sleeping alot :roll: :o

I need about seven hours to function normally but I rarely get more than 3 or 4. This is not out of choice but maddening insomnia. I just can't slow my mind down when I go to bed. I've tried everything from hop pillows to warm baths, reading, exercise and herbal preparations etc etc but none seem to work.:cry: :cry:

i usually goto bed about 12~1am and get up at 8 (on weekdays)

and 1~2am and get up about 11am~12noon (on weekends ;))

I need lots of sleep, going to bed between 2200 hrs. and 2300 hrs. each night, I get up between 0600 hrs. and 0700 hrs. but sometimes wake at 0400 hrs.

I am tired all the time and just like that woman on TV. who is more tired when she gets up than when she goes to bed. I am falling asleep all day and some times I am so exhausted that I havent even got the energy to speak.

I have seen specialists at Hallamshire hospital and one said to me and I quote, ( in all my years as a doctor I have treat people with terminal diseases but no one has ever said that to me before. ) unquote.

what do you think to that then?:banana:

Originally posted by Mo
I need about seven hours to function normally but I rarely get more than 3 or 4. This is not out of choice but maddening insomnia. I just can't slow my mind down when I go to bed. I've tried everything from hop pillows to warm baths, reading, exercise and herbal preparations etc etc but none seem to work.:cry: :cry:

a *small* amount of herbal cannabis, crumbled and infused into hot chocolate has helped me in the past. Only side effect I've noticed is a dry mouth on waking. This is related to the hop pillow you've tried, as they are different species of the same genus (cannabinacae).

([edit: get people to PM you] - min order £50 or so i'm afraid)...

I can function on about 5 a night (hours sleep that is), but 7 or 8 is definitely better. However parenthood put paid to that, unless I want to go to bed at 9:30pm every night.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
a *small* amount of herbal cannabis, crumbled and infused into hot chocolate has helped me in the past. Only side effect I've noticed is a dry mouth on waking. This is related to the hop pillow you've tried, as they are different species of the same genus (cannabinacae).

([edit: get people to PM you] - min order £50 or so i'm afraid)...

I can function on about 5 a night (hours sleep that is), but 7 or 8 is definitely better. However parenthood put paid to that, unless I want to go to bed at 9:30pm every night.

Is this legal:?: Some of this stuff looks pretty scary to me.

Possibly not. I've removed the link and added some instructions, the site certainly looks suspect with no contact details apart from an email address.

oops, thoughtless, sorry.:blush:

green tea helps you to sleep try that

On behalf of other Narcolepsy Sufferers I w i s h
to say......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I don't like sleeping and find myself sleeping irregular hours. I have as little sleep as I can manage on.

Originally posted by marie1951
green tea helps you to sleep try that

Is this a herb of some type? Where would I buy it?

I love sleeping and I like to get about 8 hours a night. Any less than that and I can be a right space cadet the next day...

I love to sleep too! Although I have breathing problems (sinus blockage, congestion) ever since I was a nippa so it brevents me from getting a full nights sleep!
I can wake up 3-5 times a night needing a drink or the loo cos I sleep with my mouth open and get dry mouth syndrome!

It's a curese believe me!

I know exactly what you mean DB. prostate trouble gets me out sometimes every hour, blocked nose, wake up with a dry mouth, keep plenty of water beside bed, in and out all night, next day exhausted.

.......If I don't sleep for at least 9 hours I get headaches and get really really grumpy!

The average amount that people sleep is 7-71/2 hours per night, even in the Arctic where its light all night. You cant get anything seriously wrong with you even if you go without sleep for days (as a-level psychology states - this and much much more boring stuff) i need about 9 hours or ill nap during the day which is not nice cos i wake up with a headache and i hate missing chunks of the day.