Topic: Tell us how you cope with poor sleeping (Read 878000 times)

Rosebush · « **Reply #240 on:** October 31, 2008, 05:00:19 PM »

Fish & chips.. ohhhh i can taste them already

not had any wine for ages, but i do love a nice glass of red..

last Sunday i did have a small vodka & diet coke, never had that drink before... and i seem to have got away with that, sweats were no different.

Just with a little more sleep, its amazing how much i have done today, my hubby thinks i have hot coals in my slippers...

even done 2 lots of exercise which is good for my joints..so fingers crossed for a bit more sleep tonight...Hope you have a good night too..

x

Rosebush · « **Reply #241 on:** November 03, 2008, 10:11:34 AM »

Menopace Plus still helping with flushes so getting more sleep, had a straight 3hrs 15mins also 2x2hrs, which makes all the difference...sooo hope this continues..

x

grumpy2008 · « **Reply #242 on:** November 03, 2008, 05:05:01 PM »

Glad the Menopace is working for you, Rosebush. The trouble with me is I start out with good intentions but always forget to take whichever tablets I'm trying out! Getting into a habit is hard for me.

I'm still not sleeping well - kind of on the edge of sleep all the time. Dozing in and out. On the plus side, since my yeast infection cleared up, I haven't needed to get up in the night to visit the bathroom! Hurrah!

Rosebush · « **Reply #243 on:** November 03, 2008, 10:31:11 PM »

Hubby puts them out for me to take..bless him..he knows my meno brain is foggy

so glad you are not having to get out of bed now, and hope you soon start to get some sleep, i feel i could sleep forever if it wasnt for the sweats waking me, but hope MPP continues to do its work..

mimi la chance · « **Reply #244 on:** November 21, 2008, 12:21:37 PM »

I bought a Chillow which is a self cooling pillow which was lovely when I felt too hot in bed.
That has settled a bit so I don't use it at present.

You can buy them on-line.
Will go and check if they're in sshop on this site...

lorraine lewis · « **Reply #245 on:** February 15, 2009, 06:49:11 PM »

Hi everyone, haven't been on the site for a while, but it's really nice to come back and read all the posts - people are really caring and supportive here.

Am having a tough time with lack of sleep (as well as being incredibly depressed/ratty, which may be side effect of lack of sleep!). I wake up every morning at 3am, manage to doze off again then wake up again around 5am. I don't sweat too much but my am hot like I've been cooking in an oven. Can't believe how regular this is - it's like an alarm clock going off.

Also get hot flushes during the day again now - they had eased off. Getting really fed up of feeling like this. Just want to feel like a normal woman again - at least as normal as I every was. Am only 49 - but feel 99.

Best wishes everyone

Foggy · « **Reply #246 on:** February 25, 2009, 11:09:52 AM »

Isn't it odd how we seem to wake at the same time each night? I'm a 3 a.m gal too, only last night it was 1 a.m, so I really hope I'm not starting a new trend $:-\$

My son was home from uni at the weekend and I'm ashamed to say I was absolutely awful to him, you know when you know you're being horrible but can't stop yourself?

Poor lad had a proper bewildered look on his faceas if he's done something wrong.

I've tried all the herbals and menopace, currently with no success, I might give the menopace plus a go next. It gets expensive too doesn't it?

louise · « **Reply #247 on:** February 25, 2009, 01:35:15 PM »

Hi Foggy, my sleep goes all over the place at times. Over the last 3 or 4 nights I've slept very well. Almost don't want to say that, might be tempting fate! The alternative market is very expensive. They know with the scares over hrt they can overcharge us and because we're suffering women we will cough up.

CLKD · « **Reply #248 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:07:47 PM »

The busy, involved, long dreams upset me more than not sleeping as I wake feeling exhausted and do not get good quality sleep. I wake feeling "I can't take any more of this feeling worn out and frazzled" and have to ease my way into each day. Fortunately the nights when I wake in the early hours are rare these days.

charlie · « **Reply #249 on:** February 25, 2009, 09:36:13 PM »

Hi foggy,

I know what you mean regarding your behaviour towards your son!!
I too have done that.... for no reason, just picked on him like a bully in a school playground

And what makes me feel worse is that he is so understanding of my situation at the moment!

And you know you should stop and that you are being totally unfair to him....but you just can't shup up!!!! and when he is gone off out or back to uni you feel so guilty $:-\$

NOW, on the other subject of sleep!!!!!! IS THAT WHERE YOU GO TO BED, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND WAKE UP WHEN ITS MORNING........I THINK I REMEMBER DOING THAT YEARS AGO!!!
AT LEAST IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ME!!!!!!!!!

Love
Charlie x x

Rosebush · « **Reply #250 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:03:19 AM »

Oh Charlie that made me laugh

so true though... i seem to be getting more cranky of late, i really try to not snap, but if i do its at hubby, who bless him, understands.....i think its the dreadful thought of these sweats going on for ever, and never having a nights sleep again..

Sadly after 4 bad nights i have to take a sleeping pill, i did last night and slept for 4hrs 10mins, then i have sweats for the next 4hrs, but some nights the gaps get longer... i just hate taking sleeping tabs...

I have made up my mind not buy anymore 'herbal remedies' when i have finished what i have in cupboard..i am also taking Clonidine, which help so much with daytime sweats...just wish i could reverse my day.. $:-\$

louise · « **Reply #251 on:** February 27, 2009, 12:36:54 PM »

Not so simple any longer is it Charlie?, this sleep thing.

Rosebush glad the Clonidine is still working during the day at least. I seem to be going through a relatively better period healthwise, hope it lasts.

Louise x

charlie · « **Reply #252 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:18:51 PM »

Not being able to sleep is a total bummer!!!!

Do any of you ever have horrible depressing thoughts in th eearly hours of the morning, when you think the whole world is fast asleep....... EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU

I hate this time of the morning with a vengence....

AAAAAAAAAA we live in hope

love

charlie x x

Taz2 · « **Reply #253 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:27:02 PM »

I know what you mean Charlie - I have spent years like that. Nowadays I have a 20 year old son who is not working and who has become nocturnal - he goes to bed at 6 as I am getting up and wakes up again at 4 as I am getting in from work!

When I wake up in the early hours - though I try to beat this by not going to bed until 1 a.m. - then I know that I am NOT the only one awake!

What do you do when you are just lying there? I find it is best to get up and get on with something rather than just lay there trying to sleep.

Taz x

soos65 · « **Reply #254 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:50:22 PM »

Hi ladies, I know exactly how you are all feeling,had a terrible night last night,if i wasn't sweating I was having really vivid weird dreams. I seem to be the opposite to you all tho, only nights I rarely sweat is the odd occasion I partake in a glass of red or two!
Love my hubby to bits, but it's so frustrating to hear him snoring away all night, for him to get up and say...oh i had a terrible night??!!!
Soos x

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