Insomniacs not so anonymous!

First time for a while but I’ve been wide awake since 4.30. Circular thoughts, can usually move on from them but not tonight so I’ll be reading and listening to music, at least I won’t be bored. Hope everyone else is sleeping.

Hope everyone is sleeping. x

Yes Ginny x

It will come Annie. It's still very early days for you and it's all still very raw. xx

Ginny , it's the wretched digestive problems which cause loss of sleep and sadness , I haven't adjusted to less sleep , I need to have normal nights without tea and rennies

I woke up having slept on my hand and leapt out of bed to get the circulation going by waving my arms madly in the air, so now I'm awake!

I'm not surprised you're fearful Ann as UTIs are nasty and given his state of health, that's a worry. Presumably he's in an admissions ward. Once the antibiotics kick in he should improve. It's pointless saying try not to worry, as you will, so just treat yourself with care. Hugs for being brave.

Annie, your body has adjusted to little sleep and will take a while to settle back into old routines. I had acupuncture to push the waking time from 3.00 a.m. towards 6.00. If you can't stand needles, have you tried lavender on your pillow?

Hiya been awake since quarter to four
Sorry to hear your news Annie I hope your husband gets better soon xx take care

Àwake here too.
So tired last night that I came to bed at 8:45pm, but awake several times, now can't get back.
I only visited my H once yesterday ,feel so stressed by it all.
For those who don't know H in hospital after a fall, he has a UTI and is unable to walk or move really.
4 days on he is still not on a ward as hospital full to the rafters. I am so fearful for us both .

Poor you MissA, long night , I slept from 12.00 until about 2.30am so had a few hours, problem is I need 7 to 8 hours, forgotten what a full nights sleep is

Awake the whole night!!
Had drunken visitors to the block, sitting on the stairs having a lovely old chat they were.
Feeling murderous.

Just remembered a had a coffee after meal so no doubt caffeine is keeping me awake. Now for a "wee" alcoholic drink

Am here wide awake even after taking a sleeping pill. Was out with friends for a meal and the conversations have going round and round in my head while trying to sleep. Decided to get up and come on grans net. Hope the others who have various problems sleeping are having none tonight and are peacefully in the " land of nod"

Thank you maggie. I've had a lovely time with my Mum and Step-Dad, so I'm on the train home now and hopefully it'll be an uneventful journey.

Just saw llamas in a field!

So sorry to hear you’re still not well, Wilma. I hope things go well at the doctor’s and that they get you sorted out.

Hi Annie .

Haven't been on GN since last Thursday morning, so probably got quite a bit of catching up to do. Visiting my Mum in Scotland, so not had usual sleep problems because I'm so bad at pacing myself I've been flopping into bed exhausted every night. Cough still causing disturbed nights though, but at least I could get back to sleep - until now that is. Got a long train journey home in the morning and I suspect I'm worried about it. Unfortunately I had another seizure thingy at the dining table the first night I was here. My brother and Step-Dad held me until I came back from it. All rather awkward because I hadn't told them anything and was planning on picking my moment to explain what happened to me the other week. So we ended up having a serious conversation which spoiled the happy mood. Seeing the doctor on Friday and DH will take me before he goes into work. We've decided it's best if I don't drive until I speak to the doctor.

Hey ho, it is what it is, so that's what's been going on with me. Hope everyone can get some sleep soon.

Tea and rennies yet again, I am so tired of this night after night , thoughts in the middle of the night are too difficult to control, I fear going to bed

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just beware you dont end up worrying about the worrying or the not worrying.. thats a bit of a vicious circle.

Well I caught up on my sleep this afternoon - I nodded off as soon as I got home at 2.15 and didn’t wake up till Pointless! I yomped 10,000 steps in the snow in between times though, so fingers crossed I’ll sleep tonight. Thanks for the tips, P0PS, which are good for the likes of me with have no apparent reasons for being awake.

?? thank you! My partner used to say you're not happy if you've got nothing to worry about! It doesn't make me happy but feels natural worst luck!!

wot, you worry you may forget something to worry about ? You are lovely ?

Thank you for your concern and good advice POPS. However, some worries are not the kind you can just lay aside. You can't do anything about them, but when grieving or being worried about illness or family relationships then those thoughts only dissipate over time and when we find solutions. I'm fighting sleep atm as I could just nod off at 16.40 local time and I do so want to sleep tonight as thankfully the tense family relationships here have improved somewhat today.

I think the "worry time" is a good idea and when I write my worries down, I realise a lot of them are trivial no sense! It's true that it does seem strange not worrying though.... I might miss something important by not worrying.

If you can't drop off in lass than 1/2 an hour then get up as you say you do, make a drink probably not tea of coffee, read a book etc (not a screen).

may be worth looking at some relaxation techniques or meditation with practice you can relax your self from all those thoughts in about 10 or 15 minutes.

I still have the odd bad night where I get back up and go back between 5 and 8 in the morning and sleep til early afternoon.

Associate bed with sleep, ie if not dropping off get up and go to a different room, if you lay there all night not sleeping then you can loose that association. A bit like the early stages of being a parent and trying to establish the routine for babies to go to sleep.

how about giving your self some worry time before bed, at least a few hours before you go, all the stuff that stops you dropping off, let go of the stuff you cant do anything about as you cant do anything about it anyway. and the other stuff ( the stuff which you can sort out) make plan of a day and time to do it, after your worry time take a while to relax before bed. hopefully you can dismiss those thoughts as they come into your head, dont try and stop them allow them in and dismiss them straight away...

its not easy but with practice it's achievable.

Well, I’m normally a good sleeper, but have the odd night like this where I wake at daft o’clock and just can’t get back off. In bed at 11.30, reading till I dropped off at 12.15, then wide awake at 4. I’ve tried counting techniques, breathing techniques, staring into the dark, even getting up and having a hot shower. Useless, all of it, though I smell delightful thanks to my opium (!) soap. And every little niggle and worry runs constantly through your brain, doesn’t it? I feel so sorry for those of you with genuine worries and sadness. And any others who are regulars on here. I’ve put my blip down to getting no fresh air and exercise yesterday. It shouldn’t be an issue tonight as I’m hiking over to look after DS3 at 8. I guess I might as well get up now.