haven't slept without prescription drugs in 7 years.....

Maybe I'll pick up some Tylenol PM. :)

i'm checking in. i'm up late almost every night.

I haven't been to bed before 4am in MONTHS!! It doesn't matter what time I get up, if I go out at night, or whatnot. I cannot get myself to go to bed before then. Somethings wrong with me.

Ah...I feel at home now. It's good to know I'm not the only one. On the weekends, I'm OK since I go out and tend to stay up later and have a few drinks before going home to bed. But I can't remember the last time I made it through a weeknight without waking up at least a couple of times, usually at 2 or 3 in the morning. Of course, this is all assuming I can fall asleep at a decent hour, which doesn't happen very often either. I think like AOX81, I just think too much when I'm in bed. My body will be exhausted, but my brain is still going 100 miles an hour--and usually not even thinking about anything important, but stupid crap like various songs running through my head or something. Maybe it's time to look into Nytol.

So, yeah, I can't sleep and I don't want to take Tylenol PM.

Anyone else still awake?

yup

word up my brethren of the night

I'll be awake for another five or six hours. :mad:

Why?!

Just curious :)

I can usually go to sleep easily, but I can't STAY asleep. I can be dog tired, go to sleep, and sleep for a BIG 45 minutes. Then I am wide awake, even though I am tired. I don't sleep very soundly, either. I have real vivid dreams and sometimes they will wake me up and then I can't drop back off again. I sometimes take Excederin PM or Percogesic so I can stay asleep, but they tend to make me groggy in the morning when I HAVE to get up.

Bleah, I hate this isht.:mad:

That's my problem, too! Last night, I took some Tylenol PM and this morning, I was dragging butt majorly. My mom made some snide comment on how horrible I looked, so I shot her the look that could kill. She didn't say anything else... :)

It's hard when you have to work with a parent...

I'm on this medication that has completely thrown off my sleep schedule. Somehow, it has managed to make me sleepy whenever I shouldn't be (like whenever the sun is out) and wide awake when it's dark out. My friends are starting to joke that I've turned into a vampire . . .

Fortunately I'm not working or in school right now, but in another week I start my summer classes, so I'm going to have to work something out by then. :)

Eeek!

I hope things get worked out before you go back to class. I can't even imagine how that would work...

Come on, insomniacs, we're having a chat!

Yeah, I'm glad school is out so at least I don't have to get up so early for work. My water aerobics class meets MWF at 8:30 - that's not too early, and I can come home and go back to bed if I want. It rained almost all day today and was fairly cool; if it's raining or too cold in the morning, I'm not going (it's an outdoor pool)
Last night I had a dream about a friend of mine getting a new house. It was a real cute house, but I went inside and there were all these little frogs on the floor. I HATE frogs - they were very small and very white with black polka dots. I started screaming at her "GET THEM OUT OF HERE!!" I ran out of the house and then I woke up.

I know - I'm weird!! That's an example of the dreams I have.


edited to add: OK, I guess everyone else has gone to bed. It's after 1, so I guess I'll try to go to sleep.. But I may be back in about 45 minutes if I wake back up.....