I understand. I used to be a morning person too... loved to jump out of bed every morning all refreshed and ready to tackle the day. I'd grab a shower then a cup of coffee and sit and enjoy that first.
Now - don't sleep well at night so don't wake up till about 10 or 10:30. But I still feel groggy. Take my pills, lay in bed for at least an hour except maybe to hobble to the bathroom then back to bed do a few stretches and try to get motivated to get up and do something. Its a strange new world and I don't like it much.

Lol, yah I'm not impressed with this new life either. As for sleeping: waking up every 1 to hours is no cup of tea. The other day I slept 5 hours in a row and felt I won the lottery. The small things you apprecoate with cp.

Oh yeah...I can't wait to take my 'knock out' meds so I will stop feeling the pain for a while. Problem is, they don't always work long enough and when I get up...the pain is waiting for me.

Now I'm being whiney, but this is a particularly rough patch...and I still have to work...grrrrrr.

Yep....my favorite time of the day. And I feel the same way you do about getting up. Someone recently told me to take an aspirin before bed and I wouldn't wake up quite as sore....hmmmmmm, maybe I should put that under the "Did you know....." thread? ;)

I miss the days when i could fall asleep naturally and didn't have to take heavy meds to knock me out and give me an unnatural drugged up break from the day (because rarely ever does it feel like true sleep). At least I am able to sleep through most nights without issue.

Sleep has me so messed up as I am in a catch 22 I cant fall asleep at night and then I take a nap during the day only then not to be able to fall asleep at night.

I wake up ok for the most part and I am still waiting for that day that I wake up normal LOL. I never do and that makes me mad as before pain and I had just acute pain like a headache I would go and lay down and wake up fine and I still think that will happen again.

I start off ok but by a few hours I am hurting like no other and if I dont lay down during the day by the end of the night it is out of control and it will usually set off a flare that might last for a few days.

i pray for 6 hours connected sleep each night usually get 2 hours at a time and me to its a cycle tired in day rest cant fall sleep still counting sheep at 3am ect ect it really sucks

LOL.... I have nightly seizures so my sleep is always disturbed too. And my little dog Moby sleeps with me and is sensitive to my seizures. Last night he woke me countless tiines during the night. I must have been having mire seizures than usual. So sleep? What sleep? Who sleeps around here? Hugs, Cathy

Looks like I'm not alone. Chronic pain and sleep dont really go together,huh? Lol....add it to the list

Sleep??? What's that? If I lay down for more than 2 hours I spend the next 24 regretting it. So I go a week or so with only 1-2 hrs a night, then I have a day like today where I pass out for 10 hours and come to miserable. I miss being able to sleep, sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts from sleep deprivation. But mostly I miss dreaming... God it's been years since I've had a dream...

having life long insomnia, i am currently on a very strong medication for sleep. works like a charm, only problem is i can sleep for 20 hours undisturbed and then i wake up in much more pain than i had before. maybe it's bedsores.

frankly, i don't care. i love sleep. it is my only escape.

I have been having the most vivid dreams every night recently and can't tell if something happened in real life or a dream sometimes...Really bizarre not sure if this is another side effect of Klonopin (I slept walked twice so far on this)