Belated Happy Birthday to -t, and Happy Birthdays to MFNlaw and Pix!
ita, having your pain specialist's orders followed sometimes or not at all is not a battle you should have to be fighting. Is there legal recourse for this situation? Can a judge somewhere issue a legal document of instructions to obey the specialist's directions, at pain of suit for damages from pain and diminishment of ability to function? Because waving such a thing under the nose of "I know better--see the MD?" ER staff might be a good and effective tool.
I wish there was something concrete that could be done to ease this weekly crapshoot for you.
Stephanie, I think those are a Facebook virus thing. Stupid people click on them and then it spreads.
Okay, people what are the good sleep hygiene things I'm supposed to be doing? Consistent routine, bedroom only for sleeping & sex, no backlit screens, cooler temperatures, lights off, reasonable hour bedtime. What else? I have got to get this rampant insomnia under control. It is wreaking havoc.
Bon bon, I can't get Google calendar to do anything on an ever-four-week basis, which is annoying as hell, since my house cleaner comes on that schedule, without regard to what time in the month it is.
I just changed it and it does have that option -- it's not immediately obvious though. In the drop down for "repeats" you can select "weekly" and then "every __ weeks." I am thinking it might be even better to do daily, like every 28 days. But seriously, I don't know why it actually switched my schedule. This is a bad bug!
Liese,
when I had really bad insomnia, I also did the following:
a) no caffeine after about 2pm in the afternoon
b) exercise for 30-60 minutes 3+ days a week
c) No computer/smartphone/tv viewing up to 1 hour before bed.
d) no work up until 1 hour before bed
Liese, melatonin can help, but I'm assuming you would have tried that already. Also, get up at the same time every day no matter when you went to sleep.
...good sleep hygiene things...What else?
A hot bath? Warm milk to drink? Neither of those work for me, but I still hear them as popular suggestions.
I found that not having any caffeine after twelve noon did make a big difference.
So, I've been on this diet for a few days (today is Day #5!) and mostly been very good about it (the banana and mini larabar after the 5K are not on the diet, but felt necessary). One thing is no caffeine (I can have one cup of coffee, but since I don't like it without cream, no caffeine).
Last night I went out, and rather than have alcoholic drinks, I had two diet Cokes. And MAN, a few days without caffeine and I was blasting off the walls, dancing like crazy even though my friends were mostly just sitting down. Madness!
My cats have imprisoned me and I've done nothing as planned. Oops?
