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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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Hope I didn't wake you @Mazarita. I just took the sleeping tablet I rarely resort too so hopefully will get some good hours when it kicks in.

Will be mentioning the cramps to my doc when I see her as they are really sharp and lock up my whole lower calf, ankle and foot. So painful, not like an ordinary cramp. I'm concerned that them and the hand tremors are a side-effect of something I'm on.

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@eth, like you, I have no electronics in my bedroom and have the sound on my mobile notifications turned down in the main room overnight. My waking is all me. Sounds like you can really use a bit of an aid tonight, best wishes for some good hours after this. I took one of my muscle relaxants last night to help me get to sleep after such a bad night last night. I've stopped the melatonin because I had such a bad night after it and thought it might be partly responsible for me getting 'the creeps'. Your tremors are a bit concerning. Cramps not good either.

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I can feel it working now so will go back to bed and hope for the best. Hope you get some more sleep too.

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Thanks @eth, I hope you rest easy now.

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Thank you @eth xx

sorry about your partner's bad news today. And that your sleep has dropped even lower. @Mazarita xx

Hello @Mazarita thank you for asking , My hubby is not very good today

yes we did get on to mental health, but he has been taken off the MI team

He has to go through everything again to go back arrrrggg

we have got a appoinment with the local doctor on friday

yes we live on a very low income too

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Thinking of you @Shaz51. Hope today is better for you and that you are able to get through until Friday's appointment - one day or even one hour at a time.

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Hugs @Shaz51 - wish it wasn't so hard to get help when u need it

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Hi @Former-Member how's today going for you?

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I'm finding it really hard to cope

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@Former-Member one step at a time, one hour at a time. Just what's essential in any given moment. Hoping your son is better today. Sending you strength.

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