Posted by Emme on January 2, 2004, at 16:08:06
In reply to Re: I've become a vampire!, posted by Brown_cow on January 2, 2004, at 14:51:53
> > Up all night. Sleeeeepin' during the day. I'm waiting for my incisors to start growing long. I'm a vegetarian, so I'll have to forgo the blood and settle for a V-8! :)
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> You could try taking calcium, magnesium,Yep. Do that.
> and melatonin (no more than 1 mg or it will keep you awake) at night before bed along with a glass of warm milk.
Haven't tried melatonin. I detest warm milk, but I may resort to trying it.
> Try more daily exercise too.
I was living at the gym before Christmas. I was out of town and have felt so rotten since then that I've fallen off the gym wagon in the last 2 weeks.
> Of course you didn't give many clues so your sleep problem could be caused by a lot of different things.Well, here's what happened. I got a flu shot on the 24th. For a couple of days after that I was tired and feverish - which I figured was normal. But the extraordinary fatigue has continued. Because I was so exhausted I ended up sleeping a lot one day and had trouble falling asleep at night and was up all night for a few nights with an inverted sleep pattern, sleeping more during the early part of the day.
Now last night I did finally fall asleep before 2 am and slept enough hours till, say, 9 or 10, and then slept half the day. 12+ hours. The fatigue is so intense that I have to keep going back to sleep until mid afternoon, and then I'm still zombie-like. Even going out for some fresh air and walking isn't helping. Dunno what's going on, but it's not normal. sigh. It's gotta straighten out soon... If I end up sleeping 12+ hours again tonight and tomorrow and still feel exhausted, I'm going to be frustrated.
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