Insomnia

[CalG]

Does anyone wake from sleep in the very early morning darkness to a profound quite?

Laying perfectly still, the only sound, almost inaudible, is your own breath?

The Peace that surpasses all understanding....

A time for intense appreciation!

 

[CalG]

Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night, Cold sweat pouring.

After revisiting in dream of doing chest compressions, CPR, on someone I know is already dead.

That sucks. PTS?

Such is life.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night, Cold sweat pouring.

After revisiting in dream of doing chest compressions, CPR, on someone I know is already dead.

That sucks. PTS?

Such is life.

Sounds like PTSD... It sux.


Been doing it most night since the early 90's.

 

[von-mil]

The white noise generator that works for me is having old-style ticking pendulum clocks just outside the bedroom. In my case, I need to have three or more of them ticking away. One or two clocks annoys me and keeps me awake because I just lay there and sort of analyze the rhythm but with three or more it gets impossible to comare the rhythms. It just becomes soothing noise. No chiming or striking though - just ticking.

This is probably not a very practical solution for most people. However, I collect and repair old clocks and have plenty to go around.

 

[Jstpssng]

I have a theory that if you poured Mountain Dew on Mars, the unpronounceable chemicals in the can would generate life there in 3-4 weeks.

Could it be that I'm not the only person who can't stand the stuff?

 

[Jstpssng]

Does anyone wake from sleep in the very early morning darkness to a profound quite?

Laying perfectly still, the only sound, almost inaudible, is your own breath?

The Peace that surpasses all understanding....

A time for intense appreciation!

I like to do that in early spring, when I can have the windows open. Hear the birds waking up, and a log truck on the highway 1/2 mile away the rooster crowing up in the henhouse- oh wait, I ate him .
Of course that's mostly drowned out by the constant ringing in my ears.

What's really good is waking up in a tent in the middle of nowhere.

 

[oosik]

For me it's water, coffee or tea. I don't drink ANYTHING else. But, I especially dislike really sweet stuff - like Mountain Dew.

It's 3:45 am here. About the only thing I'm gonna hear - the trains way off to the West. Otherwise - dead silence.

 

[5030]

*** before sleep usually works just fine...

 

[MossRoad]

The white noise generator that works for me is having old-style ticking pendulum clocks just outside the bedroom. ...

I'd have to get up and shoot it.

 

[MossRoad]

Could it be that I'm not the only person who can't stand the stuff?

I didn't care for it much either when I was young. As I get older, it's not so bad, but I never order it if given a choice of something different.

I do keep some in the fridge. If I ever get an intense headache, I grab an aspirin, a tylenol, and chug a 20oz mountain dew as fast as I can.

Poor man's Excedrin.

"The active ingredients in Excedrin Extra Strength are acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine. Acetaminophen acts as a pain reliever and fever reducer. Aspirin (an NSAID) helps reduce pain, inflammation, and swelling."