sleep problem
Hi guys,
since last week, one of my children off sick with flu, and with very high tempture where I had to stay up during the night to make sure they are cool enough, as soon as one finish the next one had it, hell of half term it has been.
anyway now I have problem going to sleep at night, totally wide awake, and during the day i'm just so tried like having jetl ag.
but during the day i dont feel like sleeping either [sm=sleep.gif].
I have been taking herbal stuff to help me fall sleep, but to no avail.
now days I'm getting short temper, and keep forgetting to do simplest thing, all I want to do is to get good night sleep.
but I dont know how anymore.
my body seems to have forgotten it too, can anybody help me please.
I look and feel like zambie. [sm=speechless-smiley-040.gif]
regards
farideh
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hi farideh ( its ok, i'm not following you all around the forums a la stalker style, honest!)
i'm going through this phase myself so that makes two of us looking like extras out of "the living dead"!!
at the moment i have been trying *white noise* in the form of concentrating on a ticking clock to lull me to sleep which would work if my attention span wasn't so damn short at present time!i've sprinkled lavander oil on my bedding and i'm currently burning sandalwood jossticks and i have to say the latter is a very soothing smell and is recommended for sleep problems :D
also try listening to a relaxing CD either an hour prior going to bed or once in bed and another technique i use is mentally going through an A-Z list of names ect.
i'm hoping and praying for a good nights sleep tonight as i feel like i've been up all night with a new born baby for the last few days!
warm wishes- calla lily x
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That makes three of us then. I've had a sleep disorder for a few years now and I very rarely wake up feeling as if I have had a good night's sleep; the medical consultants are trying everything on me and have concluded that it is not sleep apnea - they wired me up to a device that measures blood-oxygen levels overnight and it gave me the all clear.
We're now embarking on 'anti-snoring devices' (even though my wife tells me I don't snore), which my dentist is making for me and they aren't cheap!
The next move they are talking about is surgical; I've already had my nose operated on to open both air passages and that wasn't much fun at all.
To have a refreshing night's sleep would be fantastic - just I can't see it happening anytime soon.
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my problem is not medically, just I had so many nights with my sick children, that my body clock has stop knowing bed time is sleep time,
yesterdayday I was so tried I just wanted to go to sleep, but I had to cook dinner, listen to my husband going on about he's day ( which I normally love to know) but not yesterday because I was so tried.
by the time I finish cooking, then do small chit chat with the hubby, serve dinner. I was wide awake.
I hit bed about 2.30-3.00 in the morning forcing my eyes close, but I made sure to get early at 8. so may be tonight i get to bed and sleep.
farideh
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Try using Epson Salt, it helps me sleep.
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mines all psychological as i've recently changed rooms around and imaging the worst every time i hear a strange noise! it also dosen't help that i have about 101 things going around in my mind either and i keep playing out the same old thing over and over and then wonder why i can't sleep [&:]
tuesday morning i overslept as i was so exhausted from lack of sleep, not good when i have 3 children to get up and ready for school[:@]but i did make it on time[sm=dance.gif]
mike, was it your adenoids you had whipped out by any chance? the reason i ask is my eldest son was a snorer because of this and since he had them removed he's never done it since:D
lora, daft question alert but how do you use epsom salts? in the bath or perhaps?
warm wishes- calla lily x
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came to 10 oclock last night. I thought this it go to bed, which I did, 2 oclock in the morning my husband woke me up. saying what are you saying you are talking in sleep, than 5 in the morning he started talking about the phone call he made to Australia, until 6.30
I said to him are you mad, I have sleep problem and you actually wake me to talk about your phone call, he said it was important I thought you wanted to know.
men are worse than children who keep you up, now my body is really reacting badly, I've just been sick, that's all I need.
farideh
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I put my the epson solt into the bath. There are all kinds of bath salts out there, if you look around I am sure you will find the one that suits your needs.
Lora
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Hi Calla Lily,
I've not yet got to the surgical part ofmy sleep disorder 'process'. Several years ago when I returned from a tour in Cyprus I found that my nose was so dried out that I kept having to use decongestants to breathe, it was a nightmarerunning because I couldn't breathe properly. I ended up in hospital a year later for an operation on my nose, which I had broken earlier in life; they straightened it up and cauterised the inside.It was an improvement but not a cure.
Last year I was given a device towear at night that measured my blood oxygen levels - they were fine, so the conclusion was that sleep apnea was eliminated. The hospital made an anti-snoring device for me, which is like a mouthguard and holds the jaw a few millimetres forward; I didn't find out whether it worked because it kept breaking in half! The adhesive they used to bond it was ineffective and the consultant recommened I see my dentist and have them make me an anti-snoring device.
My dentist is, I nowknow, awesome! She said that it would cost me, because they aren't available on NHS but private only - so I'm lighter by £165 now. The device is far more sophisticated and comfortable than the hospital version and I have had it for 3 days. The dentist was recently in the US at a trade show and came back with loads of information about sleep disorders associated with dentistry and 'jaws' (easier to say than maxillio-facial).
I can'tyet say whether the device works. I promised to give my dentist some feedback in a month, so I can do the same here. To be honest, I love goingto see her because she israther attractive and has a great personality! That she was thinking about me whilst in the US makes me feel warm all over.
Seriously though, I'm getting fed up with sleepdeprivation and it is personality changing. If the mouth device works I'll be shouting it from every rooftop.
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Sounds like the homeopathic remedy cocculus would be perfect for you.
since last week, one of my children off sick with flu, and with very high tempture where I had to stay up during the night to make sure they are cool enough, as soon as one finish the next one had it, hell of half term it has been.
anyway now I have problem going to sleep at night, totally wide awake, and during the day i'm just so tried like having jetl ag.
but during the day i dont feel like sleeping either [sm=sleep.gif].
I have been taking herbal stuff to help me fall sleep, but to no avail.
now days I'm getting short temper, and keep forgetting to do simplest thing, all I want to do is to get good night sleep.
but I dont know how anymore.
my body seems to have forgotten it too, can anybody help me please.
I look and feel like zambie. [sm=speechless-smiley-040.gif]
regards
farideh
Answers:
hi farideh ( its ok, i'm not following you all around the forums a la stalker style, honest!)
i'm going through this phase myself so that makes two of us looking like extras out of "the living dead"!!
at the moment i have been trying *white noise* in the form of concentrating on a ticking clock to lull me to sleep which would work if my attention span wasn't so damn short at present time!i've sprinkled lavander oil on my bedding and i'm currently burning sandalwood jossticks and i have to say the latter is a very soothing smell and is recommended for sleep problems :D
also try listening to a relaxing CD either an hour prior going to bed or once in bed and another technique i use is mentally going through an A-Z list of names ect.
i'm hoping and praying for a good nights sleep tonight as i feel like i've been up all night with a new born baby for the last few days!
warm wishes- calla lily x
Answers:
That makes three of us then. I've had a sleep disorder for a few years now and I very rarely wake up feeling as if I have had a good night's sleep; the medical consultants are trying everything on me and have concluded that it is not sleep apnea - they wired me up to a device that measures blood-oxygen levels overnight and it gave me the all clear.
We're now embarking on 'anti-snoring devices' (even though my wife tells me I don't snore), which my dentist is making for me and they aren't cheap!
The next move they are talking about is surgical; I've already had my nose operated on to open both air passages and that wasn't much fun at all.
To have a refreshing night's sleep would be fantastic - just I can't see it happening anytime soon.
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my problem is not medically, just I had so many nights with my sick children, that my body clock has stop knowing bed time is sleep time,
yesterdayday I was so tried I just wanted to go to sleep, but I had to cook dinner, listen to my husband going on about he's day ( which I normally love to know) but not yesterday because I was so tried.
by the time I finish cooking, then do small chit chat with the hubby, serve dinner. I was wide awake.
I hit bed about 2.30-3.00 in the morning forcing my eyes close, but I made sure to get early at 8. so may be tonight i get to bed and sleep.
farideh
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Try using Epson Salt, it helps me sleep.
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mines all psychological as i've recently changed rooms around and imaging the worst every time i hear a strange noise! it also dosen't help that i have about 101 things going around in my mind either and i keep playing out the same old thing over and over and then wonder why i can't sleep [&:]
tuesday morning i overslept as i was so exhausted from lack of sleep, not good when i have 3 children to get up and ready for school[:@]but i did make it on time[sm=dance.gif]
mike, was it your adenoids you had whipped out by any chance? the reason i ask is my eldest son was a snorer because of this and since he had them removed he's never done it since:D
lora, daft question alert but how do you use epsom salts? in the bath or perhaps?
warm wishes- calla lily x
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came to 10 oclock last night. I thought this it go to bed, which I did, 2 oclock in the morning my husband woke me up. saying what are you saying you are talking in sleep, than 5 in the morning he started talking about the phone call he made to Australia, until 6.30
I said to him are you mad, I have sleep problem and you actually wake me to talk about your phone call, he said it was important I thought you wanted to know.
men are worse than children who keep you up, now my body is really reacting badly, I've just been sick, that's all I need.
farideh
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I put my the epson solt into the bath. There are all kinds of bath salts out there, if you look around I am sure you will find the one that suits your needs.
Lora
Answers:
Hi Calla Lily,
I've not yet got to the surgical part ofmy sleep disorder 'process'. Several years ago when I returned from a tour in Cyprus I found that my nose was so dried out that I kept having to use decongestants to breathe, it was a nightmarerunning because I couldn't breathe properly. I ended up in hospital a year later for an operation on my nose, which I had broken earlier in life; they straightened it up and cauterised the inside.It was an improvement but not a cure.
Last year I was given a device towear at night that measured my blood oxygen levels - they were fine, so the conclusion was that sleep apnea was eliminated. The hospital made an anti-snoring device for me, which is like a mouthguard and holds the jaw a few millimetres forward; I didn't find out whether it worked because it kept breaking in half! The adhesive they used to bond it was ineffective and the consultant recommened I see my dentist and have them make me an anti-snoring device.
My dentist is, I nowknow, awesome! She said that it would cost me, because they aren't available on NHS but private only - so I'm lighter by £165 now. The device is far more sophisticated and comfortable than the hospital version and I have had it for 3 days. The dentist was recently in the US at a trade show and came back with loads of information about sleep disorders associated with dentistry and 'jaws' (easier to say than maxillio-facial).
I can'tyet say whether the device works. I promised to give my dentist some feedback in a month, so I can do the same here. To be honest, I love goingto see her because she israther attractive and has a great personality! That she was thinking about me whilst in the US makes me feel warm all over.
Seriously though, I'm getting fed up with sleepdeprivation and it is personality changing. If the mouth device works I'll be shouting it from every rooftop.
Answers:
Sounds like the homeopathic remedy cocculus would be perfect for you.