I'll let you finish that sentence.
Three-month-long insomnia equals Mrs. Grumpy Pants. I am finally starting to get a little bit of sleep. I'm starting to fall asleep at 2 and waking up at whatever time is required of me. Mind you I don't sleep through the night...er...morning. I wake up off and on. I have climbed from my strictly enforced one cup of coffee in the morning and a soda once a week to at least two cups of coffee and who knows how many sodas. (But that's okay because my stress levels have shed so many pounds that I can afford to regain the 10 pounds I lost when I stopped drinking soda.)
My blood levels have now reached a balanced ratio of caffeine and water. For those of you who believe this is adding to the sleeplessness let me say this: The Allen blood runs deep. I have an innate resistance to caffeine. Ask my father about how well No-Doze (sp?) keeps an Allen awake. Coffee doesn't wake me up, it makes me human. Also, the insomnia started during my strict caffeine intake.
It certainly doesn't help that the hubby is on a sleep schedule that has him asleep from 2am to 11am. While tv has traditionally helped me fall asleep, the channel was always kept on a safe news channel or infomercial. The Nick at Nite line up of The Nanny and George Lopez is not conducive to falling asleep. I may have to instate a curfew for TV in the bedroom.
Barring the TV dilemma, I am trying Melatonin, sleepy time tea, and generic, otc sleeping aids (which are about as effective as Tylenol is on a headache).
In the meantime, if you happen to pass me on the street...well, first explain to me what the heck you're doing in New York and why you didn't tell me. Then don't take it personal if I glare at you, speak in single syllables, and insult your mother. I'm just bitter that they haven't yet developed a quicker way to caffeine into the bloodstream.
Yeah, the coffee doesn't keep me awake either. And the bad news is that melatonin doesn't do a thing for me, nor does benadryl. What sometimes works is a tea made of equal parts chamomile, catnip and valerian root. A bit of honey is required until one gets used to the valerian.
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