Posted by BeardedLady on October 21, 2002, at 19:50:49
In reply to Re: insomnia » BeardedLady, posted by judy1 on October 21, 2002, at 19:22:17
Lots of ideas here, of course, and all of us insomniacs have been through them.
I take baths every night, but warm milk doesn't do it for me. First, my problem isn't falling asleep; it's staying asleep. And the milk would make me pee.
I drink water all day, but I stop at 6:30 or 7:00. I do, however, drink a beer almost every night, so tonight I will do without. That surely wakes one up when the depressant wears off. I have always been a night pee-er, though.
I could go to bed later, but I have sleep panic right now. After a few good nights of sleep, I will stretch it again. I'm too scared.
Dinah, great advice about the meditation. I used to have a mantra that worked so well for me. I will definitely do that again. My pdoc says the experts are split between getting up and doing something quiet (which really includes ONLY needlework and reading!) and staying in bed as still as possible. I don't usually have luck with the getting up, but I have gotten up after not being able to fall asleep, taken a bath, and gone straight to sleep. Maybe a 2:00 a.m. bath?
I don't think the sniper is a huge concern for me, as I live far from the action, so to speak. But I have to say that I fear he will more north now, since he has surprised everyone by moving so far south. I am more upset that a family here--two sets of twins (8 and 10) and an older child (16?) and a mother were burned to death in their home by a drug dealer because they mother reported him numerous times. I don't think the city did its job to protect these people. The father is severely burned and has lost his whole family. Who would want to live?
I called my therapist. He says that it's obvious mosaic projects are not enough. I have to write. And I've been having a bad writers' block for a few months, now. So I started a poem (something atypically political--about the sniper and the war and the oil execs), and we'll see if that works.
I'm rambling. Sorry.
And thanks again, y'all!
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