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[taimatsu]

I got about 6.5 hours sleep again last night; on the sofa this time. My neck feels odd and the thought of going into work is making me feel slightly tearful. I don't know how long I can cope on this kind of sleep debt. I survived yesterday mainly by eating chocolate raisins constantly - this is not a sustainable pro-alertness practice. Tonight is Date Night (Robert has bridge match Thursday, so we rearranged it) but I think all I want to do is sleep.

I am going to have to clear the futon in the study so I can sleep on that instead of the sofa if I have to.

Feel unhappy and worried and stuff. Usually it takes me around half an hour to go to sleep, I think, but now it's way longer and much longer than that is possibly considered not normal. Why is this happening? And why have I got stomach pains, too?

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[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

Partly it's happening because you're worrying about it. The fear and stress of losing sleep is causing you to lose sleep.

I find it helps to have something other than the worries in my head to focus on at night, so I usually have some music on quietly which takes up at least some of the the attention that would otherwise be devoted to worrying.

And speaking as someone who needs 8 hours who has survived on less than 5 hours a night for several months at a time, it is doable, Just not very pleasant.

You may want to consider asking your doctor for sleeping pills, but that's very much a short term solution. Lowering stress and anxiety in your life might help too, but that's always tricky.

[slappersire.livejournal.com]

Try herbal remedies first: Valerium root is something I'm going to go pick up and try myself after the past few nights.

I've heard very good things about it.

[wednesday]

And speaking as someone who needs 8 hours who has survived on less than 5 hours a night for several months at a time, it is doable, Just not very pleasant.

Yep. (I did this for quite some time while living in Cambridge, 'cause the need for n hours is coupled with an inability to get to sleep too early in the evening unless there are massive extenuating circumstances, and I was getting up too early for that to work.)

In the extremely short term (read: if can't get to doctor fast enough and can't get to non-supermarket valerian pills, which might as well be placebos), 3 Nurofen Plus and a can of cider will jumpstart the process for one night. I don't recommend doing this very often, but this sounds like an emergency.

[kizzie.livejournal.com]

'cause your stressed and getting worked up about it and unable to relax?

*hugs*

tried havinga bath just before bed to relax or something?

and the stomach pains might be very easily explainable.....

[taimatsu]

I like relaxng baths. baths in our bathroom are, however, not relaxing. They are stressful and uncomfortable, because our hot water does not work properly and the bath is horrible. :(

[kizzie.livejournal.com]

ack :(
more stress