what is sleep??? my fibromyalgia doesn't allow much of that.

I have severe ostioporous, need replacements, but bones wont take it my orth surgeon tells me. He should know after 6 ops and seeing bone density scans. Getting comfy in bed isnt easy and usually hurts which ever way you lay. So I try and tuck pillow to keep my head up as also asthma and try and settle the best way I can. And yes, wake up through the night and try to move to other positions. It can be very tiring. Sometimes tell my hubby he needs to trade me in for a new model. he just tells me, What, who would have him with his problems, and he may not get much for me now anyway. He does smile as he says it.

I have to be honest, I'm not sure if I've had more than a couple of restful nights sleep in my lifetime. I'll have to put that on my Wish List - to one day wake up feeling as if I've slept through the entire night - no nightmares, no noisy neighbors, no fear of falling asleep, no worries that I haven't finished everything that I was supposed to do for the day, no worries about what may come my way.

Sleep is supposed to help heal our bodies, but when you cant sleep, because of problems, it isnt easy is it.My hubby has sleep apnea and on a c ppap machine. We were at the DRs on a double appt one day and he said something to tease me as usual. Now he is over 6 ft tall, I am now scraping 5.5 ft, shrinking. I said to him in surgery, One of these days I really am going to smother you, as only chance I have with height difference. Couldnt work out why both burst out laughing. Dr had his head in his hands laughing. When he finally got himself under control he explained Your husband is on a c pap machine, you can not smother him no matter how hard you may try! What, I have no hope at all left? No, none.

hi everyone yes i know about no sleep well i found a home remedy that works for me milk and 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg it knocks me right out

I had been using melatonin at night until it stopped working for me. My doctor gave me samples of rosarem I think, and that didn't work at all. Now I'm back to melatonin. I hate milk by itself and need chocolate adeded to it. Perhaps the caffeine overrides the milk, but it's the only way I can make milk work at all for me.

melatonin is only supposed to be used for about 3 months then stopped for about a month then u can use it again.

What is sleep?I too have Fibro and don,t sleep well at all.I take Gabapintin to help stop the twiching all night but its not working so well as late.I have not had much sleep for days now and look like a walking zombie lol.Then when I am so exulsted I go into a deep sleep and wake myself up snooring.

I find it hard to sleep because sometimes, I wake up scared and depressed, even though I take antidepressants. I too have fibromyalgia, and wear a c-pap with oxygen. I hate wearing it but I have to. I also have osteoarthritis in spine and neck, and have nightmares. I suppose I complain too much and the average person dosen't want to be around me because I am not so much fun. I have nightmares about people leaving me, losing people. Some people think I can do a lot more than I do but I am doing the best I can. Thank you.

As an adult survivor of severe child abuse, I sometime am afraid to fall asleep not just because of the nightmares, but because of the irrational fear that I might wake up back there in my past. I know it isn't possible for this to happen. It's an irrational fear.

Would anyone else like to add their thoughts to the sleep discussion?

I find it very hard to sleep at night due to chronic pain. Also due to ptds. So instead of sleeping at night I sometimes need to sleep during the daytime.

Also I used to work the overnight shift before I started to have medical issues. So I am still used to being awake at that time.

I'm w/cowboy357 & many others in this discussion. Due to severe spinal/back injuries (all but the thoracic) I need to "sleep" in a reclined position & spend 90% of my time in that position, since I can't sit erect for long periods of times & especially depending on the furniture. Due to the severe pain I have 15hrs/5days a week (at least) I am on what is supposed to be heavily sedative meds, (if & when I sleep my pulse ox goes beneath 85) so I'm on O2 @ night. I go days without sleep, then I may get a few hours of sleep. Thre are times when I don't move while sleeping.

My dreams are really whacked out & vivid (hauntingly vivid). If I fall asleep on the bed while watching TV, when I awaken, my entire back is in spasms and I can't move. When I take Abien CR, I tend to sleep for 12 then can't awaken to from the pain, which then my back is full of spasms.

I have fibromyalgia and osteoarithis. It takes alot to knock me out at night but with the combo that I am on now it usually works. I guess you just have to find the right combination.

There are many things that keep me from sleeping. let me list them
1. pain not bad pain but just enough to keep me uncomfortable and awake
pain in many ways and places . neck and head pain back pain leg pain cramps in legs and feet . itching here and there more often than not some place I can't reach.
2. Creative and very active mind working 24/7 also a problem solving mind
3. bladder issues .many trips to the bath room during the night
4. very good hearing . I hear everything . I can not Stand continuous noise such as dripping water ticking clocks TV noise. even breathing or snoring from other people in the house . birds noise cat fights frogs croking.sound of foot steps
5. nasal congestion
6. Thirst or hunger
7 Excitment of up coming event or worry about a problem or illness.or family members problem.
8. Too hot or too cold
9.Remembering that I forgot to do something
8.Not feeling well or too tired to realx and fall asleep
9.Worry did i do that . like did i lock the doors, lock the car, let the cat in or out. knowing I have to remember to do someting like take some one some where or I have to go to the doctor in the morning.
10. The stress that is in my daily life keeps me awake.i have a lot of stress.


You name it, it will keep me awake. If I can't fall alseep, I get up and do something, like come to DS and post my thoughts and play games .or many other thing such as sew play my keyboard. write songs stories and poems. send emails , do research searchthings i wnat tolear about.
What gets me is ,I will be so sleepy and tired and falling a sleep in my tracks but when I get in bed I wake up . I do not know how I can run on such little sleep and some times I do not run I am to tired.
Weel that is it in a jt shell i am heading back to bed to see if i can sleep LOL it is almost 5:00AM i have been up a while .

I suffer from severe osteo-arthritis in both knees, so sleep is very hard to come by at times. and the chronic pain naturally makes me feel very depressed at times and I get very scared that I will be liviing on the street at times. can hardly walk at times. no family and no friends closeby that I could move in with. yeah sucks big time. suffer from panic anxiety and ptsd ( depression ) as my sister and I were sexually abused by my alcoholic father life can be very difficult at the best of times, but I do try and get through as best I can on a dailky basis. we all need support and for me that support is just not there in my in person life. found alot of support online. when you have a disablility it is like you are invisible and old friends distance themselves from yu very quickly like you have a disease or something. I always am afraid of nightmares and walking up in panic. take care. hugs to all going through this hell called being disabled.

your new friend caroline.xoxox.. cya..