First Night without Lunesta Sucks!

[ortiz34]

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that and I mean that. I also relate so believe me when I tell you, you've got to find a way to decompress or you're going to implode and not be any good for anyone, not to mention that stress is only contributing to health issues and potentially exacerbating them.

When your stress spills over into your sleep you've gotten yourself into a real shit and a sweat. You must let go of shit, even if you only put it down at bedtime. We have something that we always say just before we enter a ritual, "Put any cares and worries of your mundane life aside, they will be waiting for you when you return." Find a way to do that, to set your concerns aside temporarily. If that means making some lists or something, whatever it takes. You can't do it all at once. Perhaps consider something like meditation or yoga or prayer?

I hope you get some relief, Ortiz. But really, get the dental appliance (even if you get a generic one from a drug store or online) until the jaw clenching lets up. I've heard of people's teeth literally disintegrating and then you will have another problem, and it's causing your headaches and probably the rotten way you feel in the morning in general.

You're totally right, I had a mouth guard and it never fit properly from years back. Recently bought a sports one but it's way too big to sleep with. The latest clenching didn't start until about a year and a half ago when diagnosing and dealing with my daughters condition, then my wife lost our 2nd child @ 6 months. Even with health insurance the medical bills basically sucked me dry. Health insurance my arse.
thanks for your concern
I have thought of meditating or yoga, I'm just a procrastinator.

 

[calveless wonder]

Lotta druggies on here

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

I can take a double-dose of benadryl and go to the gym. It wires me.

Diphenhydramine and doxylamine have a paradoxical effect at higher doses...

I hear ya pick, I was taking double doses of ambien and ended up running out a week early. I ended up doing the wake for 5 mins and sleep for 20 for the whole last week.

 

[PICK3]

I hear ya pick

I have refills to last well beyond the end of time, e.g. December 21, 2012

 

[nangiggles]

Google sleep hygiene. Most people, particularly type As, lead stressed out lives that puts sleep, which is actually critically important to life, on the absolute bottom of their lists of priorities. You have to approach sleep, the time leading up to it, your sleeping environment, like anything else that's important in your life, you make time for it, you prepare for it.

Once humans get past a certain age the whole being able to hit the pillow and pass out like we did when we were kids generally is over (not for everyone, and may those snoozing bastards rot in hell).

Oh, yeah, I forgot something, screw you and your ivory tower, Plunk -- just trying to be consistent.

 

[ortiz34]

picked up a new dental mouthguard today so we'll see how it goes

 

[PICK3]

picked up a new dental mouthguard today so we'll see how it goes

want to know what I put in my mouf at night?

 

[mrplunkey]

want to know what I put in my mouf at night?

hell no we don't!

 

[RottenWillow]

any of you insomniacs ever try GABA paired with lysine? For some people it's a pretty effective combo.

 

[PBR]

any of you insomniacs ever try GABA paired with lysine? For some people it's a pretty effective combo.

Dosage? grams?...thanks