Iam wide awake.I did take a short nap earlier this afternoon though. Here's to sleeping the rest of the night!!!
Jeanette

Jeanette, it will be time for my meds soon and that might help me!! do you take sleeping medication? just watching the Sopranos. the reruns sometimes put me to sleep. i will surf the net for a while. see who else is awake now!! i hope you sleep all night long!! Jenny

Just checking to see if you gals are getting any sleep tonight. By the looks of it, you are struggling also. Usually I don't have THIS much trouble falling asleep after the sleep meds, but I have been in a really bad way all day so that may be why I'm still awake. The fibro is kicking my tail hard tonight!
Hope you all find the magic sleeping position and get some rest! Check you later...

I'm up too. The pain is "kicking my butt" too, and I just can't relax. Trying everything, but so far nothing is working. I'm about ready to give in and ask my doc for something to help me sleep at my next appt (the 17th). Anyway, maybe sleep will come eventually. It is comforting to know that I am not alone, but it would be nice if we could all get a good night's sleep.

Neck~
Sorry you are struggling with the dreaded insomnia tonight. I hope your doctor will give you something to help with your sleep... Do you have problems falling asleep, staying asleep, waking because of pain, or all of the above? I pretty much have all of the above, which stinks! I'm sure wishing my AmbienCR/Rozerem combo would have worked tonight. I think I may be feeling anxious because my breathing is a bit labored because of the fibro flare and so I'm afraid to go to sleep and not get enough air! I'm not really sure...
Maybe we should try standing on our head until we pass out! NAH! Bad idea! I'll just wait it out!!

standing on my head would NOT be a good idea. I'd break my neck even more...

In answer to your question, all of the above. I toss and turn because of the pain, sleep a couple of hours at a time, but through the months and years I have gotten used to it. Tonight is particularly hard because the burning nerve pain is worse, and I just can't get comfortable whether I am in the recliner or in the bed or on the couch. I'm exhausted though, so I'm going to go try again. I have been trying to avoid a sleep aid, but if things don't improve soon, I'm going to request something. I also have a headache tonight, and I know if I could sleep a bit it would help.

Sorry you are having a hard time too. I hope you are able to get some good air soon. I didn't know that fibro affects your breathing. I learn something every day. Do you use an inhaler or nebulizer, or is this just something you learn to relax and breathe through until it passes?

Neck of Steel, nice to see you popped in! sorry you are kicking the covers tonight. too much pain will do it! perhaps you could mention the natural sleep medications and see what your doctor thinks. i do hope you sleep tonight! trater, put your head on your pillow and dream sweet dreams! Jenny

I'm so sorry that you all seem to always be wide awake in the middle of the night while I sleep like baby.
No really I do feel for all of you and I would share my little drug cocktail with you all if it first weren't against the law and secondly I didn't need it myself. I think I'll stay up tonight just because the most interesting conversations around here happen in the middle of the night. I wake up and read the most interesting posts. Neck of Steel I am really sorry that you are having such pain. I've had to take sleep aids in the past because when I was a healthier person I suffered from insomnia. When they say make sure that you can devote 8 hrs to sleep or whatever it is then you do just that. I would take one at 11:00 pm and then wake up at 5:00 am with a pretty nasty headache. And it sounds like you already suffer from headaches. I just wanted you to know my own personal experience with them. But if you do as instructed and dedicate yourself to a full 8 hrs of sleep then they can be a real lifesaver. I hope for you all a more restful night tonight.

I was told that it's important to your sleep pattern to always get up at the same time every day (even weekends). That way you don't throw your body's circadian rhythm off and you can get a better quality of sleep.

Another little trick of the trade was that if you nap, to only do it in 30 minute increments. Say a 30 minute nap or an hour and 30 minute nap. Boy did I find this to be true! If I sleep 45 minutes or an hour, I feel like I can never get enough. If I sleep 30 minutes, I feel like I'm wide awake and ready to go.

tonya42, the clock is moving to 5am. where are you trying to lay your head down? i have been up all night and can only hope for a nap today. getting ready for a heat wave here today. enjoy the forum but try and get some sleep!! "C", hi!! i am getting up at 7 even though i have been awake all night. you are right about that! isn't it time for you to go to bed? Jenny

I went to sleep after my last post and just now woke up. Iam sorry, it looks like you guys are having a hard time sleeping.
Well, may tonight is the night.....
Jeanette

still awake here, sore angry and ready for a dirt nap

gosh, it is almost noon and i am so looking forward to a long winter's nap!! going to take long hot shower, my meds and close up the house. that is the best i can do as far a getting "ready" to try and sleep. hope "C" is sound asleep on the other side of the world. maybe by now Frustrated has been able to nod off as well. atleast 4jkasper was able to sleep. good for you. so for now i will say a sunny, southern, California,"good night!" Jenny

Hi to all my insomniac friends! I just wanted to check in with you guys to see how you are faring today... What do you know, I actually slept a little last night. yeah for me!! How did you do? Get any sleep?

Hope your day is looking up!

trater, i slept last night too!! it was warm and i woke up at 6, instead of the usual 1. it was just great!! nice to hear you got some sleep too!! i am already worrying about tonight. if a get a nights sleep i usually won't sleep for 2 or 3 night afterwards. it is early and that is on my mind already. a kind of anxiety. doesn't stop my day or anything but i imagine the anxiety is not good for me!! take care!! Jenny

also. I really don't look for a good night sleep tonight though, I have my mental eval tomorrow morning at 9am for SSD and Iam a nervous wreck. So, Iam sure a good night sleep is not going to happen, which might be a plus for the appt. in the morning so he can see me after a night of no sleep.
It looks like everyone got to sleep last night yeah!!!
Iam sure I'll be checking with you guys later tonight.
Jeanette

Jeanette, the best of luck to you tomorrow. i know the evaluation will go the right way . when you get home tomorrow take a deep breathe and relax, it will be over!!! you may be in there so quick you won't believe it!! anyway, sleep light tonight! Jenny

I know I won't be able to sleep. I also was told by me surgeon that threre is nothing more he can do for me. I had an MRI done 2 weeks ago due to more pain and pain down my arms, it showed more herniated disc's and a bone spur on c5-6 flattening the left side of my cord. Well, I called my PC doctor(who is awesome) and she had me come right in because I was hysterical.She made an appt. with a NS for next week, she feels something needs done because of the pain I am in.Anyways, all this happened this afternoon so I should be good and screwed up by tomorrow morning, I've been crying all afternoon.
Thank you for the luck wishes for tomorrow,but, I have no doubt they will find me to be very emotional...
Jeanette

i know how upsetting it can be to be told you cannot be helped surgically. i went through that about 6 months ago. it was devastating at the time as i had such high hopes for a pain free life. well, i am taking appropriate meds for the first time and doing as much exercise as i can. i have tried and failed at some conservative measures and been successful with others. you will do the same. so please don't be too sad. even though life it not pain free as i had dreamed, i am getting by. you will too!! remember, i am always here to help you!! Jenny

If your still on, do you want to meet up in chat?
Jeanette

sure, found you. Jenny

2am now. the rest of the world seems sound asleep. it is always a problem when i have a good night's sleep the night before. not just pain is keeping me awake. i just CAN"T SLEEP! maybe a cup of hot decaf tea and a hot bath! Jenny

I'm getting ready to have my dinner, you'd better get some sleep before it's time for me to go to bed on this side of the planet.

"C"

thank you for the thoughts! i am tired as can be but can't go to sleep. you know how that is! enjoy your dinner and maybe hit the treadmill? you sleep well when it is your turn. Jenny

went to bed at 2am and up wide awake at 3:30 am. I really need to sleep!!!okay here we go, I can feel it coming on, Iam going to sleep, Iam very sleepy, sleepy.....
Nope, not working...LOL
Jeanette

Had an INCREDIBLE salad and some cheese and crackers. No treadmill, did a light work out at the gym today after being brutalized by the Physical Therapist this morning. Doing a charity 10k Run/Walk in the morning, of course I'm doing the "walk" portion!

You and Jeanette are off-line right now, I hope it's because you are getting some sleep.

"C"

for a whole whoppen 2 1/2 hours... Oh well, I'll look pretty darn wonderful for my eval this morning, He He...
Jenny, hope your sleeping. "C" wow, Iam impressed, good for you, I think it's awesome that your able to be that active.Keep up the good work.You give me hope.
Jeanette

1:30am here! i am trying to sleep but can only doze alittle off and on. the board is quiet so i am hoping everyone is sleeping well tonight! anyone up? Jenny

Hi Jenny~
I'm so sorry that you are still struggling to sleep. Since I got my "sleep aids" I have been sleeping so much better. I'm still waking up during the night, but seem to be able to go back to sleep pretty easily. We had a cold front come in last night so I woke up rather early this morning in a huge amount of pain. I took some medicine and went back to bed. When the medicine finally kicked in I was able to go back to sleep. Of course with having fibro I feel tired anyway. Today I am just wanting to stay buried under the covers to stay warm and I just want to sleep all day. My little girl has a basketball game tonight so I will have to force myself out into the cold cruel weather! lol
I hope you get you some sleep Jenny. I'll check up on you later. Have a good weekend!

haglandc, how did the "walk" go? out in the open with lots of people!! how did you do? Jenny

hope everyone is doing good today. I find myself doing the gooele' cat naps every couple of hours. Oh well, thats better than nothing.
Trater, Good luck with the BB tonight. My son had knowledge bowl last night and his team got 6th place out of 14 teams, that's not bad, I was proud.
Hopefully we will all find our comfort spot tonight and dream of the Holidays and being with family...Iam having Thanksgiving at my house this year. I thought it was going to be a small gathering and come to find out I will be having around 35 people. I was joking with my husband and said I feel like everyone wants to get in just one more holiday with me before I kick the bucket or something.... No, he didn't find it funny, but I did.
Jeanette

good morning all! well this is my first batch of holidays without my mother. she moved to Texas a few months ago. she had been here next to me forever. it has been so hard with her gone and now the holidays are here. there is only my husband and i here. i am feeling more sad about the holidays than anything. well, i am wide awake this morning. almost 1am. did get a few naps in though in the afternoon. turned on the tv and my dog headed for the spare bedroom with my husband. i hope you all are sound asleep and dreaming sweet dreams! Jenny

Sorry about you missing your mom.

Don't think I'll be doing much dreaming tonight. Can't sleep because of that nasty thing called pain. How are you?

Sorry as well Jenny!!!

Its 1:30 am here and do to my wayyy overdoing it yesterday, played some soccer w/ my friends autistic child,his mom suffers from chronic pain as well.So I did my best to make his day better + make me feel better mentally giving him a more physical day.

Thank goodness for meds

there are some spineys awake tonight. i am sorry they are in pain and can't sleep either!! what a good night for a pj party. girl's only though! lol! Frustrated101, your heart must be feeling good after playing today. sometimes we have to just let go of out pain and step outside of it. you did just that. sorry you are paying the price now. Jenny

it sounds like i did the same as u by taking a nap late friday afternoon . my eyes are wide open now and i am waiting for daylight to show up.

24-7 stiff neck, so you are awake as well? what do you do? i actually enjoy darkness and the deep quiet! pain seems the worse for some reason! where are you in the U.S.? i am in s. cal. so i have a while to wait for the sun to rise! take care and try to atleast rest! Jenny

jenny, first of all i am sorry u wont be with your mother for the holidays, but maybe something will work it out for u. i will pray for u and your mother to be together again soon for a holiday .

when it was warmer this summer, i would step outside to look at the stars once in a while. my wife and i live in the big sky country without all the false light from the cities. really quiet here in a small town of about 800.

u r only a hour behind our time,so there is not much difference in seeing the sunrise. yes i take breaks even though i am still signed in here. took a muscle med a little while ago and its now helping. btw good morning to u.

24-7 stiff neck, i am so excited you live in a small town.