trick. You mentioned diclofenic...is it slow release...might be something to ask about.
You can buy relaxing cd's from arthritis care apart from other places LOL and put it on very low .....
I've moved into the spare bedroom because of Peters snoring and the THR then fractured pelvis/fractured SI joint.
I havent got a memory foam mattress but do use a lovely think duvet under a fitted sheet.
Warm bath {with lavendar} before going to bed ...about 30 mins beforehand.
As someone said no coffee late in the evening.
Cant think of anything else at the minute but I'm sure someone else will come up with more
Love
Hileena

peterwicks

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