Posted by ClearSkies on August 6, 2006, at 9:02:08
In reply to Re: No sleep » ClearSkies, posted by Declan on August 6, 2006, at 3:08:20
> How much sleep do you get?
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> 6 hours is wonderful for me. I have got in to this weird sleep pattern, going to bed early and waking up before 3am.
> By sunrise I'm unrested. Nobody understands why this happens.
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> It happens more as you get older and no doubt means you are buggered, in some department, somewhere, somehow.
> One day they will understand it, but not in our lifetimes.
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> The only humane sleeps are delivered by addictive drugs.
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> What to do? My trendy doctor is talking about glucose, cortisol and insulin, then there's the HPA axis thingo, then there's excitotoxicity.
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> It's been continuous for the last 10 years.
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> DeclanSince I stopped taking Ambien (I was on it for 2 years) my sleeping pattern has been messed up. I take Vistaril but I am groggy the next day, to the point of sometimes going right back to bed after having coffee in the morning.
I seem to do best on 8 1/2 consequetive hours of sleep a night.
CS
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