Insomnia, who has it? - Page 2

chagrin · 07-11-2005, 08:46 AM

Other than myself that is...

Going back as far as 1992, I have been waking up every night (morning) at the same time, unable to fall asleep again in most cases. When I can go to sleep, it takes two hours. By then, I have to wake up to get ready for work, etc. in 45 minutes to an hour if I'm lucky. I tried the night time tab's but I wake up way too tired and cannot function the next day.

Here's the thing that I think is weird. the time I wake up ALWAYS in the same 10 minute time frame - 3:30 - 3:40. This morning it was 3:38. It's been like this for over 10 years.
I am 35 and in relatively good health. I used to be a smoker, drug user. I quit everything and I had this problem in both "lifetimes".

Anybody else have this or a similar issue?

**Fire Me Boy!** · 07-11-2005, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chagrin

went over mine for sure, so I didn't give it a second thought...explain if ya want??

Well, since I'm a movie guy, the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread header was Al Pacino's "Insomnia," directed by Christopher Nolan. And most people don't know that film was a remake of a Swedish film, also "Insomnia," starring Stellan Skarsgård. I have both.

It's OK if you don't find it funny... I amuse myself sometimes...

chagrin · 07-11-2005, 09:31 AM

Ahhh, got it. How is the original?

KCChiefsMan · 07-11-2005, 09:33 AM

I haven't had a good nights sleep in 7 years. It can take me anwhere from 1 hour to 5 hours to fall asleep (usually somewhere in the middle of that number). Sometimes I do not sleep at all if I have to get up early. I get up at 7:30am every day and on most nights I'll go to bed at midnight or so and fall asleep anywhere between 3-5 am and usually wake up a couple of times before my alarm clock goes off.

If I didn't have a buddy who gave me aderol (sp?) it would be hard to get through a lot of days

cadmonkey · 07-11-2005, 09:34 AM

I went through a period, about 6 months ago, where I would wake up every morning at 4 am completely awake. I had a lot on my mind at that time and am pretty sure that was the reason for it, but it sucked all the same. I was averaging like 3 hours of sleep per night.

**gblowfish** · 07-11-2005, 09:34 AM

I'm too tired to answer. My kitties wake me up every couple hours.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 07-11-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by chagrin

Ahhh, got it. How is the original?

Good... and it's a Criterion, so you can't go wrong!

ct · 07-11-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by chagrin

Other than myself that is...

Going back as far as 1992, I have been waking up every night (morning) at the same time, unable to fall asleep again in most cases. When I can go to sleep, it takes two hours. By then, I have to wake up to get ready for work, etc. in 45 minutes to an hour if I'm lucky. I tried the night time tab's but I wake up way too tired and cannot function the next day.

Here's the thing that I think is weird. the time I wake up ALWAYS in the same 10 minute time frame - 3:30 - 3:40. This morning it was 3:38. It's been like this for over 10 years.
I am 35 and in relatively good health. I used to be a smoker, drug user. I quit everything and I had this problem in both "lifetimes".

Anybody else have this or a similar issue?

What time were you born?

chagrin · 07-11-2005, 09:56 AM

11:36 am

**Nzoner** · 07-11-2005, 10:15 AM

I can be dragging ass all day but come 11 or midnight I'm wide awake, end up staying up too late and feel like crap the next day only to repeat again.

BIG_DADDY · 07-11-2005, 10:24 AM

Rarely, maybe 5-8 times a year. Usually a Sunday night when I have slept in too much that day and the lingering stress of work is on my mind. I have noticed when I miss workouts the chance of having one of those nights increases. My pops noticed the same thing. He misses workouts he doesn't sleep as well.

htismaqe · 07-11-2005, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

Rarely, maybe 5-8 times a year. Usually a Sunday night when I have slept in too much that day and the lingering stress of work is on my mind. I have noticed when I miss workouts the chance of having one of those nights increases. My pops noticed the same thing. He misses workouts he doesn't sleep as well.

Working out restores balance. Makes you less tired during the day and more tired at night.

Hammock Parties · 07-11-2005, 10:31 AM

Put out a bowl of antifreeze.

RedThat · 07-11-2005, 10:32 AM

I had a sleep disorder. It really bothered me. I would go to bed late at night, and get up really early in the morning. This happened to me on a consistent basis, for about 1 year. I had realized that both my body and mind weren't able to function properly. I went to see my family doctor, and at first he recommended sleep pills. I didn't want to go this route, so he suggested another idea, Sleep Lab clinic. I took this idea into consideration. I visited my Sleep Lab Clinic, and from my experience, it was the best thing I've ever done.
My sleep issues have been resolved. If your experiencing problems with sleep, take my advice, go to a Sleep Lab clinic. Get yourself monitored during sleep. You simply need to study your sleep to find out WHY, and what is causing you to not sleep well.

Ghostof · 07-11-2005, 10:34 AM

for me its stress of hot liking my job, truck, and where i live.

being tied down with a mortgage and a dead end job dont help either

**Bearcat** · 07-11-2005, 10:37 AM

One year in college I went from 6 hours of sleep a night to maybe 2 a night. I tried Melatonin (sp) and a ton of other stuff that worked for other people, but the only time I ever got more than a couple hours a night was when I went home. Hadn't happened in the 2 previous years, and didn't happen when I went back for my senior year, so I have no idea what caused it.

I have noticed that I need total darkness to fall asleep though. I had a windowless room at my parent's whenever I came home from college (the insomnia room was just as dark as other rooms in college)... and then when I moved, I spent a few nights awake before covering the window, and haven't had a problem since.

07-11-2005, 08:46 AM
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9894905	Insomnia, who has it? Other than myself that is... Going back as far as 1992, I have been waking up every night (morning) at the same time, unable to fall asleep again in most cases. When I can go to sleep, it takes two hours. By then, I have to wake up to get ready for work, etc. in 45 minutes to an hour if I'm lucky. I tried the night time tab's but I wake up way too tired and cannot function the next day. Here's the thing that I think is weird. the time I wake up ALWAYS in the same 10 minute time frame - 3:30 - 3:40. This morning it was 3:38. It's been like this for over 10 years. I am 35 and in relatively good health. I used to be a smoker, drug user. I quit everything and I had this problem in both "lifetimes". Anybody else have this or a similar issue?
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07-11-2005, 09:31 AM	#17
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9894905	Ahhh, got it. How is the original? __________________ Times have changed, so have I, things are better now.
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07-11-2005, 09:33 AM	#18
KCChiefsMan AIC Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Roxbury, MA Casino cash: $10004900	I haven't had a good nights sleep in 7 years. It can take me anwhere from 1 hour to 5 hours to fall asleep (usually somewhere in the middle of that number). Sometimes I do not sleep at all if I have to get up early. I get up at 7:30am every day and on most nights I'll go to bed at midnight or so and fall asleep anywhere between 3-5 am and usually wake up a couple of times before my alarm clock goes off. If I didn't have a buddy who gave me aderol (sp?) it would be hard to get through a lot of days
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07-11-2005, 09:34 AM	#19
cadmonkey Please no Vick!!!!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boston, Ma Casino cash: $10004900	I went through a period, about 6 months ago, where I would wake up every morning at 4 am completely awake. I had a lot on my mind at that time and am pretty sure that was the reason for it, but it sucked all the same. I was averaging like 3 hours of sleep per night. __________________
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gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17586178 VARSITY	I'm too tired to answer. My kitties wake me up every couple hours.
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07-11-2005, 09:56 AM	#23
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9894905	11:36 am __________________ Times have changed, so have I, things are better now.
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07-11-2005, 10:15 AM	#24
Nzoner a haw haw haw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MIZZOU Casino cash: $26365802	I can be dragging ass all day but come 11 or midnight I'm wide awake, end up staying up too late and feel like crap the next day only to repeat again. __________________ *Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.*
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07-11-2005, 10:24 AM	#25
BIG_DADDY THE RED MENACE Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Texas Casino cash: $4838410	Rarely, maybe 5-8 times a year. Usually a Sunday night when I have slept in too much that day and the lingering stress of work is on my mind. I have noticed when I miss workouts the chance of having one of those nights increases. My pops noticed the same thing. He misses workouts he doesn't sleep as well. __________________ The diabolical genius of Marxism-Socialism is that it provides the emotional and intellectual road map for autocrats to persuade millions of people to support their own enslavement to government. ~Mark Levin April 15, 2019
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07-11-2005, 10:31 AM	#27
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $4160478	Put out a bowl of antifreeze. __________________ Chiefs game films
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07-11-2005, 10:32 AM	#28
RedThat Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Casino cash: $10004900	I had a sleep disorder. It really bothered me. I would go to bed late at night, and get up really early in the morning. This happened to me on a consistent basis, for about 1 year. I had realized that both my body and mind weren't able to function properly. I went to see my family doctor, and at first he recommended sleep pills. I didn't want to go this route, so he suggested another idea, Sleep Lab clinic. I took this idea into consideration. I visited my Sleep Lab Clinic, and from my experience, it was the best thing I've ever done. My sleep issues have been resolved. If your experiencing problems with sleep, take my advice, go to a Sleep Lab clinic. Get yourself monitored during sleep. You simply need to study your sleep to find out WHY, and what is causing you to not sleep well.
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07-11-2005, 10:34 AM	#29
Ghostof Starter Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	for me its stress of hot liking my job, truck, and where i live. being tied down with a mortgage and a dead end job dont help either
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07-11-2005, 10:37 AM	#30
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $2264931	One year in college I went from 6 hours of sleep a night to maybe 2 a night. I tried Melatonin (sp) and a ton of other stuff that worked for other people, but the only time I ever got more than a couple hours a night was when I went home. Hadn't happened in the 2 previous years, and didn't happen when I went back for my senior year, so I have no idea what caused it. I have noticed that I need total darkness to fall asleep though. I had a windowless room at my parent's whenever I came home from college (the insomnia room was just as dark as other rooms in college)... and then when I moved, I spent a few nights awake before covering the window, and haven't had a problem since. __________________
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