RE: The Late Night Rambling Insomnia Thread: Random Nothingess
October 25, 2015 at 2:20 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2015 at 2:22 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(October 25, 2015 at 4:46 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I didn't sleep at all Thursday night, now here it is Saturday and its looking like I'm not sleeping again tonight.
I took a couple of Tramadol. You know what it's like when in enough pain that it keeps you awake, no matter how tired you are? Yeah, me too.
It's been almost four years to the day since the onset of this condition, and I haven't figured out how to sleep through it.
How does a person cope with this?
I'm not sure what your pain is.
I have a bone disease in my hip that keeps me in constant pain. It took me about six months after onset to train myself to sleep.
Part of that was learning how to shut out the pain when possible, and use painkillers to take the edge off it as needed (it's bone pain, there's no way I'll use any drugs strong enough to kill the pain entirely, even if they exist).
The other part was training myself how to move in my sleep. My hip gets ugly if I stay in any one position too long, so I have to roll over -- but if I don't do so carefully and in a step-by-step motion, it'll hurt like hell, or even pop (you haven't lived until you've popped your fucking hip) and I'll wake up. If I want to curl or uncurl my right leg, likewise, I can't simply extend or retract -- I have to use my left foot to pull or push the right leg in and out. So I've trained myself to move carefully in my sleep.
Anyway, the point is that coping mechanisms might be found, but without knowing the nature of your debilitation, I can't really tell you anything useful.
