What the heck, another night of restless sleep. It has never made sense to me that when you are little (beyond baby) you can sleep 12 hours as you get older you may even require more. I had teenagers that could sleep till 12 some days although I was the kind of mother that wouldn't let them unless they had some foreign illness that would debilitate them for days. As you get older, you can fall asleep for an hour on the couch and then be up all night and once your kids are gone and you could easily sleep anytime and anyplace, you find yourself up numerous times during the night either for the slightest sound or your bladder or your thoughts that creep in during the darkness of night. If you are like me, that also means I can't get back to sleep until 5 minutes before the alarm goes off and then I am so tired for the day and the cycle begins again the next night. I am often amazed to hear so many others that don't sleep on those same nights that I have issues with sleeping. Is it something in the air, the moon, the stars, our psyche, what??? Ok, so I can take a medication once in awhile but dependency doesn't sound much better and besides it leaves me with such a hangover feeling that I am soggy and groggy feeling all day. I have also learned that women with breast cancer have these same issues and that there are studies being done but in the meantime we are a society of sleep deprived creatures rushing to get to work do a good job and get home to get some kind of rest. I know they say to exercise and that just keeps me up even longer. I have tried a small glass of wine with dinner to wind down, no go. I have tried to read before bed, no go! I have listened to white sound, no go! I have gone to bed before my husband for years as he will plop in bed and be sound asleep in seconds which not only irritates me but his snoring keeps me awake. More often than not at some time during the night one of us will go to the other bed. SO when did getting sleep become more important than sleeping together in bed? Tired has become a routine word in everyone's vocabulary that I speak with. I am not sure the remedy but when all else fails - I suggest you make it a good day and put that night behind you. For me, I just find another way to laugh and go on. I would love to paint my eyes on my eyelids like some I have seen and sneak a nap but, better get back to work. S
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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