No sleep for me, wheee!!!

[WilliamPitt]

Yet another night staring down the barrel of insomnia. Actually, I'm feeling OK, strangely enough. I managed to get some sack time over the weekend - nine mugs of Boddingtons will do that - and I also think I am starting to be able to function on a much more normal level on less sleep. Hell, you get good at anything with enough practice.

So here I be, wide awake and actually feeling kinda chipper. Gonna get some work done. Gonna pull the Nukular Option to end this goddam insomnia bout once and for all. Gonna stay up all night, stay up all day, and not try to sleep again until midnight tomorrow.

All aboard the crazy train, folks. It gets weird from here.

[Madrone]

1. I have the SAME problem.

Have for a about a week now. :cry:

Maybe I should make myself a drink or 12?

[WilliamPitt]

6. EVERYONE I talk to

is having trouble sleeping.

[Madrone]

12. I wouldn't care -

but that I have to be at work @ 8. And my brain is required to be there too.

[MrScorpio]

2. Insomnia and me are good friends

Daytime sleeping

My body clock is fucked

[yvr girl]

3. The crazy train - that sounds interesting

Are you going to entertain us with your antics?

Please say yes.

[Heidi]

4. Have you tried valerian?

It works for my husband.

http://www.drweil.com/u/Article/H10/

[RevCheesehead]

5. you, too?

What is it - something in the air?

And how do you get work done while posting here? That's one of the great mysteries which still eludes me. :)

[WilliamPitt]

7. Multitasking

Alt-Tab is your friend. :)

[RevCheesehead]

14. it (he/she) is?

I've got a friend!

What does that do? Nothing happened when I tried that.

Besides, how does that clean your kitchen?

[yvr girl]

15. I don't think it does

but if you get any other info, please let me know.

ALT+TAB to clean my kitchen...imagine the power of the CTRL key

[RevCheesehead]

16. oh, please, let it clean the whole house!

This place is a serious disaster-area, and I can use all the help I can get.

[yvr girl]

18. I did a major overhaul on my place this week

I feel like a new woman. Bite the bullet.

[RevCheesehead]

19. I'm thinking house-husband.

or man-slave.

[yvr girl]

20. Well, really. Who doesn't want a MAN SLAVE?

But they're kind of hard to come by. :shrug:

[DS1]

22. I could go for a slave, but I'd insist on him not being referred to as

Man Slave. Or Mr. Slave. You swarthy bastard might do.

[yvr girl]

24. Swarthy....you're putting ideas in my head

My place is clean enough.

[RetroLounge]

27. You call?

:hi:

RL

[Droopy]

8. If you start hallucinating

watch out for the little 80s video game looking guys that look like they are marching like the German army circa 1939. They are not friendly.

[Skittles]

9. I have always suffered chronic insomnia

I tried an experiment and it takes me 40 hours to get tired enough to sleep naturally (when no work is involved). Ambien is my savior.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Well, since I'm mostly weird already! That sounds all right...

Actually, Will, I'm sorry to hear it...I've been wondering if you'd managed to break the insomnia's back in the past few days. Now I see you have not. I'm glad you're feeling better, though...

Hmm, just went over to your PDA website, and I see you're going to be in LA on June 5th! I just might come to that...What a treat to meet a famous and intelligent writer!

Good luck staying awake tomorrow...

[madrchsod]

11. just finished three

4-4 night shifts and another 8 tonight and i`m sitting here wide awake. i guess i`ll go over to ebay and buy some vinyl and come back to see what going on...hell in the middle of the night there`s a whole different group posting..

[WindRavenX]

13. Same here

No sleep for Genevieve...

[DS1]

17. YAY!!!!

:toast:

I napped earlier, hence I'm up now. Dumb move.

[murielm99]

21. My insomnia is cyclical.

This is an insomniac period. It will probably go away in another week or so.

I love the night. But the rest of the world functions during the day.

[Lilith Velkor]

23. Now I got that song stuck in my head

Thanx a pantload Will... ;P

I was on 40 hours w/o sleep yesterday. Had a good cry and finally slept for a whole 6 hours (my max so far.) Also didn't wake suddenly like I been doing all week.

The few I still talk to haven't been sleeping much either. Any theories?

[enigmatic]

25. I've been an insominac since I was a kid...

I don't know what to tell you other than maybe take a hot bath; it's helped a few times when I've really needed the sleep and drugging myself wasn't an option..

[Lilith Velkor]

26. NO! (No!) SLEEP! (Sleep!) 'TIL BOSTON!!

Anyone still up on this here insomnia thread?

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. Yoga. eom

[Heidi]

29. Is Will still awake?

It's 2 p.m. in Switzerland, 8 a.m. (?) in Boston. Are ya still with us, Will?

[bettyellen]

30. buy the valerian, you big dummy.

[JimmyJazz]

31. I know for someone like you, this would be difficult, but

a regular exercise program would probably do you a world of good - and no alcohol :(

This advice has been given by a former night stalker.