Insomnia
11-02-2018, 01:27 PM
#11
Yes, Bill, for sure, for the past 6 weeks or longer. I have chronic arthritic pain in my lower back and left hip with no immediate solution after putting up with this for most of the summer and after seeing two doctors. X-rays show I have severe degenerative disc disease in all the L numbered spine numbers. The earliest I can get in to the next specialist is 2/6/2019. WTF! At the present I am only sleeping 1.5 hrs every night and another hour in the early morning. And another hour at mid-day. So I do know what it is like to be mentally exhausted daily. I've not been able to take normal pain pills or prescriptions due to bad side effects and my GP has no answers. You can appreciate this.... he said, if he did he would be driving one helluva nicer car!
I hate waking up after one hour and laying there for another watching the clock advance. Finally I just say the hell with it and get up and pour a drink and watch a movie, while placing ice packs wherever I can.
Personally, I've always thought 3/4th of most medical issues are stress related, aside from things like cancer, etc. There is no question exercise is a great stress reliever. As are hobbies and socializing. Currently when I try exercising, such as even walking any distance, it creates so much more pain, I honestly can't stand it.
Perhaps the thought of retirement is playing heavy on your mind. I suspect you identify a lot with who you are and what you do at work. Just guessing. Whatever it is I believe it will pass.
Sorry to vent on your thread.
I hate waking up after one hour and laying there for another watching the clock advance. Finally I just say the hell with it and get up and pour a drink and watch a movie, while placing ice packs wherever I can.
Personally, I've always thought 3/4th of most medical issues are stress related, aside from things like cancer, etc. There is no question exercise is a great stress reliever. As are hobbies and socializing. Currently when I try exercising, such as even walking any distance, it creates so much more pain, I honestly can't stand it.
Perhaps the thought of retirement is playing heavy on your mind. I suspect you identify a lot with who you are and what you do at work. Just guessing. Whatever it is I believe it will pass.
Sorry to vent on your thread.
11-02-2018, 01:44 PM
#12
I had that issue one year ago it seemed to flare up out of no where and I have no idea why. For a long while I was waking up at 2:30 am on the dot, no idea how I could wake up at the exact same time day after day for no reason and no disruption. It was brutal on my work day. It eventually went away on its own and I really don't why either things are back to normal. I did start taking a magnesium supplement which seemed to have helped at the time, I no longer take it but it may help. I tried melatonin but I cant say that it helped but most feel that it does. Don't drink 2-3 hours before sleep if you find yourself heading to the throne in early morning hours. For me going to bed too early makes things worse, if I go to bed at 10 pm I wake up at 2:30, if I go to bed at 11:30 I'll sleep until 6-7 am.
11-02-2018, 01:57 PM
#13
Hey Bill,
Do a diabetes checklist.
Do you find yourself dropping off right after dinner too?
Do a diabetes checklist.
Do you find yourself dropping off right after dinner too?
11-02-2018, 02:17 PM
#14
11-02-2018, 02:23 PM
#16
Doc. I'm taking my medicine regularly.
11-02-2018, 02:39 PM
#17
I find myself dragging about an hour after lunch. I'll even start to doze at my desk. This from a person who never took a nap or fell asleep on the couch until about four years ago.
The worst is long distance drives. I now try do all my driving before lunch. If I'm driving longer than that, I try to skip lunch. Oddly, I'll then get a second wind and be fine behind the wheel.
The worst is long distance drives. I now try do all my driving before lunch. If I'm driving longer than that, I try to skip lunch. Oddly, I'll then get a second wind and be fine behind the wheel.
I drove back and forth between California and Colorado (1,073 miles over 2 days) quite a few times. My go-to coffee has always been sweet, be it added sugar or Bailey's. I would usually have something sweet to eat, too; a danish or syrup on a waffle, in the morning. About an hour after starting to drive, I'd get so sleepy I'd pull off and fall asleep. Cookies with a Subway sandwich spiked my blood sugar sometimes during the drive, too. I slept in a rest stop in Parachute, Colorado three different times. Since I've been doing the intermittent fasting everyday, I drink black coffee and don't have any sugars until after 5 PM. What I discovered is I don't get sleepy driving any more. It was definitely the sweet coffee or candy that I might eat driving, that was causing my problem.
11-02-2018, 02:49 PM
#19
Yes, Bill, for sure, for the past 6 weeks or longer. I have chronic arthritic pain in my lower back and left hip with no immediate solution after putting up with this for most of the summer and after seeing two doctors. X-rays show I have severe degenerative disc disease in all the L numbered spine numbers. The earliest I can get in to the next specialist is 2/6/2019. WTF! At the present I am only sleeping 1.5 hrs every night and another hour in the early morning. And another hour at mid-day. So I do know what it is like to be mentally exhausted daily. I've not been able to take normal pain pills or prescriptions due to bad side effects and my GP has no answers. You can appreciate this.... he said, if he did he would be driving one helluva nicer car!
I hate waking up after one hour and laying there for another watching the clock advance. Finally I just say the hell with it and get up and pour a drink and watch a movie, while placing ice packs wherever I can.
Personally, I've always thought 3/4th of most medical issues are stress related, aside from things like cancer, etc. There is no question exercise is a great stress reliever. As are hobbies and socializing. Currently when I try exercising, such as even walking any distance, it creates so much more pain, I honestly can't stand it.
Perhaps the thought of retirement is playing heavy on your mind. I suspect you identify a lot with who you are and what you do at work. Just guessing. Whatever it is I believe it will pass.
Sorry to vent on your thread.
I hate waking up after one hour and laying there for another watching the clock advance. Finally I just say the hell with it and get up and pour a drink and watch a movie, while placing ice packs wherever I can.
Personally, I've always thought 3/4th of most medical issues are stress related, aside from things like cancer, etc. There is no question exercise is a great stress reliever. As are hobbies and socializing. Currently when I try exercising, such as even walking any distance, it creates so much more pain, I honestly can't stand it.
Perhaps the thought of retirement is playing heavy on your mind. I suspect you identify a lot with who you are and what you do at work. Just guessing. Whatever it is I believe it will pass.
Sorry to vent on your thread.
Booze has also helped me but it makes me fat. For me, 4 ibuprofens, twice a day helps with my degenerative C and L discs. I've been dealing with the degenerative L discs for 13+ years. It's why I quit running and took up the ElliptiGO, once I discovered it. I just recently found out I've got issues in my neck, too, thanks to rheumatoid arthritis. The ortho doctor I waited 3 months to see for my "rotator cuff" problems told me my shoulder is fine but my neck is causing the problems, and that it's a 100% given that RA patients will have issues with their neck vertebrae.
11-02-2018, 06:08 PM
#20
Registered User
Bill, I sometimes have the same issues. Sometimes a single Advil helps. Other times it takes a Tylenol PM. These will take 30-60 minutes to kick in.
If I have two bad nights in a row, I go to my medical marijuana I take for prostate cancer. Don't know if it slows down the cancer or not, but boy does it give me a great nights sleep.
If I have two bad nights in a row, I go to my medical marijuana I take for prostate cancer. Don't know if it slows down the cancer or not, but boy does it give me a great nights sleep.