Insomniacs please check in...

[cash78mere]

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

[AOX81]

Maybe I'll pick up some Tylenol PM.

[thesweetestone]

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

[MSSTCY1]

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.

[Chief]

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.

[Cluey]

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

Anyone else still awake?

[docetboy]

yup

[steelepike]

word up my brethren of the night

[sugar and spice]

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

[Cluey]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
I'll be awake for another five or six hours.

Why?!

Just curious

[tinydancer]

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.

[Cluey]

Originally posted by tinydancer
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.

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...

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by Cluey
Why?!

Just curious

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.

[Cluey]

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!

[tinydancer]

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.....