have you been to a sleep clinic?

to be sedated

Yeah... sleep clinic when I was a kid. Don't know specifics 'cept that they told my mom to let me sleep any time of day (was always up late)

sings "I wanna be sedated"

sings along *bah bah bump bah... I wanna be sedated*

nocturnal but the world is not

Changes the lyrics "I need ta be sedated..."

it so frustrating...literally makes me cry sometimes

or *gasp* give up caffeine

Actually breanne my name is more due to my behavior (didn't give it to myself) caffeine comes into play but not as bad as it sounds...

i need it to FUNCTION sometimes

not had caffeine (on purpose) for three days

I'm so tired... so so tired (now thinks of Beatles White Album) and so so wired

*notes* also does not take any upper-type drugs (for the record)

queencaffeine when you can't sleep is it because you have so much crap running through your head?

sociallydistressed... sometimes yes... but much of it is like being hyper alert --- one little sound and I am up again

anxiousness too...

do you have a cat?

Yes, I have a kittycat named Pants

Ahh.. for me it's the thinking... sounds don't usually bother me...

what about hot milk?When I suffer from insomnia I start to dream about ocean...try to imagine the sound of waves.Thinking about small island

sand...palms....mmm....zzzzzzz

But if I'm working on figuring something out, I'm usually up until I just pass out, or until I figure it out

it is so nice to have internet and plurk... at least there is something to pass time

I have tried EVERYTHING along with sedatives and street drugs (*gasp* hey...desperate times call for desperate measures)

sedatives help, but I don't want to be one of those people who sucks the cotton of the aspirin bottle, you know? I kid, i have enough issues

I've found that relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques work for me if I can find a way to focus long enough

it is a combination sociallydistressed... many times thoughts, + hyper-alert ..I can relax, but no sleep....no myoclonic jerk state

i reflected on sleep clinics once ...

Been there too... Recently

yes dotlizard! to all of the above!!

(great shot too - btw)

sociallydistressed distressed... often I fall asleep but can't stay more than 30 minutes to 2 hours

redundant redundant

I'd be dead with 16 days of no sleep... some gets in. But in 16 days I have probably slept no more than 50 hours

sorry you have such a hard time

That's been happening to me alot since I quit smoking... but I kinda like it..

I've been remembering all kinds of cool dreams

worried about starting job with regular hours Monday

That could be part of the problem

YES! you do remember dreams way better. It's like airplane sleep

I've never experienced the airplane sleep..

I luv it though...

how anyone could love it after any length of time

airplane sleep is like sleeping in studyhall at school and JUST my problem...you are sort of sleeping but you HEAR everything

or the wind blows weird

or the cat jumps on the bed

or I turn the wrong way

Ohhh.. that has always been me.. only I never dreamed.. just learned..

I freaked more that a couple teachers out that way... LOL

or I never get to that state to begin with because thoughts run through my head

this is double plus not fair

My ex-wife conditioned me to not wake up easily...

She'd constantly toss and turn in bed.. If I hadn't learned to sleep through it, I'd be dead by now

I can appreciate that

My alarm conditioned me too..

No when I'm supposed to wake up, I dream about garbage trucks backing up

she had this ability

Do you ever have lucid dreams?

Daily

I can control it some...like I can fly, but I can control where or anything... or float. And I see myself often in third person

can you control them?

it's fun, but I need REST

very dark circles under her eyes always

she looks like a junkie

Me too..

that

aged too fast on account of 30+ years of this crap

that queencaffeine should relax.

oh well....*sigh* oh well.

Here's what I learned...

...

I worked for this company where I was like responsible for everybody's jobs.. I had a 3 year old daughter... and a wife..

I couldn't afford to mess up..

...

I was constantly stressed beyond belief and could hardly ever sleep

I started losing hair, looking older, etc...

One day I just said "Fuck it!!!"

I definitely agree with this... I always figure the worst that could ever happen is death...mostly every day events don't do that

Suddenly more of my problems started rolling off my back, and I felt a hell of alot better.

my anxiety is more positive in nature... thinking about new job and what I want to get done on first day and stuff like that

but not because I worry about failing.

Or getting fired or anything like that. I am just excited to kick ass and take names

Actually it's funny, when I'm kept up thinking, its usually positive in nature..

Even when that stuff flatlines, though, I can't get rid of hyper alertness. It is like drinking way way way too much coffee then try sleep

I'm very analytical, so I'll be kept up by stupid stuff like trying to figure out the most efficient way for a client fo find a person in a

list of 10,000

even if I don't drink coffee

I know the feeling...

sucks... I've been like this my whole life... but some times are worse... like now.

going to take a hot bath with bubbles and music

to understand too much

yep

I have been freelancing for 8 years partly due to these problems.

but with a killer health insurance plan, at new gig,I think I will probably go back to sleep clinic

*shrugs* worth a try

I've been working mainly for companies that don't care what hours I work as long as the work gets done

with the exception of the one which nearly killed me and ended up costing me my marriage

lol... which is usually more hours than should be!

whispers "Actually, for me, it's usually way less than it should be!"