I’ve had a streak of wake at 3am, ridiculous brain spinning until 6am, grab another hour of sleep nights. Something’s gotta give.
I believe I’ve mentioned before I need a solid eight hours of sleep to function well. Nine if we’re looking for exemplary brainpower.
These three-hours-of-spinning nights are clocking a paltry five hours of sleep. Granted, that’s five hours apiece but still. By night four I’m running at a real deficit and weird stuff starts to happen.
Like entirely forgetting to make muffins. Or pick up a prescription. Or wrap the freaking presents for that family gathering over the weekend. FOR THE LOVE.
I’ve ticked off two of my more stressful December happenings now so I’m wondering – pretty please with a cherry on top – if I might possibly get my sleep back. I’d say it’s in everyone’s best interest to release my brain from its nightly torture session. Just saying.
I started having insomnia once perimenopause hit. Over the past two years, I’ve had to do all sorts of things to ensure I remain sleep throughout the night
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Back from my break and grateful you left this so I know it’s not just me. I mean, I’m sorry you’re dealing with this too…I guess I’m just glad it’s not all in my head.
But I really need the freaking sleep. I 😐
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Yep. Vitamins have a lot to do with it, and I drink a specific tea with ashwaghanda in it.
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That happens to me sometimes, usually when I have something going on the next day. It’s incredibly annoying when my brain decides it needs to spend hours thinking of things that could well wait until tomorrow. Or never. Wishing you luck.
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Thanks, Carol. Sometimes it’s agitated worrying, sometimes it’s a really fun game my anxiety likes to play called “let’s relive every moment of the school event & pick apart conversations to see who I might have offended.” Good times.
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That’s how mine goes. I want Alexa to be able to turn my brain off.
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it seems 3:00 is the time. If I can’t sleep and finally get up to smoke some cannabis, it will be around 3:00 a.m. But if I know my brain is chewing on something and will keep me awake, I take cannabis infused coconut oil around 9:00 pm. And I still wake up at dawn!
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Ugh. I’m not okay with the “let’s watch the sun rise!” attitude my body’s having right now. Hopefully I can kick it this week.
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Sounds like you’ve earned it.
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I surely have.
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Ugh, insomnia is the worst. I has a little bout recently and it totally spun me out. Hoping you find some relief. I have found that D8 gummies have helped me sleep and stay asleep!
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Really? Thanks for the tip, I’ll give that a try.
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best of sleep to you, I’ve been having very short sleep nights as well and it definitely impacts everything
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Why do our brains do this???
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All the best Laura
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