174thfwff From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 617 times:
I've had it all my life. Getting 3-4 hours per week, almost every day...then at about the 10th or 11th day, I rest the whole day to make up for it.
I'm lucky though, I don't get sick often.
-174thfwff
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 587 times:
Insomnia used to affect me a lot more back then than it does now. Thank God! For a while, getting to bed before 2AM happened about once every 3 months or so and falling asleep before midnight was unheard of.
Now I don't have to try as hard to go to sleep.
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
AA61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 5, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 575 times:
interesting TWAL1011, are these ambien pills you speak of over the counter? or did you have a perscription
TWAL1011 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 194 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 558 times:
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 549 times:
I mean freaky hallucination with melting walls, serpents, jungles, and liquid mirrors. It was scary as hell (afterward).
Don't forget about the huge cockroaches with the long antennae lunging at you in the middle of the night while watching TV.
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
TWAL1011 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 194 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 546 times:
Well, I was watching T.V., but, uh, I don't remember seeing any cockroaches.
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 539 times:
You must have taken the recommended dose then.
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
Sushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16 Reply 13, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 540 times:
I used to have it all the time while I was in the 4th and 5th grade. It made me cry all the time. Now it only happens when big things like the day before school starts, ect.
FlyVirgin744 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 1313 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 531 times:
I love getting it. I don't like sleeping. Has happened a few times in college already. I've gone to visit friends in Orlando and Jacksonville at 4am. I also love driving real late at night/morning.
If I didn't have class during the day, I'd probably become nocturnal.
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself and all the while a great wind carries me across the sky.
FSPilot747 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 3599 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 521 times:
Used to have it a lot as a little kid. I'd wander the halls of my house regularly at 2AM because I was never able to get to sleep..Sometimes 3AM. I rarely slept before that. Nowadays, I'm okay. I sleep normally at midnight, which is normal for me as I usually am studying until then. Then I wake up at 6 every night. I function great on 5 hours of sleep. The later I sleep, the earlier I wake up now..maybe has to do with my irregular sleep pattern as a child???
Yyz717 From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 15990 posts, RR: 59 Reply 16, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 516 times:
I've also suffered from insomnia in the past.
There are some things you can do:
1. Wear your socks to bed. Warn extremities help you fall & stay asleep.
2. Only go to bed to sleep. Don't watch TV or work in bed. Psychologically this is important.
3. Do not nap during the day, no matter how tired you are.
4. Try relaxation tapes.
5. Do not exercise right before bed.
6. Sounds corny, but try deep breathing to relax yourself.
7. Do NOT watch the clock when you can't sleep, just let time pass slowly.
8. No coffee, soda after 9pm.
Panam, TWA, Ansett, Eastern.......AC next? Might be good for Canada.
Seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9832 posts, RR: 17 Reply 17, posted (10 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 513 times:
I get insomnia twice a year. A week each time. I don't know why. I used to take pills or drink to get through it, but now, I just let it go. My next bout will be in March.
Lately, I find when I want to fall asleep at midnight instead of 2AM, I light a candle and meditate. It makes the time pass and relaxes me. I'm out within 15 minutes.
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