Still Not Sleeping
I didn't sleep very well again last night. This will be 8 weeks this week. I am sleepy when I go to bed & then I just wake up. The only way I can go back to sleep if I take alot of ambien mixed with muscle relaxers & then I only get maybe 4 hours of sleep. I don't know whats wrong. I have been to my family doctor twice. He doesn't know what's going on. My hair is starting to come out in handfulls, and I am scared. He has referred to me to a specialist endocronologist but it has taking me 2 months just to get a appointment. I feel like my whole life is falling apart. I didn't realize what a impt role sleep had on your body. I am highly chemical sensitive, and I have noticed on the nights I don't sleep well is the times I have come in contact with perfumes, makeup or household chemicals. Everytime I dust I get sleepy. Strange I know but I got to detox my body & get all the pressure off my liver. Its probably overwhelmed. With all the meds I take & now not sleeping. So please say a prayer for me. I have pain in my shoulders & neck but it takes second to sleep right now. I am currently fighting a virus & have sinusitis and I am on strong antibiotics and a medrol pack to fight infection. Its only because my immune system is weak that I got sick. I am hanging in there. October 9th can't get here fast enough. Sincerley Pamm
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Guess lavender oil will be a no no then? With regard to muscle spasms have you have any teaching of stretching exercises? I think they\'re the best thing to cope with muscle pain....only other thing is trying not to do one thing/stay in any one position for any lenth of time....Those are the things which work best for me....Hope you have a better night tonight....Love M xx
Very Sweet thank you for all your suggestions. I have tried everything, from st johns wort, to music, to reading. I do drink milk before bed it helps and I am sleepy when I go to bed but for some reason I will wake right up after 15 to 30 minutes of being in bed. I have lavender I will try it anyway. I go to physical therapy & chiropractor for my muscle spasms, & the spasms are so deep down in the tissue & under the bone, stretching doesn\'t do that good. If I go to stretch I scream out because its so intense, I just have sooo many spasms everywhere. Since I have had muscle spasms for 13 years I think it makes it harder to get them under control. I believe I have a thyroid problem & I am hoping this will be my answer to all my problems. If I can sleep I know my muscles would feel better. I do stretch my muscles after a hot shower, & I use a tense unit, heat, ice & I use a yoga ball. The spasms are hard big knots that roll around under my skin & bones. They are very hard to control. Your right about being in one position for too long. That is when I feel my worse. I get really stiff. I work on Ebay on computer, & sometimes I am on computer up to 10 hours at one time. Where is your pain? Thank you for your support. I have melatonin & I used 4mg last night, it made me sleepy for the 1rst 30 minutes & then I was up wide awake. So it didn\'t work as good as I had hoped. I think I need serotonin not melatonin. I am going to start on Sam E today. thanks so much. Love Pamm