I'm back to snapping awake an hour or two after I sleep. It's driving me crazy. Or if I dare to eat the wrong stuff, I end up with the twilight sleep. I'm not sleeping well. And I'm waking up with the fatigue of the dead again. I would give anything for real, refreshing sleep and to wake up feeling rested.
-
Welcome to Phoenix Rising!
Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
To become a member, simply click the Register button at the top right.
Insomnia and Messed Up Sleep Cycles
- Thread starter Carrigon
- Start date
hurtingallthetimet
Senior Member
- Messages
- 612
hello carrigon insomnia is very hard to deal with...i sleep at most 4 or 5 hours straight but that is after days of no sleep and to point im so exhausted i sleep that..but im sooooo tired during day nodding off but cant get good deep sleep its so hard....id love to sleep really good and have great dreams too that would be so wonderful..
hope you get some rest or some good ideas on how to get better rest...i can be dead tired and not sleep..leg pain..back pain..mind racing..worry stress...hope you get some good sleep
hope you get some rest or some good ideas on how to get better rest...i can be dead tired and not sleep..leg pain..back pain..mind racing..worry stress...hope you get some good sleep
- Messages
- 2,573
- Location
- US
I normally cannot take sleep medications or OTC sleep drugs, but after days in a row of sleep inability, I'll resort to them for a night. I get really bad after just 1 or 2 bad nights of sleep.
*GG*
senior member
- Messages
- 6,389
- Location
- Concord, NH
there has been some stories/perhaps studies released recently about people not needing to sleep the 7 to 8 hours straight. I think the total should be that much and perhaps a little more. I take ADs for sleep and it has helped me tremondously! I know lots of people have sensitivities, not me luckily, so not sure what you do in that situation?
GG
GG
taniaaust1
Senior Member
- Messages
- 13,054
- Location
- Sth Australia
It's all frustrating.
I thought I was starting to get a handle on my sleep issues with new meds and was slowly working my sleep time forward. Then a heat wave hit and there went some of the progress I'd made (I'd got to the point that with the meds I was starting to get to sleep between 2am and 2.30am). Now Im worst then that again and now not able to sleep till 3am-4.30 (with the sleep meds... without them Im a lot worst).
anyway.. just wanted to say I sympathise.
I had a specialist appointment last week, that I ended up cancelling the morning of it as I was far too tired to be able to get myself out of bed to get myself to it.. I just couldnt do it. Trying again this week (with the appointment being made even later).
I thought I was starting to get a handle on my sleep issues with new meds and was slowly working my sleep time forward. Then a heat wave hit and there went some of the progress I'd made (I'd got to the point that with the meds I was starting to get to sleep between 2am and 2.30am). Now Im worst then that again and now not able to sleep till 3am-4.30 (with the sleep meds... without them Im a lot worst).
anyway.. just wanted to say I sympathise.
I had a specialist appointment last week, that I ended up cancelling the morning of it as I was far too tired to be able to get myself out of bed to get myself to it.. I just couldnt do it. Trying again this week (with the appointment being made even later).
- Messages
- 2,573
- Location
- US
A good related thread is http://forums.phoenixrising.me/showthread.php?16672-Ways-to-get-sleep-Methods-drugs-everything
- Messages
- 78
Riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, has many functions in common with the other members of the B complex family. These include support of the immune and nervous systems and formation of healthy red blood cells. Riboflavin provides essential factors for the production of cellular enzymes that turn proteins, fats, and carbohydrates into energy. It also participates in cell reproduction, and keeps skin, hair, nails, eyes, and mucous membranes healthy. Folic acid (vitamin B9) and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) are activated by riboflavin.
Recent research has found that riboflavin is involved in the regulation of circadian (daily) rhythms in humans and other mammals. Riboflavin helps to activate certain light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye that synchronize the animal's daily biological rhythms with the solar light/darkness cycle. (This is because riboflavin allows you to bind copper to it's carrier protein. Bound copper activates the pineal gland which regulates the circadian sleep cycle.)
Recent research has found that riboflavin is involved in the regulation of circadian (daily) rhythms in humans and other mammals. Riboflavin helps to activate certain light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye that synchronize the animal's daily biological rhythms with the solar light/darkness cycle. (This is because riboflavin allows you to bind copper to it's carrier protein. Bound copper activates the pineal gland which regulates the circadian sleep cycle.)