hey casey! i too have problems sleeping at night,(as you may see, I'm writing this at 1:30 in the morning) lol, but usually it is the pain that keeps me awake,sometimes,it's because of depression or anxiety,sometimes, i too feel like i have "restless legs" i would talk with your doctor about this asap,especially if it's an ongoing thing, he/she may be able to prescribe a sleeping medication for you that would be a little better than the allergy medicine,or even getting on an anti-depressant might help, there are ones that are for depression and sleeping issues as well,like amitriptyline,which i am currently taking, it does seem to help, but like with most drugs,your body can build a tolerance to them and i am sitting awake again because i think it's time to "up" my sleeping medication, but there are more natural things..like melatonin have you ever tried that? i actually want to give it a try, i have heard many great things about it,and would like to take a more natural approach to things myself.but i would definitely talk with your doctor about your concerns,hope this helps a bit, much love! and i wish you many pain free days!!-rose68-

so great that you wrote a post about this! the past 2 weeks the endo has been throwing me for a loop. pain pain pain= miserable. I've been so exhausted but I either can't seem to fall asleep, or can't stay asleep. even if I take something for the pain I still manage to keep waking up. I guess it has something to do with how much our brains are thinking. have you ever tried a hot bath before bed? it sometimes helps me with relaxing. good luck :)

i never seem to have problems sleeping but it is a restless sleep and more often than not I wake up feeling just plain beat before I even get out of bed

Well I have tried hot showers. The only tub in the hous
e is in my boys bathroom. They still have problem aiming and though I clean it I cannot bring.myself to use that bathroom. Haha

I have tried all types of sleep mess and supplements. Just not working for me.

I am exhausted. Would have no problem sleeping if my family slept during the day I think. I have NO problems with naps. I agree that thinking about everything is an issue. I sleep easier if I am watching a movie. But in dark silence it seems my brain wont quit!

have you tried a fountain in your bedroom those always used to help me but my husband can't tolerate the sound of the running water at night

id have to pee even more than i already do if i had a fountain :P

Shebitten, you crack me up!!! I've used white noise machines in the past. Lately, I do sleep a lot, but feel super tired even if I'm "asleep"

a chropractor told me to get a new mattress and pillow. I think he is right about that, so it's on our to-do list. I hate pillow-tops because this one wore out so quickly (like 5 yrs?). We are going to get a sleep number bed, fingers crossed it helps.

i would never ever ever ever EVER leave the bed if i had a sleep number or anything like it. OMG. i really need to get a new mattress too, its such a pile. had it too long, pretty much broken. maybe thats part of all of our problems? who owns a newish mattress? i have a great pillow (its like a $100 memory foam pillow haha) that helps a lot. but unfortunately do not have a couple thousand to buy a nice mattress! :(

I often have a hard time sleeping from the pain or I am tired but just can't seem to fall asleep. I had a naturopathic tell me to get ready for bed way before you actually sleep. So I sometimes drink chamomile tea,or sleepy time. It helps you can't use if everyday or you will get use to it. A few drops of lavender oil on a cotton ball near you pillow helps to relax me and puts me to sleep. I also use Tylenol pm's or ibuprofen pm''s and the tea and a hot bath. Calcium magnesium works as well. It induces sleep you would have to look up the dosage but my naturopath has me take 4 before bedtime. Being in pain and not able to sleep simply sucks I know how you feel. I hope this helps :-)

I am right there with you sleep wise! It is so hard for me to sleep too. It's 3:14 here and I can't sleep. My doctor did put me on soma for my endo and fibro and sometimes that helps but sometimes not. I tried melatonin. Anyway I hope you find something that works! I know it sucks not sleeping!

Seems like you and I are having the same problems. It is 12:45am here and I have to be up at 7am and am so exhausted and no matter what I try I cannot sleep. It is like this for me everynight...I am up until 3am or so. I have so much pain and anxiety and just worried about everything or thinking about everything and can't sleep. Most of the time it is pain and my Endo pain has gotten so bad that IBProfuen and Tylenol do not help at all, pain pills make me sick. I am stuck basically. I hate not sleeping I want to sleep so badly :(