Insomniacs not so anonymous!

You too Annie? I've not even been to sleep yet, and now I feel as though I've gone beyond it. Read, listened to the radio, made a cup of tea but sleep just eludes me. I'm sorry you're in pain Annie; that makes a long sleepless night even worse.

3.am again, so tired want to cry , long for a nights sleep but this wretched digestive problem makes a full nights sleep Impossible.

Awful isn't it Maw? It feels as though the night will never end and you just long for sleep.

Made it through to 3 which compared to last night is a luxury.
A few hours to go though. ? ?

Anyone else awake?

Horrible, disturbed night again. The usual waking, awful, complicated dreams, and needing to wee every hour or so. Ugh!

Oh boy-my heart goes out to you all esp health problems. I regularly don't sleep well but nothing like the health/worrying that some of you endure.
I just had a look at the you tube, haven't come across the one you recommended just yet. Someone Starkey (?) going on about balancing chakras and your spiritual guides-the last thing I need in the middle of the night is hocum!
Hate to be preachy but we are TOLD in the good book Do not be anxious. After all it doesn't change anything does it? Just makes you feel worse. Find something you find positive/uplifting and read/watch that instead.

Maw you must be exhausted. I don't know what to say. I hope that today goes well for your dear husband. It must be so distressing for you both. Hope everyone's else's day isn't too awful after your sleepless nights. I am going to look for the you tube recommended by NanKate so hopefully I may get some better sleep.

This is not usual, but thank you for the thought poor man has dreadful bleeding haemorrhoids (sp?) and I suspect the pressure is “telling”him he needs to go even there is very little.
The other problem with his catheter hurting seems to be the beginnings of an infection which, thankfully, was spotted in time and an a/b prescribed at the “Urgent Care Centre”(huh! What looked like the entire population of Milton Keynes and only 2 doctors and 3 nurses on! ) But that is another story.
Sorry to be so self obsessed - I haven’t expressed any sympathy for the rest of you - especially with responsibilities or journeys today

Mawbroon
Could you possibly ask for some respite care? Or a someone to do one night a week so you can sleep?. If you don't ask you won't get . Really feel for you.

Made it till 7.25 ☹️

Maw what a hard night you have had. I always feel sorry for myself after a sleepless night and I was this morning. When I read how bad other GN's night was, I am ashamed.
We have GD again today and all day overnight tomorrow, unavoidable and I'm dreading it as I'm so tired. I've had a blinding headache and heating is still not working properly. Oh Joy!
I will have to stop going on GN late at night, as my dreams were full of Gransnetters, all names , no faces.

Morning at last! But I must get another 20 mins

Oh maw, my waking at 1 for an hour or so and then again at 5 seems nothing to complain about. Yes, of course go back to bed whenever you can. You surely must. Take especially care if you are driving today. annie is right, it's draining. Enjoy your trip florentina, hope the meditation is working day6 and you got back to sleep tanith. I'm just cross with myself as I need my head today and already it feels like soup. Good luck with your day everyone.

And again ☹️

A trip (more like awayday) to the Urgent Care Centre because DH has bloody stools and also a catheter prob /uti meant we didn’t get home till 11 . He has had me up at hourly intervals with “dire rear”and I could WEEP. 1.30, 2.40, 3 something , 4 something and now and this will go on I know. He is due to have a blood transfusion today at 10 please, please can I go back to bed then? Despairing.

I'm in the same boat as most of you. Awake at 2am, brain in overdrive going through various family worries, husband snoring contentedly.....?
We will be going away for a few days heading off today. Thank goodness I'm not driving. Meeting up with friends and going to a nice hotel. I know darn well that no matter how good the bed will be, I will still wake about 2am!
Will faff about on here for a bit then toddle off and attempt another hour or two of sleep.
Enjoy Friday 13th folks! ?

4.23am and I am still awake. I was up at seven yesterday so that's à 17 hr day I've had so far. I am beginning to panic because I have visitors in the morning and grandson to collect from school, for a sleepover. I often feel quite ill the day after a sleepless night and worrying about that isn't helping. I shall try a You Tube meditation. Thank you for the tip NanKate.

Another wakeful night fo me too, the fire alarm started beeping and woke us, it just needed charging thankfully. OH was asleep in 5 mins and here am I nearly 2hrs later.
Someone's car alarm went off too.

Usual 3am waking, am now drained of energy, months of this .

Although on the whole I sleep better than most of you folks it appears we all seem to have something in common worrying about our nearest and dearest. I remember saying to my dear old mum ‘you never stop worrying, and she replied ‘wait till you are my age and you will understand’. Well I do understand now and she was bloomin’ well right.

Now onto some positives I do find listening to relaxation meditations on YouTube help me fall asleep. They are free. I just plug in my earphones so not as to disturb DH and following the verbal instructions helps. I rather cleverly put a tea towel in between the screen and close the flap to hide the light and then as I just feel myself dropping off I pull out the cloth so that the battery does not run down over night. I use a variety of meditations but the ones by The Honest Guys seem to suit me best.

Finally on one of these meditations I remember the words ‘worrying does not help anyone’ or words to the effect and it seemed to resonate with me and of late when I have been worrying about my DS and my two small GSs I have tried to divert my thoughts and concentrate on something else.

I have wittered on enough. Hope you all cope with today whatever that might bring.

Me too! Have DGD in an hour, trying to summon up energy to get dressed.

Me too. Twenty past three....ping! And then a tidal sweep of anxieties.

Why did nobody warn us that life was going to be this difficult? I don’t have the terrible worries that some of you have (yet) but sleep just eludes me. Seem to have been awake most of night. Gave up trying to sleep about an hour ago.

Here we are again! Thought tonight would be fine after last night and then long drives but not to be! Fuming at the NHS for removing mum's funding. You only get it for 6 weeks if you are dying!!