Insomniacs not so anonymous!

That sounds soothing.....think I'll go and make hot choc. Sophie dog is panting so is shaking my bed which doesn't help sleep. (Especially at Halloween) haven't the heart to chuck her off.
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I have kettle and mugs by bed so don't have to go to kitchen, too tired.

Good idea!

Still awake.......will be like a limp lettuce leaf tomorrow.

It's 5am and I'm still not asleep. RLS combined with insomia.... Such a torture

Been awake an hour or so, and woke every hour before that. Having a cuppa and looking at iPad. I am so fed up with this. To make things worse, it’s an hour earlier than I think, because of this stupid clock change.

It would be okay if we didn't feel tired and sleepy in the day when there are things to be done.

Hope everyone was able to get back to sleep. Like the sound of kettle and mugs by the bed annie. Been awake for an hour or so, not too bad really bearing in mind the clock change. No, I don't like it either. Very sore, pain is a real pain at night with fewer distractions. I try not to get up as Mr C always wakes if I do, doesn't seem fair for him so I use the iPad to catch up with tv programmes or read with the Kindle app. Thank goodness for headphones. Rest when you can everyone.

Woke at 2.35am. couldn't get back to sleep. Dozed until 5, then woke after the most bizarre dreams.
Can you please tell me why a group of men wanted to kill me for my political views and a well known TV presenter was driving me in her bus (her other job) , to a safe house, where I was looked after by a group of seminarians??? I then escaped and died my hair platinum blonde, as I thought the seminarians were in on the plot!!!

Marydoll, question is - what are you on ? and then - did you like being a platinum blonde ? And then - may I have some ?

Oh no, Annie you wouldn't want what I'm on!
I looked like a punk rocker.
I was really scared! I think I've been reading too many GN political posts.
I hope you are feeling OK today, Annie.

Same as usual Marydoll , have run out of alphabet games to play , play them when trying to get back to sleep to take Mind off problems .

4.30 with mug of tea. Had problems finding this thread this morning , woke at 3, gone colder.

Hello Annie. Been trying for an hour or so to get back off to sleep, finally succumbed to iPad. Will catch up on a TV programme now.

Annie, Nana3 and others ... I hope you have spaces in the day ahead where you can catch a few Zzzzzzs. So hard when sleeplessness becomes a pattern. I was up at 3, tried so hard to get to sleep again, but had to give in to not being tired - at the moment - by 4:30. For me this latest has been brought on by the hour change and I am hoping I will be exhausted enough tonight to get a fuller sleep.

Hello Imperfect, that was a poor night for you. Good luck for tonight.

I was still awake st 3. Made a decaff, got bored with the xword, ditto the book, played alphabet games and probably got off around 4, woke at 7, cross because I’d had an active day and thought I’d sleep. So sorry for all the others with sleep problems.

I haven't got insomnia, it's the wretched acid reflux stops me sleeping. I will sleep this afternoon on the sofa, could be for two hours. Horrid being awake for hours in the night, no one here, just Lottie and me.

Well I am awake. DH had cramp in his leg. Painful I know. He woke with a shout. I jumped and banged my head on the headboard. He went immediately back to sleep. I've played 2 games of Spider, 3 of Solitaire and I may put my light on in a more and read my book.

Wonder why my post didn't come through

I’ve been awake since 3.30-ish. Am supposed to be going shopping with a friend, genuinely afraid I will collapse. What do others do? Do you manage a normal day after a really bad night?

I get up and potter for up to half an hour and then try to sleep again - sometimes back in bed, sometimes on the sofa with TV on very low in the background as a distraction from the 'busy thoughts' that have woken me. If I am not working, I try to have a quiet hour later in the day and maybe snatch 40 winks after lunch, but I know that if I sleep fully in the day I am just perpetuating the cycle so mostly I try to power through and hope I will catch up the next night or two.

We have just bought a new mattress and can honestly say that for the first time for a very long time I did not want to get out of bed today -slept 7+ hours! Anyone posting here will know how amazing that is after so very many broken nights. Now who was it that received bunting and balloons by mistake in the post recently/ I feel like hanging some up today!

Have any of you tried Pro Plus for when you have to do something after a terrible night?

Another broken night.?
I was exhausted after a day of DGD, so I thought I would fall asleep no bother. No chance. Took about an hour to fall asleep, then woke up with the pain in my knee. Stumbled about in the dark looking for painkilling gel. Found a tube, but it could have been toothpaste for all I knew?
I eventually fell asleep until DH got up for a wee. He shakes me awake to tell me there's been a power cut. I always keep a powerful torch upstairs for emergencies. So I got up to have a look, as we are high up. I have a good view of the town and lo and behold, on looking out the whole town has no power. Back to bed and eventually doze off.
At 3.36am precisely, all the burglar alarms in the street go off as the power goes back on. Unfortunately my neighbours doesn't stop! I am amazed to see my husband blundering about in the dark, on his way to go downstairs in the dark to reset alarm. Why didn't he just switch on a light, after all we had power! Men!
Both my and my husband's pcs were installing Window's updates at the time, now they are " gubbed" as my son would say.☹️
I hope my fellow insomniacs had a better night.?
We have a plumber coming today from the company who installed our new bathroom. We have a fault in our heating system which our gas engineer suspects was caused when the plumber installed heated towel rail. I'm preparing to do battle and hoping my day is an improvement on my night.

I have a new plan (yeah right) when either Paw needs me to help him in the night, or Hattie feels the need to inspect the garden, when I go back to bed I do not pick up the ipad.
So I have not altogether abandoned you all, but by not being WIDE AWAKE for chunks of the night, have woken today feeling slightly less murderous!
Still up 4 times but a clear run from 5 until quarter to eight has made a huge difference.