Posted by IsoM on May 28, 2002, at 13:33:01
In reply to trying not to spiral downward into the abyss..., posted by beardedlady on May 28, 2002, at 11:28:20
Sure, I'll respond Beire-dei. Don't really know what to say to cheer you up but will do my best.
Personally, after trying to do without meds three separate & well-tried times, I've come to realise that I'm not me - who I really am - without meds. Crap, I think, when I'm down. But when I'm feeling okay, I think of meds as much as I think of food or water. I need them to live so I take them without feeling guilty.
For me, going to bed with a full stomach is a major no-no, at least at my age. When I was young & nursing, I had to have a full stomach & used to need to get up at night to eat so I could fall asleep again. But now, a full stomach means lousy sleep. I can't eat even a medium sized meal 5 hours before bed, or I sleep lousy. Better to feel hungry before bed & then eat a small amount of light, low protein, carbohydrate-rich starchy food (with little fat) & a warm drink. It gives me the best sleep. Steak before bed would do me in. It may be entirely different with you though.
Summer vacation? Noisy school children out, yelling & making noises in your neighbourhood - does that perhaps bother you? You don't have school-age kids, if I recall. I dread the almost constant sound of lawn-mowers going in summer though I love the weather & sunshine. With open windows all day in summer heat, the middle of the night is the only time it's really quiet here. I HATE noisy neighbourhoods but have little choice (other than nuking all the neighbours which I feel like doing sometimes).
Remember that suggestion at PPB I made to help you relax before you went on a flight? Want me to come with a soft, but heavy mallet to help you sleep? If we get an IV drip going before the sleep-inducing thump, we can start adding some IV painkillers about an hour before you're due to awaken & you won't notice that egg-sized lump on the back of your head.
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