So today I had my visit with the cognitive behavioral specialist. It was really quite interesting. We talked a bit about sleep hygiene, a subject I was already familiar with. We also talked about the role my husband, the reflux sufferer, is playing in this dilemma.
The most interesting part, and probably the most helpful, was to put my problem in perspective. So what happens if I can't sleep? I'm tired the next day but I can function. I usually can sleep the next night, a fairly full night. I guess removing the anxiety of worrying about the lack of sleep goes a long way to being able to fall asleep.
I learned some relaxation techniques also, but that one pearl will probably be the most helpful.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Sleep!
As some of you may know, I’m a bit of an insomniac. I generally don’t have trouble staying asleep, but falling asleep is a different story. It drives me crazy these days, as it’s gotten a little out of control.
My natural biorhythms dictate that I stay up late and wake up late. I remember vividly in my childhood being sent to bed at 7:30 every night until about 4th grade. Guess what? At 7:30 I just wasn’t tired. Oh, the games I used to invent in my room late at night, waiting to get tired.
As an adult, I often would like to go to bed early but know it only means more time waiting to fall asleep. On a good day, I am awake for 20-30 minutes before I’m out. My husband, conversely, falls asleep in 20-30 seconds. No kidding. Drives me nuts. Recently I had two nights almost completely without sleep.
In a recent Journal of the American Medical Association, it was suggested that people with insomnia see a cognitive behavioral specialist. I happen to know a really good one. I made an appointment for later this week to see what suggestions he has to offer. Stay tuned!
My natural biorhythms dictate that I stay up late and wake up late. I remember vividly in my childhood being sent to bed at 7:30 every night until about 4th grade. Guess what? At 7:30 I just wasn’t tired. Oh, the games I used to invent in my room late at night, waiting to get tired.
As an adult, I often would like to go to bed early but know it only means more time waiting to fall asleep. On a good day, I am awake for 20-30 minutes before I’m out. My husband, conversely, falls asleep in 20-30 seconds. No kidding. Drives me nuts. Recently I had two nights almost completely without sleep.
In a recent Journal of the American Medical Association, it was suggested that people with insomnia see a cognitive behavioral specialist. I happen to know a really good one. I made an appointment for later this week to see what suggestions he has to offer. Stay tuned!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Things you get to do when your kids are at sleepaway camp...
1. Watch The Forty Year Old Virgin at 7pm.
2. Play Green Day as loud as you want, any time you want.
3. Sleep until the very last minute before you have to get up and go to work.
4. Eat dinner sitting on the couch, watching TV.
5. Have control of the remote. What a concept.
6. Avoid all episodes of Hannah Montana and The Suite Life on Deck
7. Exercise, out of the house, at the same time as your spouse.
8. Date night. Enough said.
9. Enjoy the odd silence that is a lack of bickering between siblings.
10. Miss them, just a little. OK, a lot.
2. Play Green Day as loud as you want, any time you want.
3. Sleep until the very last minute before you have to get up and go to work.
4. Eat dinner sitting on the couch, watching TV.
5. Have control of the remote. What a concept.
6. Avoid all episodes of Hannah Montana and The Suite Life on Deck
7. Exercise, out of the house, at the same time as your spouse.
8. Date night. Enough said.
9. Enjoy the odd silence that is a lack of bickering between siblings.
10. Miss them, just a little. OK, a lot.
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