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February 19, 2005
The Key
I think I"ve discovered that the key to sleeping for me these days, is less is more. I think I may have fallen into the realm of the 6 hour sleeper. NOOOooooooooo. I've always been one who could sleep all day if I wanted to. I could just make myself go back to sleep. No big deal. Now I find that I can go to bed at 1:00 or 2:00 am and get up at 8:30. Again, Noooooooo Not on a Saturday when I can sleep in until 10:00!!!! This can't be. I guess those are the breaks to being both a morning and a night person. I'm not outwardly grumpy, but I'm inwardly kinda miserable because I want to sleep more. Sleep is my friend. Waaaaaaaa. Sleep aids or not, I think I'm doomed.
I am still holding out hope that this is still because of surgery stuff and my body still not knowing what's going on. My one friend told me it may just be because I"m getting old. That really didn't make me feel any better. In fact, I'm now going to eat a big bowl of ice cream and...just kidding. No comfort foods needed, yet.
I'm going to try again for a little snooze. Maybe naps will be my saving grace. I think I can still take naps, geesh, I hope so. Is it considered a nap if you just woke up like 15 minutes or half an hour ago and go back to bed? We'll see what happens.
Posted by stacey at February 19, 2005 08:42 AM
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When you wake up after 6 hrs, are you well-rested or still sleepy? I always envied those people who felt fine after 6 hrs. Sounds like that's not the case for you, though. I actually have a similar thing going on but always thought it was related to anxiety.
Posted by: Jess at February 19, 2005 01:50 PM
I don't think 6 hours is enough for me. I can deal with it and not be grumpy, most of the time, though. I had one day this past week, where although I didn't sleep really well, I woke up with energy...but that is the exception to the rule. Usually, I wake up and just want to sleep more, but it is becoming increasingly more difficult. I used to be able to wake up and say, nope not yet...and go back to sleep until like 1:00 in the afternoon or something. Although, that was probably also some evidence of depression... Who knows...either way, sleep is something that I'm chasing and I would love to get the right amount and be energetic and perky.
Posted by: stacey at February 19, 2005 09:15 PM