It is 2:30 am on a work night, and I am up doing laundry and writing this blog post. What gives?
I use to be the best sleeper--as soon as my head hit the pillow I would be knocked out. I could even sleep with the tv on. Insomniacs would be so jealous. Now, not so much...
I guess I must've went to bed too early--like, before 9 pm (yeah, that's early for me). I don't know...but now I have been up since before 2 am. However, I think the real reason is this new medication that I am on. Ever since I've started taking it about 3 weeks ago my sleep pattern has been so irratic: it would be either too hard for me to get to sleep, or I would go to sleep and wake up several times in the night, or both.
In the past, I would try to take a Benadryl to help me sleep. It doesn't work so well anymore...
I learned in pharmacy school that when having trouble sleeping, it is best to try to practice good "sleep hygiene" before trying any prescription medications. This included not drinking caffeine or working out close to bedtime, not reading or doing any other activities except for sleeping and love-making in the bed, and some other things that I cannot recall right at this moment.
That is why I am in the living room writing this post right now. I am also trying not to disurb my husband (which I probably did anyway because, well, who does laundry in the middle of the night? Oops...).
I guess it might be time to suck it up and ask my doctor for some Ambien.
Do you have trouble sleeping? If so, what strategies have you tried, if any?
Girl! I'm up too. I take Benadryl to help me sleep. I took it tonight and no such luck. I have been up doing crafts. LOL
ReplyDeleteI guess we are just 2 peas in a pod.
Erin Sears
lol yup! Girl, after I wrote this I put in another load of laundry and went back to bed. When I couldn't go back to sleep, I took a hot bath, and that was what did it :)
Deletesometimes. tylenol pm (equate).
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