Sleeping my way through laundry / myLot

United States

May 14, 2018 9:35pm CST

The last couple of weeks, I've been having major sleep problems again. I've become a zombie and I really hate it. Because I just can't sleep when I'd like to (at night), I try to grab naps here and there, but they turn into 10 hour naps. Not the best idea. Last night I tried once again, in vain, to sleep and my brain just would not shut down. I took my sleeping pill and it just didn't take hold. So I decided to stay up and wear myself out. I watched the Mass when it came on TV this morning and then I grabbed my laundry basket and headed downstairs. I brought my knitting with me, as well, since Timothy just wants to eat the yarn and needles. I had the laundry room all to myself. The windows were open and the breeze was SO delicious! I began knitting and pretty soon I felt like I was sleeping with my eyes open. People came into the room and I had no idea until they were practically on top of me! It was ridiculous! As soon as the two dryers were done, I came back up here and went directly to bed. And I slept for about 5 hours. Of course, it's 10:30pm now and I'm sure I'll be waking right up soon! Claudia image from pixabay

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

15 May 18

That sounds like me except I never get up. I lay there and suffer.

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

15 May 18

I learned a long time ago not to stay in bed more than an hour if I can't sleep. Funny how I can sleep all day, though. I hate this!

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Courtney

@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

15 May 18

Same here. As everyone else is sleeping, so just toss and turn and keep trying.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

16 May 18

@CRK109 I can't sleep during the day either.

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

15 May 18

nights and dys mixed up, been there and done that. Its hard to get it back turned around.

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

15 May 18

oh it's very hard! I've managed it a few times and then my brain decides it wants to come back to this insanity. So here I go again!

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peavey

@peavey (16936)

• United States

15 May 18

That sounds familiar. I have trouble going to sleep, then when I get to sleep I want to sleep all day. It's very frustrating. If I didn't have commitments enough to interrrupt it, I think I'd try staying up as late as I could, sleeping in as late as I could, then staying up as late as I could again and so on until the cycle was set so I could go to sleep at the proper time. I don't know if that would work, but I'd like to try it.

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

15 May 18

I have reset this inner clock so many times and yet my brain seems to come right back to this. I can only keep trying. I'm so sorry you go through it, too!

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peavey

@peavey (16936)

• United States

15 May 18

@CRK109 I have never been able to reset it because my schedule interrupts it. One of these days I will be able to try it anyway. Maybe we're from a different planet where our days and nights were longer or something?

Hazel Vee

@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

18 May 18

I'm the same .. I just can't sleep at night but during the day I have short naps ..

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134388)

• Roseburg, Oregon

15 May 18

I always get up when I can not sleep and get online.

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

15 May 18

I do that sometimes, too, although they say that's the worst thing to do. I try to make a cup of tea and read a book for a while. Of course, I'm completely addicted to the internet, so I'm sure this is part of my problem, too. Right now my eyes are killing me but I can't stop typing! lol

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