Comments | scaryshari: Hooray for bedtime!

scaryshari

Hooray for bedtime!

Oct 23, 2007 11:43

Last night I got to bed by 11:26 p.m.! Go me! :D *cheer* beckerbuns is being a good influence on me. heh Actually, I would've been in bed even earlier last night, except I had to feed the rats first ( Read more... )

sleep, health

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rubyreader October 23 2007, 21:11:04 UTC

:too much sciencey talk hurts my head: *grin*
The doctor talked about putting me on Rozerem a few months ago when my insomnia was so bad. Instead he tried a mild antidepressant with a mild sedative called Trazadone. It is just enough of both that I could have a good night's sleep without worrying about all those assorted worries that were keeping me stressed. It has helped immensely. And now that my sleep cycle is back on track I find myself getting sleepy about 10pm.
You have a good plan of going to bed a little earlier each night. Hopefully you will be well rested soon!

scaryshari October 24 2007, 05:17:03 UTC

I've heard of Trazodone, and both good and not so good things about it. Mostly pretty good. It sounds like its combination of effects was a perfect match for you! :) Right on! That's the type of thing everyone hopes to achieve when they try a prescription med, so I'm glad yours worked out. I know someone who's the same way about Prozac; she says she could literally feel her personality coming alive once she was on it for a few weeks. :) It was like a mental/emotional fog had lifted, and everything about her life has been better since.

Anyhoo, I'm glad you think my "good sleep hygiene" plan sounds promising. It sounds that way to me too. I just have to remember to have the self-discipline to stick to it! *blush* Therein might lie the problem!

snafflekid October 23 2007, 21:15:32 UTC

I think it works by removing norepinephrine from the post-presidential cortex and aquatic rodentia lobes, allowing the chess-playing centers to reacclimate to higher levels of incredulousness.

scaryshari October 24 2007, 05:23:06 UTC

Are you challenging me to a battle of the wits? ;) Or perhaps an assignation of verbose scribners who suffer from logorrhea as they engage in their lucubrations? I think I misappropriated my snifter filled with a potent potable. But this above all: remember to beware of perfidious pantographs, especially downtown! LOL!

P.S. I love how you snuck "rodentia" in there! ;D

P.P.S. Is it better to be a witty fool, or a foolish wit?

snafflekid October 25 2007, 01:12:34 UTC

P.S. I love how you snuck "rodentia" in there! ;D

I knew you would!

amethyst_hunter October 24 2007, 03:28:16 UTC

I suppose I should start doing that too...I'm a horrid night owl (always have been too) and it's not uncommon for me to stay up well past 2 - 3 am.

BTW, I have a goody for you. ;D

scaryshari October 25 2007, 03:30:56 UTC

Heya! :) Your "goody" rocked!! I'm going to write a proper thank you by commenting on that entry in your journal, so you (and others) can see just how cool I think your fanfic writing is. But for now I just wanted to let you know that I read it, and that I actually giggled with glee (out loud)! "A little Captain Jack" indeed! Teehee! ;D

viva_lla_gloria October 24 2007, 05:28:28 UTC

Good for you! :) I need to try to fix my sleep cycle as well. I've been working 2-10 lately, which has really messed up my sleeping schedule, so it takes so long to fall asleep. I have tried Benadryl and melatonin and last year my doctor gave me some samples of Ambien, but I have not heard of Rozerem before. Sometimes the antihistimine-type medications actually keep me awake for some reason, so that might be something to try.

scaryshari October 25 2007, 03:48:26 UTC

I've heard of certain types of antihistimines making people nervous, excitable and/or insomniac, although that's more common in kids than adults. Do you know which ones do and don't cause that for you? Oddly, most antihistimines give me NEITHER drowsiness nor "awakeness"/nervousness, including my fave, loratidine (Claritin). However, Benadryl definitely has a mild DROWSY effect for me, nice at night ( ... )

viva_lla_gloria October 25 2007, 05:00:23 UTC

Well, I take loratidine during my allergy seasons because it's one of the few allergy medicines that doesn't make me drowsy. Fortunately, it doesn't make me nervous/awake either. But strangely, Claritin-D does often make me sleepy, so I had to stop taking that. Benadryl makes me sleepy about 95% of the time...and then there will be rare nights when it actually keeps me up. It's so strange.

I probably will talk to my doctor about Rozerem if my sleeping issues keep up for much longer. I hate meds that make me groggy all morning, and I'm always wary of potentially addictive meds. I have prescription coverage and only pay a small co-pay for the medicines I'm taking now, so it shouldn't be too expensive.

Thank you! :) I love Stitch, and when I found this icon, I just melted!