What do you do when you can't sleep due to the pain?

stickywicket

Or chuck a couple of kiwis at 'em (Once you've finished with the kiwis, that is.)

AndyMaz

I did actually suggest a bucket of water to the OH. She said she didn't want to bring trouble to the doorstep.

She's really upset, bless her. We bought this flat brand new 4 years ago and the estate has steadily been ruined by chavs on mopeds, people arguing in the street, drunk people smashing bottles all over the road, Police raids a flat in the same block for drugs.

Can't wait to get out of here. The stress of it all on top doesn't help. We have a very young child and can't think of anything worse than him having to grow up surrounded by horrible people.

SteveBurns

Depending on age everybody needs a certain number of hours sleep each day.

Babies need 20 hours or so and 70 year olds about 7ish hours.

Take for example myself age almost 63.

According to the statistics I need just a bit more than 7 hours a day. If I look at the time I need to be awake, after 7am to get the kids sorted out for school, I should start with 7 am and work backward taking off the 7 hours and end up with the time I should go to bed i.e. 12 midnight. (I hope you can understand that?)

If I go to bed earlier I will wake up earlier and struggle to get back to sleep. If I go to bed later I will wake up with the alarm and still be tired.

If I sleep during the day for example 1 hour I should deduct that hour from my 7 or so and plan for 6 hours in bed.

I used to worry a lot about not getting enough sleep as I do usually sleep, disturbed, for about 7 hours. When younger I could sleep all day, can't do that now but realise its an "age" thing.

Sleep follows natural patterns, without going too much into it each cycle lasts for about 2 hours. That includes the light and deep sleep, the dreaming stages and the coming out of sleep. I wake up every two hours or so for a toilet break. That is a male thingy but funny how it coincides with the sleep patterns. Once having been to the toilet I can get back to sleep and wake another two hours later. I have 2 or 3 toilet breaks each night.

I hope you can follow all that, its something I learned on my recent therapy break. I have to say I sleep better now knowing that I am getting enough

elnafinn

RitaW wrote:

Hi Elna,Thankyou for your reply.I used to only get it occasionally,but lately it has become almost every night.It drives me mad because I am so tired.I will take a look at that link you posted.Thankyou. x

Hi Rita

I hope you got some zeees last night. Unfortunately I hear that it is common for RLS symptoms to increase as time goes on. I appear to be in the minority with this and am most thankful. So far anyway.

The website of RLS-UK, a charity which aims to raise awarenss of Restless Legs Syndrome and offering support to those who live with the disease is: http://www.rls-uk.org/ in case you are not aware and I am sure the forum link I mentioned earlier is there too.

Elna x