Writer's Block: So much for counting sheep

[cupcake_goth]

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Ahahahahahaha.

::glares::

I've previously ranted about my relationship to the Insomnia Fairy. At length. I am a life-long insomniac; I have vivid memories of being six or seven and being awake all night; I quietly played with my stuffed animals and told myself stories.

Now, when I can't sleep, I ... fret. Glare at the ceiling while being VERY VERY angry that I'm not able to fall asleep. I also tell myself stories, listen to the Stroppy One breathe while he's sleeping, and sometimes get up and tootle around the internets. (Which is occasionally a not-very clever plan, and leads to impulse purchases. Whoops?)

Tho' recently, the not-sleeping has not been happening as often, because my amazing doctor finally decided that me taking maintenance meds to help me sleep was FAR better than being chronically sleep-deprived. It turns out that the wavery, flickery things at the edge of my vision? Not something that everyone had, and not really supposed to be there! I had no idea! This getting regular sleep thing is kinda nifty.

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[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I've been quite pleased myself to find out that I'm not naturally irritable, as I'd thought I was for years. Yay, Mirapex, may you never be taken off the market.

Of course now plot bunnies occasionally keep me awake, which I think is funny. For now.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I have been sleeping better more, out on the mountain, but I still have trouble getting to sleep before sunrise. *sigh*

[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

Aaaaahh, yes . . . insomnia!

I to have memories of getting little to no sleep when I was younger.

*le sigh*

[angldst.livejournal.com]

I have a tendancy for insomnia, life-long, as well. I assume now that it has something to do with having ADHD. When I was a wee thing, I slept perhaps an average of 2hrs out of every 24, which of course drove my parents NUTS until they finally decided to allow me to do whatever I wanted within reason, so long as I stayed in my room between say, 10p-6a, so I got an awful lot of reading done, dollhouse played with, etc.

Nowadays, some of my most detailed and greatest sewing projects have gotten done when everyone else (and myself) ought to be sleeping.

<3

-d

[elfstar18.livejournal.com]

It never ocurred to me that childhood insomnia might be related to ADHD. I'm 33 and my parents still recall (while rolling their eyes)how as a child I insisted that I never slept. I'd started to think that my memories of those sleepless nights were all in my head, but I do have insomnia now (thank gods for Zolpidem) and ADHD, and here are all these people saying they had it in childhood too. My faith in my own mind has been slightly restored.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Are you comfortable sharing what kind of maintenance med?

I don't know why [society/medical community/random blame target] has to be so weird about this stuff. Look, it's simple. Give us a pill to help us fall asleep and stay there, and a pill to help us wake up. It's not a character flaw, it's insomnia. For some of us, all the helpful tips in Ladies Home Journal have never worked and are never going to work. GAH!

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

1. You mean some of the best items in my wardrobe may be the result of your insomniac suffering? I feel... conflicted.
2. What wouldn't I give for you to slap some sense into Nibs about getting some sleep meds tha work?

[requieminblack.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time falling asleep without the sound of the TV on. Nothing puts me to sleep faster then the sound of a National Geographic nature documentary on in the background. If I really can't sleep I mentally alphabetize groups of things. Like boys names that start with the letter B, or the names of vegetables.