Best to study your life during REM sleep in your dreams says one who has had thousands of wakeful nights. My reflections on life should be book-worthy by now!
That's not good. Sleep deprivation is harder on body and mind than some medication to aid sleep. My insomnia was lifelong - thus the heavy med combo that's making my liver unhappy. However, even a few days of fewer than seven hours sleep can mess with one's functioning. Some sleep aids are temporary and not as damaging as not sleeping enough.
PS - I've had to research insomnia myself for years until I could find a health professional who believed my story. Permanent brain changes can result. And, yes, as estrogen wanes sleep is often affected.
For me, EVERY tiny change seems to herald the insomnia - this week (? she arrived with luggage) the fourteen y.o. cousin is staying over, and just knowing I had the fandango of feeding someone else, packing an additional lunch, getting a wool-headed adolescent up and in uniform in time for school -- I just woke up at about 2:30 a.m. and ...stayed up. 'til it was time to get HER up. And now I'm practically walking into walls. I have some guy calling from L.A. for this stupid film thing, and ... ugh. Ugh. Why can't I get my brain to shut off? Last week I was going to bed at 7:45-8pm ish JUST so I could get some down time before the two a.m. wakies. I don't know what's going on with me, but I'm going to go with peri, yeah. Whatever it is, it is doubtless hormonal.
Best to study your life during REM sleep in your dreams says one who has had thousands of wakeful nights. My reflections on life should be book-worthy by now!
ReplyDeleteDon't know if it's peri-menopause, but having massive bouts of insomnia this year.
ReplyDeleteThat's not good. Sleep deprivation is harder on body and mind than some medication to aid sleep. My insomnia was lifelong - thus the heavy med combo that's making my liver unhappy. However, even a few days of fewer than seven hours sleep can mess with one's functioning. Some sleep aids are temporary and not as damaging as not sleeping enough.
ReplyDeleteThe spring musical will be over in early April~that should help my sleeping patterns a bit!
DeletePS - I've had to research insomnia myself for years until I could find a health professional who believed my story. Permanent brain changes can result. And, yes, as estrogen wanes sleep is often affected.
ReplyDeleteFor me, EVERY tiny change seems to herald the insomnia - this week (? she arrived with luggage) the fourteen y.o. cousin is staying over, and just knowing I had the fandango of feeding someone else, packing an additional lunch, getting a wool-headed adolescent up and in uniform in time for school -- I just woke up at about 2:30 a.m. and ...stayed up. 'til it was time to get HER up. And now I'm practically walking into walls. I have some guy calling from L.A. for this stupid film thing, and ... ugh. Ugh. Why can't I get my brain to shut off? Last week I was going to bed at 7:45-8pm ish JUST so I could get some down time before the two a.m. wakies. I don't know what's going on with me, but I'm going to go with peri, yeah. Whatever it is, it is doubtless hormonal.
ReplyDeleteYes, was awake at 130 this morning. Am going to bed fairly soon~may as well sleep hours before the wakies!
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