technomage
Finding my own way
How do I love insomnia? Let me count the ways....
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Insomnia....
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How do I love Yoga Nidra? let me count the ways:
Yoga-nidra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I suffer with terrible insomnia, so rather than just laying there, staring at the ceiling, I begin to tense and relax each muscle in my body, starting at my toes and working up to my scalp. As I tense up each muscle/area, I breathe into that awareness and as I let go, I feel the tensions all going...
I may not fall asleep, but after doing that, I don't really need to.
All the best.
Yoga-nidra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I suffer with terrible insomnia, so rather than just laying there, staring at the ceiling, I begin to tense and relax each muscle in my body, starting at my toes and working up to my scalp. As I tense up each muscle/area, I breathe into that awareness and as I let go, I feel the tensions all going...
I may not fall asleep, but after doing that, I don't really need to.
All the best.
How much vigorous exercise would you say you get on a typical day?How do I love insomnia? Let me count the ways....
I feel your pain, technomage . I've had sleeping problems most of my life.
Just recently I started using an over-the-counter sleep aide and it seems to be helping.
Also developed this philosophy where if I wake up in the morning feeling like I need more sleep, I'll just stay in bed until I can get another hour or two.
Better a short day than a bad day.
Just recently I started using an over-the-counter sleep aide and it seems to be helping.
Also developed this philosophy where if I wake up in the morning feeling like I need more sleep, I'll just stay in bed until I can get another hour or two.
Better a short day than a bad day.
technomage
Finding my own way
I've got fibromyalgia/CFS. For me, "vigorous exercise" is being able to walk to the potty.
My natural state seems to be insomnia unless I make sure to get a lot of exercise that day. Exercise, or sex, which is basically exercise.
So I try to avoid that, to varying degrees of success or failure.
I try that on the weekends sometimes, always to disaster. Like, I'll get 3-6 hours of sleep most weeknights, and then simply not want to wake up on the weekends, but that makes me be unable to sleep until very late that night, which means the next morning's even worse. The result is that Mondays are terrible, because getting to sleep at a reasonable time on Sunday is impossible, and I have to get up early Monday anyway.
So I try to avoid that, to varying degrees of success or failure.
technomage
Finding my own way
I use melatonin three weeks on/one week off. Last night was the last night of my week off, so I should sleep like a baby tonight.
I use melatonin three weeks on/one week off. Last night was the last night of my week off, so I should sleep like a baby tonight.
Cool. I don't know what's in the stuff I've been taking (figured I wouldn't be able to pronounce it anyway) but I may try melatonin next just so I'm not taking too much of any one thing.
technomage
Finding my own way
Doesn't matter to me. It's time to wake up when my dogs' decide they'd like to go outside.*wonders if I should tell everybody that morning is coming an hour earlier tomorrow*
^_^*wonders if I should tell everybody that morning is coming an hour earlier tomorrow*
Yeah that made my morning ridiculous today.
"It's already WHAT!?! .....Oh."
Doesn't matter to me. It's time to wake up when my dogs' decide they'd like to go outside.
Dog light savings time.
It crept up on me too. First I knew about it was when I noticed it was an hour earlier in the Arts Library than it was in the main campus library.
Of course, I immediately assumed I'd stepped into a time warp because, aside from being more interesting, I figured it would be less painful than realizing I'm going to have to be in an even bigger hurry tomorrow than I thought.
I also usually consider the possibility of time warps or spacetime irregularities before considering daylight savings.
I may go home early just to outwit whoever's behind this diabolical conspiracy.
Probably the coffee cartels.
technomage
Finding my own way
Youch. Have you tried melatonin? It's not perfect, and it doesn't work for everyone (and if it does work, it gives some weeeeeird dreams), but it does seem to help for some people.