ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 6, 2008 Am off to bed now so pretty good today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted June 6, 2008 In my spare time I am writing a mini-essay to the local government ombudsman pleading for them to investigate our case! Didn't mean to hi-jack the thread though....... sorry! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistle.gif) ................................................ I was quite good last night, did my routine, and was in bed by 12:am again but then I had everything going around in my head about J not been in any education in september until the tribunal, how thats really unfair, so I wrote my own little mini essay letter and did a dear, edd balls, dont know if I will send it, dont even know if he is the one to share my experience with, but I just had the urge to write down our situation because its soo frustrating, I then finally fell asleep a little lighter, then this morning woke up with a very stiff neck, (anyone who has had this knows it kills) it stayed with me all day too, had a bath, took ibruefen and its just started to ease off. nikki your not hi jacking the thread, you had a really interesting reply, made me realise that others do have a lot less sleep than me and they have a lot more to do, I think you are amazing, I hope your letter goes ok to the ombudsman. JsMum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted June 6, 2008 Am off to bed now so pretty good today. wow that is good SG, Night night mr and mrs SG. JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted June 7, 2008 cant sleep again!! Too many nightmares lately. Last night was the zombie infected dead who took over the world with me fighting for my survival before running out of bullets and getting bit and slowly bleeding to death. mmmmm no wonder i cant sleep!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Ok, so that didn't work out so well. My brain decided to not play along last night. Major freak out, first it started with thinking how quick this year has gone, then moved on to how quick life goes, then death. I have an irrational fear of death in that the uncertainty of what happens after, is there an afterlife etc, questions that we basically cannot answer for sure. This always leads down a bad road when I get thinking this way. Wife hugged me for a while to try and calm me down and it didn't work, after a while I lost the reason I was distressed and was just laying crying in bed. Then came the rocking and hitting of my head as my brain wouldn't let me sleep, this I didn't realise I was doing as I lost all awareness of what was going on. Thank goodness for the diazepam that I still have as it calmed my brain enough for me to sleep. That was my night, hope you all had a better one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted June 7, 2008 ouch J!!! Ive done the death discussion in my mind many times before when i was younger! I came to the conclusion that blackness and nothing is what happens after death and im content with that as at least it resolves the uncertainty and biologically it makes sense to me where as the religious side has faaaaaarrrrr too many uncertainties for me to be able to cope with. I had nightmares again last night so sleep was screwed up!! Last night my nightmare was being locked up by the police for something i didnt do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NobbyNobbs Report post Posted June 7, 2008 when i'm having a good day i sleep 10-6, a middle day is 4-8 and a bad day is not at all. i have a bizarre fear of going to sleep and then not knowing if something bad happens. i think it stems from not being told about the 9/11 attacks until i came out of school. i can't seem to get my head round something 'big' happening and not knowing about it. this affacts my ability to sleep somewhat, but i'd be lying if i said it was the whole reason. mostly i dont sleep because i'm too busy doing other things! majority of my friends are in america so the time difference means i stay up to talk to them when i should be sleeping. when i lived in america i slept like a log from 10-6 every day! i seem to need quite a lot of sleep, but i think thats mostly down to being permanently stressed. when i was younger i only slept about 5 hours, but was put to bed at 8 and now allowed up until 6:30, so i became a professional at reading under the blankets! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warrenpenalver Report post Posted June 8, 2008 i became a professional at reading under the blankets! I used my casette player for this!! the joys of in ear earphones meaning a glance in room by guardians means they wouldnt spot them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Had to have diazepam to sleep again last night. Had a general brain freak out and I couldn't sleep. We'd had a long busy day out in London to the theatre to see Wicked. It was the last performances for a lot of people so there were a lot of screaming, clapping fan girls (my wife being one of them!) . I found it really hard and flipped out on the tube on the way home as the journey changed instead of circle line, which I have done many times. Instead we had to get the district to Earl's court and change to go up to Paddington. I hate Earl's court, there was absolutely no information on how long it was until the next train or anything. I hate uncertainty! We went to bed about 11:30 and finally asleep at around 1:30. Still pretty good for me, but 2hrs trying to get to sleep is annoying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Had to have diazepam to sleep again last night. Had a general brain freak out and I couldn't sleep. We'd had a long busy day out in London to the theatre to see Wicked. It was the last performances for a lot of people so there were a lot of screaming, clapping fan girls (my wife being one of them!) . I found it really hard and flipped out on the tube on the way home as the journey changed instead of circle line, which I have done many times. Instead we had to get the district to Earl's court and change to go up to Paddington. I hate Earl's court, there was absolutely no information on how long it was until the next train or anything. I hate uncertainty! We went to bed about 11:30 and finally asleep at around 1:30. Still pretty good for me, but 2hrs trying to get to sleep is annoying. Hi SG You are having severe difficulties that It may stem from overload during the day, what about wearing earplugs in noisy setting, I dont have AS but I do wear them in venues that are noisey just because if I dont I get a massive headache, just an idea, the earplugs I get are the proper travelgo ones, very comfortable and after a while I forget about them but when I want to hear a conversation I wonder why cant I hear them properly, then I remember again. What about requesting your gp to refer you to the sleep clinic, look at what may be the reasons, there is a sleep clinic in edinbrough but there may be something in London, it is annoying not been able to sleep, I stopped using medication about 15 yrs ago though because I was in a vicious circle, and diazapam has a side effect of Anxiety too, so it can esculate the problems over a short period of time, I would look at more complementary therapys, I use a range of therapies, and I am no way as bad as I use to be, a lot of what your describing could also be a severe form of sleep deprivation, that contributes to the sensory difficulties your having. I am doing a little bit better, not really sleeping much earlier, but Im sticking with the routine rituals, and contiuing my complimentary therapies. My anxiety is much lower and thats what will help me achieve a much more successful sleep. JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 8, 2008 I've had to deal with a lot of sensory overload lately and general socialising with people and all! It is definitely having an impact on my wellbeing. I'm hoping that I won't have to rely on anything to sleep, but we shall see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Quiet day yesterday with an evening bbq for wifes birthday. Went to bed about midnight, fell asleep almost instantly, didn't wake up until 9am. No freaking out, no diazepam, woohoo. Feeling refreshed and bouncy, more like myself today Sun is shining and I feel great. :bounce: Edited June 9, 2008 by ScienceGeek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
