Fri 1 Feb 2008
I didn’t sleep except for a few faded minutes here and there this entire night. I feel absolutely sick; head pounding, febrile, nausea, cold chills, heart palpitations, you name it.
How many sleepless nights is this in a row now? How long can I keep this up? Are these the symptoms leading to stroke? Am I gonna mentally snap soon? Is this gonna make me lose weight?
You have a lot going on from big stuff like your wedding & roof issues to lil ones like puke on your purse to those in between like the stuff going on with Mr. W, PLUS a bug IS going around. So maybe the lack of sleep and worrying has brought down your immune system and you caught the bug. 🙁 Drink lots of fluid, rest and I say have a massage! You know they CAN come to your house!!! 🙂 And most of the time there is no additional charge!
I went through a phase last year, actually almost a year to this date – didn’t sleep from Sat morning til Wed night…it is so detrimental to your system. Sleep is NOT over rated, ha…. can you take sleeping pills?
With everything on your plate, I would’ve snapped a long time ago… 🙂 hang in there lady!
are you stressing because of the roof problems or because of the x problems? I’m having a hard time falling asleep these days too, but mostly because I just sleep at odd hours during the day so I screwed up my rhythm. I went to bed at 10 but was still awake 2 hours later.
Vanessa – I think I caught the bug. I’m having coughing fits again. As for the massage, I’m too weak to endure one right now. I can’t even believe I’m at work.
k – I don’t like taking pills for anything, but I’m definitely feeling the effects of the stress and lack of rest.
idlehouse – because of everything. I’m gonna post now about the roof. kill me now.
i’m all for pills. just take excedrin pm. really, for your sanity. i mean didn’t they just commit britney cuz she hadn’t slept for days on end?
a – really? what’s that do? is that a headache medicine? As for Britney, I thought she has bipolar disorder.
yea and it helps u sleep, pretty good sedation. i think she does have bipolar but it’s turned into manic they said, and now she’s not eating, sleeping or pooping <- yup, u heard right.
I didn’t know that Exedrin is a sleep-aid. I’m gonna try that.
Re Britney’s poop, the question is, how did YOU hear?
As the pharmacist of the group I need to comment on Excedrin PM. Excedrin PM is just a combination of Tylenol and Benadryl. Tylenol for the headache and Benadryl to knock you out. If you’ve had bad experiences with Benadryl before, Excedrin PM would not work for you. I take Benadryl occasionally for sleep, but when I wake up in the morning I’m all groggy and my mouth is really dry.
Britney is bi-polar, I’m almost sure of it. She’s probably in a manic state right now. Poor thing. When people are manic they have no sense of restraint. They engage in a variety of risky behaviour (i.e. sleeping with a paparazzi, speaking in fake accents, shaving your head…).
ooh, yeah…I really despise the way Benadryl makes me feel. Total dry-mouth, and my sinuses dry out so badly that I feel like my skin is going to tear in there with every inhale. I also hate the floaty-head sensation. I remember walking around work after taking Benadryl and commenting to coworkers that I don’t get why people get high.
I was starting to get concerned with my inability to sleep, thinking I’m exhibiting symptoms of being manic, but since I have long hair, that must mean that I haven’t been manic. Altho I have done the occasional fake accent.
I’ve been taking benadryl lately… for other issues (and it also helps me sleep).. but if the 25mg is too much, break it in half. I do that and it seems to do the trick. 12.5 mgs works just as well and you’re not as groggy or dry mouthed…
oh and here’s a tip: DON’T take the benadryl after 10 pm if you want to get up early the next day!!
Interesting. Thanks for the tips!