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How Do You Go Back to Sleep When You Wake Up During the Middle of the Night?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Manny Ramirez, Mar 28, 2022.

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  1. DonnyMost

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    Most have already mentioned these, but they're my go-to's:

    1) Relocate (couch, spare bedroom, etc)
    2) Audio (put on something that is soothing to you and will end within 30 minutes)
    3) All else fails... drugz
     
    #41 DonnyMost, Mar 30, 2022
  2. Surfguy

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    I close my eyes.
     
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    Call my wife, she can tell you how her day at work went….
     
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  4. Rocket River

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    Melatonin

    Rocket River
     
    #44 Rocket River, Mar 30, 2022
  5. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    I just got my first 2 hours of sleep with actual REM cycles in more than 8 days........can't wait until this weekend, when I should be mostly healthy.

    DD
     
    #45 DaDakota, Mar 30, 2022
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  6. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Edit - saw doctors again, they said I had the beginnings of Pneumonia - so they gave my some anti-biotics and some cough syrup with Codeine in it.

    Holy Crap - that stuff knocks you out....you can take it every six hours, so took it at 8pm, then went to bed at 10pm....wook up around 2 with a slight cough, took another dose....had some WHOPPERS of dreams.........and got up early with a headache (feels like a hangover) and a mild cough.....

    I am walking around in a codeine haze this morning though....

    I think that the cough might be just about ending, just as fast as it got here......worst 2 weeks of my llfe...thanks for listening.

    DD
     
    #46 DaDakota, Mar 31, 2022
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  7. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    I think I actually got some decent sleep for the first time in a week last night. I tried this mindfulness meditation and I read for 15 minutes in the other room and I did take a sleep aid of my wife's since I was desperate to get sleep. I can tell a big difference - when I wake up during the night, there is still some grogginess on my part and as a result, it is not that hard to fall back asleep. However, I have had some nights recently where I will wake up and it is like I am wide awake. As long as I can feel some grogginess, I think I will be okay but no more of waking and feeling like I am wide awake.
     
    #47 Manny Ramirez, Mar 31, 2022
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  8. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    Ok, so the last 2 nights, I have taken Vicks Immunity Zzzs and I have slept well. My wife doesn't want me to keep taking them even though they are supposedly non habit forming. I guess when I go to bed tonight I could try not taking them and if I can't fall asleep, take them if I feel the need to.
     
    #48 Manny Ramirez, Apr 2, 2022
  9. Buck Turgidson

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    Chug N Tug: pound a beer, jack off
     
    #49 Buck Turgidson, Apr 2, 2022
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  10. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    I'd just read Manny posts. Not sure how anything that banal & boring wouldn't put anyone to sleep. See if you can get Alexa to read your 25,000 posts.
     
    #50 Roscoe Arbuckle, Apr 2, 2022
  11. Jontro

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    it depends on how you wake up. if it's through sleep paralysis and you see a scary lady's head screaming at your face, chances are i won't be sleeping for the next couple of hours. turn on all lights, turn on incognito mode, do... research.... for science.
     
    #51 Jontro, Apr 3, 2022
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    I have sciatic nerve issues and my back pain sometimes keeps me tossin and turning at night.

    smoking a joint of weed helps me go back to sleep.

    Problem solved
     
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  13. Buck Turgidson

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    This is my problem: not always sciatica, not always shoulders/knees, but as a side-sleeper it's almost always some thing that makes me turn over several times a night.

    I really, really need to find a better mattress.

    Gummies do help, though.
     
    #53 Buck Turgidson, Apr 3, 2022
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    maybe you should look Into physical therapy. That’s about the only thing that makes the pain go away for a while. Idk the severity of your “damage” but that sure helped me.
    Chiropractor didn’t help
    Neither did acupuncture.

    My next step is to get mri but goddam that **** expensive even with my insurance.. goddam crooks.
     
    #54 tochiee22, Apr 3, 2022
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    Lot of value in the relocate option. Has helped me a good amount too.
     
    #55 Squirtle, Apr 3, 2022
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    2nding the physical therapy.
     
    #56 Squirtle, Apr 3, 2022
  17. Buck Turgidson

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    I've done more physical therapy than I care to admit. I've got the stretching and yoga down. And like you I've tried chiro/puncture with meh results.

    It's pressure points for me (there's nothing I can do for the knees until I get replacement parts, left bad/right less bad)...the shoulders are just due to use and the mattress I sleep on. Hip is whenever the L3 disc decides to go funky.

    Any thoughts on mattresses?
     
    #57 Buck Turgidson, Apr 3, 2022
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    It's 2:50am and finally just got out of bed cause I'm staring at the ceiling. However, I know why because I decided to take a Claritin D tonight and I'm fritz the F out. Funny I check the BBS and this thread is on the 1st page.

    Alcohol will help you fall asleep but then can wake you up early. Hadn't seen this one mentioned yet.
     
    #58 krosfyah, Apr 4, 2022
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  20. Manny Ramirez

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    Bringing this thread back as I have been dealing for the past 2 months with sciatica. At first, I had some pain but nothing worse than a little bit of dulling pain. Then about 2 weeks ago, I drove for about 2 hours one way, sat and played bridge for about 3 hours, and then drove back home for another 2 hours. The next day the sciatica was so bad, I could barely walk. I stupidly drove an hour the following day (one way) and sat for awhile. So, it made things worse and sleeping was now hard again.

    I saw a chiropractor the following Monday and was told that my discs were thinning, hips were out of alignment and these things were causing the sciatica. I have had several chiropractic adjustments and a massage and I could feel that it was getting better. I even went to Nashville the following weekend and didn’t have any problems.

    So just when I thought I had turned the corner, I must have overdid things on Friday and the sciatica has flared up with a vengeance. It probably wasn’t until 3:30 in the morning on Saturday that I fell asleep and last night wasn’t much better. For whatever reason, the sciatic nerve gets really agitated at night and I have to deal with 3 things - pain on my left leg that sometimes feels shooting, tightness in my muscles, and the worse by far, is spasms. I have found it close to impossible to get comfortable which is why I am not getting enough sleep. I wish I could sleep on my back but I have a hard time getting to sleep that way.

    Using ice and heat plus trying some exercises along with 800 mg of ibuprofen- I have another adjustment tomorrow and a massage on Wednesday- no driving trips for this week. Hope to get back to where I was before this flared up again by next weekend.
     
    #60 Manny Ramirez, Aug 6, 2023
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