Narcolepsy Support Group

A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a disorder in the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders can interfere with mental and emotional function. If you are having trouble falling asleep or having some other kind of sleep disturbance, this group is for you.

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sleepystar24 05/27/2011

i've been battling insomnia the past week. i for the life of my can't fall asleep and when i do it's only for half an hour to an hour at most. I feel like a walking zombie half the time now. is it common for people with N to have bouts of insomnia? is there anything i can do to help stop it? i dont have an appitite any more either. i eat once every few days and a glass of milk fills me up. when i do eat i get sick from it and then there are times where if you looked at me you'd swear i was stoned and i'm not. i get loopy and cant keep my head up.

any ideas or thoughts are welcomed.

deleted_user 05/27/2011

Believe it or not but many people with n suffer from insomnia too. It all has to do with the REM sleep and that our bodies just really don't know when to sleep, hence the sleep attacks.

It is now 2am and I am up again. I have been up since Wednesday and have only dozed off and on for those 2 days. I was so tired tonight about 8 that I couldn't keep my eyes open. I had planned on going to bed right after my son, but I was wide awake after just about 30 minutes of sleep.

Not sure what the eating issue might be, probably just don't have an appetite because your body is exhausted.

Talk about loopy, my son was talking to me tonight when I was out of it. I remember talking to him but don't have a clue about what. I remember him laughing at me and asking what the heck I was talking about because I wasn't making any sense. I do that a lot when I am going into or coming out of a sleep attack.

Hope you get some sleep soon and that you can get it figured out.

Kimmers

sleepystar24 05/27/2011

kimmers,

thanks for sharrin. i just tried to lay down and nothing.
hope you get some sleep too.

deleted_user 05/31/2011

I battle my insomnia most early mornings. There is something about this time of day(or actually night) that my body thinks I should be up for. If I give in to the wakefulness, I can't make it through the day without multiple strong desires to sleep (anywhere; floor, standing, sitting). I am able to get myself in a restful state, if not sleeping, by watching The Simpsons. When I was in my previous career of high stress inside sales of electrical components, I could not relax and forget about work and sleep until 10pm when the show would come on and my mind could be at peace. Now I use my little ITouch, headphones and Netflix/downloaded video to put on that show and others so I relax, stop thinking and most likely fall back asleep.

I do not recommend my method because it isn't the best sleep hygiene. What I do recommend is finding what relaxes your mind/body so you can sleep. I would highly recommend a bath with night time bath salt/oils/lotions. Other one that worked for me was guided meditation. You can try it out by picking up a CD from the library.

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