Posted by mair on May 18, 2002, at 13:52:41
In reply to Re: I HATE the other 21 hours., posted by Phil on May 18, 2002, at 13:23:51
Dinah - did you ever check out any Lorena McKennitt cds as was recommended some time ago? They're great cds to listen too before trying to sleep. I find that if I'm fairly calm about things before I go to sleep I'm less likely to wake up so Phil's suggestions sound great.
Were you up on the computer between 3 and 6? My pdoc used to tell me that you were supposed to do this - get out of bed, engage in some restful activity and then go back to bed. My husband does this but it's NOT for me. I prefer to lie in bed and stare at my digital clock. I thrash around, stare at my clock some more, obsess about how tired I'm going to be the next day, calculate how many hours of sleep I might end up getting, wonder if it's too late in the night to take more klonopin or maybe a xanax, make mental lists of all the things I have to do and haven't done, worry about being behind at work - ponder my own gloomy prognosis for ever getting depression under control and generally do EVERYTHING I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO.
If you're not doing those things, you may be way ahead of the game. If you are, maybe you might want to develop some new rituals for what to do when you wake up prematurely. (:
Mair
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