Insomnia

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:37am

ugh. can't sleep.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:38am

I have a major problem with this. I can get to sleep, but I wake up every hour or so. By 2 I'm up for the day. I went to a doctor recently who prescribed Ambien, but it didn't do a damn thing. Any suggestions?

[Radiana]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 5:05am

I can't sleep tonight because I have a terrible cold and cough. I have a suggestion for you nmartin. Have you been checked for sleep apnea. That has been a problem for me for years and I finally got on the machine about two months ago it's been working pretty well so far. It just doesn't work when you have a cold. Anyway good luck to you, you feel so much better when you can get some sleep.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 5:10am

I've never been tested for that. I assume the machine you mean is a breathing machine.
I have rotten sinuses and allergies that probably trouble my sleep as well.
As for your nasty cold, I fully understand.

[Radiana]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 5:30am

For the most part my sinuses are much better sinse I use a sinus rinse most every day. My biggest problem is going outside on a cold windy day without a face mask. Wear I live the allergens are especially bad after a rain and I'm sure that's what happened to kick start this cold I have.

Anyway getting back to the machine, it takes a little getting used to but I love the fact that I'm finally getting some real sleep and I'm able to function like a real person.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 7:15am

What is a sinus rinse? I'll try anything.

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 8:53am

finally fell asleep at 3:30, but I had to get up at 6

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:08am

I am going to the doctor at 1:30. It feels like I have shards of glass stuck in my throat. I couldn't sleep at all last night.

[clever name]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:26am

Last night my daughter was out late ( cant sleep if she is out), then at around 3:30 my dog threw up and looked funny so we were up with him, then around 4:30 he wanted out, then I had to get up at 6:30 for work. I am gonna be TIIIIRED today!!

Stockard, I hope you feel better soon. Everyone at work is sick, too.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 12:17pm

Thanks clever!

How's the pup today?

[clever name]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:04pm

Well, the day before he got into my daughter's Christmas stocking and ate an entire bag of chocolate coins. Foil and all. So his barf was gross, yet sparkly. Anyway, he seemed fine this morning. Thanks for asking. Hope the doc says you dont have strep. THE. WORST!!!

[danmag]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:09pm

Oh, clever name! That's a sin about your dog!! My kids heard that if a dog eats chocolate it can kill them, so if even a single coco puff falls on the floor they start screaming that our puppy is going to die! At least the barf was sparkly!!

[clever name]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:58pm

Yeah, he went out in the middle of the night so Im sure I will find some sparkly poops in the yard, too.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:00pm

I used to have a cat who loved to eat tinsel. She'd have long sparkly strands dragging behind her till March. She made really funny noises if you tried to pull them out.

[danmag]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:17pm

Ewwww!!!! Tinsel bottom!

[HellsBells2]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:23pm

lol - the twists and turns these threads take crack me up. From insomnia to tinsel bottoms.

Radiana, I went to a sleep clinic and they said I needed a CPAP - I tried it for about a week and just couldn't get used to it. Is that what you have - a CPAP? Do you know what strength your air pressure is set at?

[clever name]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:26pm

I used to have a black lab, and one time she was walking all funny and looking behind her. I checked her out and she had fishing line coming out of her butt. I was terrified, thinking there was a hook on the other end. We pulled it out and she was ok.
But Joe, Im familiar with that funny noise.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:27pm

"I used to have a cat who loved to eat tinsel"

Wow. Good thing she didn't have any of those old silver fillings-ouch!

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:32pm

"What is a sinus rinse?"

http://tinyurl.com/8se5oh

Go to your pharmacy. Ask for a nasal douche (they come in plastic or blown glass) and a bottle of alkalol. There are instructions included with the douche. But basically, you use the douche to get the alkalol into your sinuses where it kills germs, bacteria and dissolves mucus. Then you blow it all out.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:35pm

Thanks, art. I'm on my way to Walgreen's.

[clever name]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:36pm

Dr Oz demonstrated that on Oprah. It actually looked refreshing.

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:38pm

It's weird and can be unpleasant at first. Then you get used to it to the point where you look forward to it.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:49pm

LMAO @ the sparkly poop and puke! And tinsel butt!

So I don't have strep, but she gave me an antibiotic anyway since she said it seems like it's a viral infection that is lingering longer than it should be. Gawd I hope it works fast. I seriously can't swallow. Although that hasn't kept me from eating, god forbid.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:02pm

Antibiotics won't help a viral infection. She must have meant that you likely have a secondary bacterial infection that a virus instigated or initiated.

For insomnia I'll have some good sex, then maybe a diazepam. Works most of the time.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/30/08 at 4:06pm

Well now you've confused me, Krissy! Ah hell, I don't know what she said. I just know she gave me an antibiotic.