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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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It's come through now @Faith-and-Hope It's beautiful. 😊💜

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@Former-Member, I think the pictures has to go through moderator approval, but don't quote me on that.

Anyways, good morning guys... Rather, it's night for you guys, haha. I haven't slept since the 3 hours one, but I'm thinking about trying to sleep again.

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Thanks @Snuchu. I reckon just sleep when your tired for now. You have plenty of time to sort out sleep hygiene when your feeling more stable. I'm not an expert. It's just my opinion😊💜

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I'm BOTH wide awake and tired, if that makes sense...

@Former-Member, you're right that I have plenty of time. Thanks for reminding me that. 🙂

I just sent the email to my nurse, I'm plenty nervous.

Do you guys know what she COULD do?

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Will you hear back soon @Snuchu.

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@Former-Member, it's 7:10 AM, I don't think she gets in office until 9 or 10. And then she has to do stuff, sometimes she checks email first thing, sometimes later.

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Oh well @Snuchu maybe it's a good time to get some 💤. That might pass the time too😊💜

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Yeah, good idea @Former-Member! Thanks for suggesting that to me. 🙂

I'll set the alarm to 10, just in case I actually crash. I have a haircut appt at 11.

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@Snuchu

Let's just focus for now on what she could do that's positive.

I hope she gives you full credit for letting her know as quickly as you could what the problem is, and why you drifted onto that path ..... and I hope she gets you into a much sooner appointment with your doctor so you can get the appropriate ADHD meds that you need.

Sometimes we spend a lot of time and energy stressing ourselves out over all the "what if ...." Scenarios, and when you look back afterwards, so many of them don't turn out that way, you end up wondering why you stressed so much and feeling it wasn't a great use of energy.

I think of it this way - try to save all that stress energy for the outcome ....

If it's a good outcome, you have that energy to use celebrating.

If it's a "meh !" sort of outcome, you can have a "meh !" celebration, then find something better to spend the extra energy on.

If it's a "not good" outcome, then you have that energy available to try to improve on it.

Postpone the worries, postpone the stress, breathe ......... ❣

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I'm feeling tired after having to concentrate again. I hope you both get some good quality sleep💤😴 Good night😊💜

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