Insomnia: Can't sleep? Try cooling your brain - latimes.com

Insomnia: Can't sleep? Try cooling your brain - latimes.com

Had to put this on here. Will be talking to my doctor about this. I am a severe Insomniac. I, for some crazy reason, can not sleep at night. I have tried a whole lot of things, with no success. I have no idea if it is purely from the fibro pain or the fact that I am still on the "nightshift" mentality that I have lived for over 15 years prior to not working. The bad thing is I do remember even when working nights, and being exhausted, I could not sleep and with 12 hour shifts, having to fight for sleep, was not good. Read the information, tell me what you think. I would also love to hear about anything that may have helped you get to sleep. Share with me your positives and maybe it will help someone else. Also thank you to Felicia Fibro for finding this info and sharing it first. Check out her site by clicking her button on the right side of my page. Remember, the more you find out, the more you are informed, the more you will be able to handle and deal with this mystery and invisible illness. Also, please if you like my blog, follow me. That way you won't miss any info posted and I always hope for comments, questions, stories and responses, interaction with others helps everyone!

Tired

So it has been a week and a half since I started the new medicine.  I just have no idea what to think.  I am falling asleep sooner most nights.  I don't see the clock at 3:30 without having closed my eyes at all.  The major problem I see is I just feel so incredibly exhausted all the time.  Does this mean the medicine is making me more tired and I am still not getting the proper sleep even though I am going to sleep sooner, or does it mean the medicine is doing well, and there is something else wrong?  This is another one of those things that tend to drive me nuts.  Can anything at all be easy?  Can I just get a medicine that works and does not put me through a crazy spiral of changes to see if things will work out.  I, for the first time in my life, since I was an infant, slept in the car on a ride.  That is crazy for me. I guess I will give it more time to see what happens.  Maybe the fact that the weather is changing and I spent a weekend away from home and pushing to do more stuff than I would have had I been home just put me at exhaustion and I needed to and still need the extra sleep.  I really wish I could figure it out.  What is even worse is that I am having family down to my house for the holiday weekend coming up so I guess sleeping extra now probably is not a bad idea, and then next week I will probably be tired as well.  See hand then they wonder why things are so difficult for us.  Life does not make things easy, it would not be worth anything if it was handed to us, or at least that is what they keep saying.  As much as I really want a break, and would love a break, I guess I will just keep trying to move ahead, and if it means I have to go through this craziness of med changes and ups and downs again, at least I know I can be thankful I am still here to do it.