sleep

Hi everyone,

Lately I’ve been getting better sleep and titrating off medications. The sleep hygiene game is dialed in and doing WAY more than I expected to help BUT I’m transitioning to some basic supplements that are having a massive good impact on getting back to normal. So just wanted to share.

I’ve added two forms of magnesium and gaba plus glycine and whoa! It’s been very relaxing and helpful. I’m falling asleep fast and staying asleep. Not perfect yet but will update here.

Let me know if you’ve tried any of these and if you’d like more details.

Stay strong insomniacs! ❤️

Does ANYONE have ANY IDEA what I can do to ease RLS symptoms? It's the worst in my arms/torso as opposed to my legs. I take magnesium, iron, B12, K2, D3...plus some of my prescription meds are supposed to ease the symptoms. I do need to get a bit more high intensity exercise, I'll admit that...but I'm having trouble with even fully falling asleep because I can't stop moving :(

#RLS #RestlessLegsSyndrome #Neurological #Sleep #CheckInWithMe

We need sleep but it hurts to lay down, it hurts to stand, it hurts to sit. If you lay on your back your si joints are going out of place, your side and your shoulders, hips and knees go out, your stomach and it’s your neck and shoulders!!! Very frustrating and so very tired and hurting so bad. I just want to sleep for longer than 3 or 4 hours at a time. #bendy #HEDS #Sleep #sotired #Everythinghurts

#Sleep #Tuesday

I love having someone who understands my brain, but it's so hard sometimes too. I am on hour 5 of resisting compulsively texting her, after receiving a barrage of compulsive texts from her and two compulsive calls. She knew what was happening and was trying really hard to resist, and I think she was eventually successful. But I am still having wave after wave of what-ifs about her safety. Logically I know she's probably asleep, but of course that does nothing for the doubts. For hour one I just handwrote a journal entry to her, and I thought that did it, but the compulsion keeps coming back. I wonder if I should just throw myself fully into an exposure session and try to speed up the process of no longer feeling like trash, but it's so late and I should have been asleep an hour ago (dr appointment, office hours, and lab meeting tomorrow, good lord), so maybe I should just rawdog it until I fall asleep. When the thoughts are so bad that I keep involuntarily hyperventilating for short periods, I don't know if an exposure would help or hurt.

I have however come up with a fun strategy: pretending that her compulsive texts are actually attempts to type out whale vocalizations. It removes the focus from the content of the messages and makes it easier for me to resist reassuring her and instead do/say things that are actually helpful (which is sometimes doing nothing). It's hard when it's relationship OCD-related, like today, because I automatically want to take it seriously and personally, but the silliness of imagining that all those texts are just like OOOOOoooaaauauuuuUu whale noises does kind of help.

#ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ERP #ROCD #copingstrategies #Sleep #HarmOCD #Relationships #Autism #CheckInWithMe

I know how tough this is. It’s been over 10 years and I’m sure I’ve shaved time off my life. Especially with all the recent info on sleep
Importance for longevity. BUT I’m getting more sleep now and it’s turning into a habit most from being extremely strict with the hygiene. #Sleep #Insomnia #SleepApnea

When one can't sleep well...
Right now I struggle with sleep deprivation without medication. I'm going to set a time for bedtime and try reading on blinklist for half an hour. Just subscribed. Meditation is another idea, plus music.
Also try not to nap through the day as it can affect you sleeping at night. anyone else have this problem?