Question Are You More Tired Upon Awakening Than When You Went To Sleep? - Page 3

sunnydaze · #21 23-05-2008, 03:26 PM

Mick,
I don't know if you are on any anti-depressions or sleeping pills. Some of these like Ambien have now been noted for people waking up in the middle of the night and driving, walking ect. A side effect of this drug.
If you are, I would check with your doc.
sunnydaze

baileysemt · #22 28-05-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by flyable6string

I dont know if this will help you or not, but my wife suffers from PTSD, she will turn on the T.V., leave it on all night, she says it helps her sleep better. I dont understand how the T.V. helps her, In my own thinking, it probably helps to shut off some of the chatter from her thoughts because she becomes interested in a program and falls asleep while watching it, so her mind stays busy trying to concentrate on the program and not file through any thoughts like it would if the room was quiet.

That's exactly what's going on. Bless you for understanding it.

Bailey

Marlene · #23 28-05-2008, 01:06 PM

It all depends on what happened during the night. When the nightmares kick up (stress high) I tend to wake up three or four times during the night. When the alarm goes off, I'm usually wiped out and drag ass for the rest of the day. If it weren't for coffee I doubt I'd make it through some days.

I had four nights in a row of lack of sleep due to nightmares. I was also dealing with knots in my shoulders and would wake with tight muscles and in pain. I got the knots worked out and have slept through the night for the last three nights.

My DH tells me he knows how my night has been (and how my day will be) when he gets up and I'm still in bed rather than in the livingroom trying to get some sleep in my recliner.

Lisa

cactus_jack · #24 28-05-2008, 10:54 PM

When nightmares kick up, sometimes I'll toss and turn if they're mild. If they are more than mild, the worse it gets. The worst of the bunch will keep me awake all night. My "other-self" will actually prevent me from sleeping, and it's good when it does. When I had a job and I had to force myself to sleep no matter the nightmares, it would compound the problem. And sometimes there's nothing I can do to force myself to sleep. That is the absolute worst.

Since I lost my job I have gained so much more mental stability. I feel a lot better mentally.

Grama-Herc · #25 29-05-2008, 02:02 PM

Well, I appreciate all the info on my sleeping or lack there of. But CJ. I can sure relate to the way you feel now that you aren't working. The way I feel now compared to when I was working is like night and day.

jailed · #26 31-05-2008, 01:53 AM

Same problem try going to bed at same time every night, nothing wrong with nap in afternoon. I have tried meditation, thoguht it was stupid and i am definitely not very good at it but it does clear the mind jsut before bed. Does it work every night, not a chance but every once in a while a nightmare free night, what a great feeling.

Beli Mawr · #27 02-06-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jailed

Same problem try going to bed at same time every night, nothing wrong with nap in afternoon. I have tried meditation, thought it was stupid and i am definitely not very good at it but it does clear the mind just before bed. Does it work every night, not a chance but every once in a while a nightmare free night, what a great feeling.

Okay dokey, so this does happen. I'm not crazy. I will be able to fall asleep right after starting a yoga vid one night, next nite liquid melatonin, benzos, a guinness weightlifting and exercise all will not work. If I do start to fall asleep, I get the most awful nightmares, they affect me the next day.

So different stuff does work sometimes and not others. Anyone else have that problem?

I have neighbor downstairs, started banging on the ceiling and screaming, hitting his wife and baby, and his son. The ptsd means once he does it, I can't fall back to sleep. I got from the apartment manager that this is essentially some sort of payback for my testifying at an NNSA hearing about my Dad's death from plute exposure at LANL.

So I can't control him, but me-okay, so it's not my fault. You guys get the same thing-one night something works, next, your mind and body bring up the horrors from the past.

Mick · #28 03-06-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sunnydaze

Mick,
I don't know if you are on any anti-depressions or sleeping pills. Some of these like Ambien have now been noted for people waking up in the middle of the night and driving, walking ect. A side effect of this drug.
If you are, I would check with your doc.
sunnydaze

No that was before I was on any prescribed med's I was self medicating at the time lots of alcohol and drugs. I don't know if I was sleep walking or just too drunk to know what I was doing But I't was very different from most of my drunken wanderings of the time.

Now it's the night fights ect... in my sleep

Mick · #29 03-06-2008, 09:23 AM

Not working has been both good and bad for me. I don't have the worry of will I sleep tonight ? As well physically I'm feeling better than I have in years. How ever now I'm dealing with the fact that I have PTSD for the first time in 14 years and it's a roller coaster ride for sure. I have a lot of guilt with not being able to work and my wife having taking the entire financial load right now. That is hard for me.

Grama-Herc · #30 03-06-2008, 11:36 PM

Mick I can't say I understand the way you feel as far as the financial aspect of this, but you must admit that the mental side is a relief.

Beli Marw----- I like the reference to the feeling that you don't HAVE to sleep due to work the next day. I have discovered the best sleep for me is the nights when I have NO appointments or obligations the next day.

My mother does not understand how I can sleep so much. She only sees when that I collapse---finally---in the afternoon and sleep for hours due to n o sleep the night before. I wonder if there is some reason we can sleep during the day but have so much trouble sleeping at night>?