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Night Shift

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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I'm back home after my whirlwind trip to Melbourne.
I managed to get heaps done at the Uni plus all the meetings.
I should have stayed in Melbourne. It was a lot warmer than it is here!
Hope everyone's going OK. 💕

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Yes, I will let you know @utopia. 😀 I'm quite excited, as I now feel that there's hope. Was feeling hopeless. 😂
I'm going to write down what I feel I need the most help with. I'm hoping she'll start EMDR straight away, as I'm not scared to get straight into it. Feeling desperate and keen. 😀

Feeling a bit fried, hey @TAB? 😀

@Former-Member I know that feeling well. It's extremely difficult not sleeping. I try to be calm at bedtime and try to switch off bad thoughts, even switch off thoughts about "what if I don't sleep ". If a bad thought comes, I say "stop" to myself.
A teaspoon of Magnesium powder helps (I've tried everything).
I do deep breathing. Inhale slowly, hold for few seconds, blow out slowly and keep repeating until feel relaxed.
When desperate I take a small dose of anti anxiety medication, just to catch up.
I hope you will get some good sleep soon. 💜

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You are one strong woman @Former-Member. I wish you the most success possible

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no @Former-Member not that way haha ok burnt out ugh ol

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@Former-Member is this the first time you've tried medication like this one? I'm guessing it's Anti depressants? How long have you been on them?

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Oh ok burnt out. I know the feeling @TAB
Rest is the best. 😊

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..a 'sleep routine' maybe? wind down pattern, bed being last step? I can never get room dark enough, but earplugs help re sound tea seems to work few hrs before bed.chamomile if you're game its a bit icky one or two drinks can work if you can take it, well a few hrs before bed

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Thanks @utopia 💜 Same for you. 😊
Life has to be better. I've struggled with all "this stuff" since I was a teenager. Time for living, that's for sure. 😀

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Really sorry that you are feeling down @Former-Member. I'm afraid I don't have much control over my sleep although lately it better than it has been for a while but I haven't done anything to create this. Crossing fingers it gets better soon. 💜😊

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well thats what jim morrison said @Former-Member oh, that was the 'West is the Best' haha yeah forget the rest .. woo I do need a rest lol

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