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Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:10 pm

You're tired, Honeybun! Get rested and see how you feel tomorrow. Ever tried yoga? Sometimes it's almost impossible to turn off our minds...

Portia · Post by **Portia** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:20 pm

Pinky, i have the same problem...nomatter how tired i am or how late i try to stay up, i always wake up three hours later! sleep deprivation is not fun!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:20 pm

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Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:37 pm

go to sleep or i'm gonna talk like this all night:D

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:00 pm

EEEK! Close your eyes, Pinks! :yh_sleep

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:05 pm

go to bed!!!!!! pinks

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:11 pm

pinks asleep

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double helix · Post by **double helix** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:24 pm

Only when I take too much medication.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:34 am

Portia wrote: Pinky, i have the same problem...nomatter how tired i am or how late i try to stay up, i always wake up three hours later! sleep deprivation is not fun!

Portia, that sounds like me.

I remember, when this would happen, I'd get on the computer and guess who would *always* be there to chat with me?

Baby Rider :-4

We would have the best conversations in the middle of the night.

I miss them :-1

And look forward to doing it again with my friend

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:39 am

I find it hard to sleep at night too Pinky, so I usually keep a crossword puzzle or book of poetry beside the bed as they both send me to sleep!

Alternatively, you could find a fabulous bed that lets you just drift away in it . . . . .

(I was going to say - "or a HOT man" but I guess Si wouldn't be too happy with that! Lol! :wah:

So here's the bed instead!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:16 pm

Pinky wrote: Sigh. Here I am, awake again.

I dropped off about 9.30, and woke up again!

I'm sitting here with a huge mug of chamomile tea with about four teabags in it in the hope it will knock me out.

That won't do. You need a good stiff one to send you off. See the "hot toddy"

thread, or search for it.

Post by **spot** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:17 pm

What you need, Pinkster, is a two mile walk in the cold night air and then a hot bath with lots of bubbles in it. Someone to scrub your back is an optional extra.

Post by **spot** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:18 pm

Bill Sikes wrote: You need a good stiff one to send you off.Good Lord Bill, I thought I was the only one who behaved that badly on here!

Post by **spot** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:21 pm

Pinky wrote: Sounds like a good idea actually!Where you'll find a fit scrubber at this time of night I can't begin to guess. I have trouble enough, and I'm in Sin City compared to you.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:26 am

How'd you sleep, Pinks?

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:30 am

Pinky wrote: Got a few hours in, but still not good. Went back to work today and they tried to send me home again:-3

Too much to do though!

Pinks

What's been on your mind that is keeping you awake?

If you share that with us, maybe we can help you deal with it.

We love you, babe :-4

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:32 am

What Cher said....

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:33 am

Ever tried yoga?

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:34 am

Pinky wrote: I dunno...my brain just won't shut up!

It just keeps on blabbering on to itself, and it's so annoying!

Now I know how other people feel when I'm around, haha!

Would you consider any medications?

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:38 am

Here's something which often works for me.

(I've never tried to WRITE it down before...:wah: )

Lie in bed, comfortably, and get in a position where you can take your pulse.

Inhale during four beats.....hold for two....exhale during five...hold for another two or three...whatever's comfortable.

Do that for awhile....and you'll notice your heart rate will slow a little.

Extend the inhalations to five beats....

See what happens.

Hey..it's free and it works for some people. I've used that to calm myself before surgery and before a root canal. You can do it anywhere.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:39 am

Here's another idea, Pinks. Have you considered meditation?

Our friend, Healthandharmony, has been teaching meditation for many years....she'd help you.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:45 am

Give the breathing/pulse thing a try, Pinks & let me know if it helps you focus on something other than what's in your head! I hope so...

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:47 am

Pinks get a boring book.... ooo wait you have a SO right dam this may not work, was going to say keep in your bed use as little light as possible and read a bit that ought to put you right back to sleep but would the light wake up your SO?? I find if you stay in bed, keep the light low and read a bit your body can kind of re-capture the sleep thread and fall back asleep. It works every time for me at any hour of the night and as little light as possible so it's not startling your sleep cycle.

Another thing how about a white noise machine? Something that flows evenly throughout the nite, trickling water, wind, or a calming shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this tends to block out heavy brain activity.

Other wise get out of bed and go write down what your brain is saying onto a piece of paper and put it by your keys and take it with you to work the next day and deal with those bits. It is easy to trick your brain into thinking you will deal with those bits tomorrow if you remove them from the brain onto paper. Then go back to bed. Don't get on the computer that just jump starts the brain.

M

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:51 am

Pinky wrote: You might have a point there...I tend to just go on here to yak a bit more, thinking I might be able to get myself to shut up..

Doesn't always follow though!

Pinks hunny getting on here stimulates your brain ahahahaha and then it just wants more and more like a craving hehehehe Or addiction... ooooo did I use the A word HAH not I.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:54 am

Pinky wrote: I know but I love it here:(

yep don't we all, like I said tis a craving and we all come here to see our mates and chat and that is brain candy hehehe it feeds our brains and at sleep time that is not so good but then again if you didn't stay up late with us who would we talk to hehehehe

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:20 am

Pinky wrote: I know but I love it here:(

Pinky

That's so cute :-4