But that is normal for me.

Strange as I never have insomnia. Strange sensation. I can deal with almost any setbacks, but not Trump AND a pandemic at the same time.

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I'd open the window and yell out, but it is 4:35 AM.

It's just now 6:30am here...

I've noticed more birds singing of late. And it's not due to decreased human activity because we are fairly remote & people still running around here.

Or... as some cities have been doing, a huge communal cheer for the medical workers, yelling out the windows and banging pots and pans.

My neighbors would kill me faster than the virus.

significantly increase the likelihood of dream recall if you keep paper & pen next to bed &, immediately upon awakening, write 3 pages - stream of consciousness (no editing). 👍

I am literally sitting in the dark.

It hasn't been out much lately.

Try the techniques here. I posted as thread...

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/mindfulness

I got this message: We wish we had a magic fix, but we can't find this page.

BRB!

[link:https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/mindfulness-coronavirus-harvard-professors-tips-lower-anxiety-69555324|

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“If you can't sleep, get out of bed, because sitting there and worrying guarantees you won't sleep.”

I will try the other suggestions.

One thing to do when insomnia strikes, too, is to get up & do the most boring housework you can think of...or read, which often puts people in sleep mode. 👍

wants to do housework, I would let them come here ANYTIME! I am so depressed, I look around and think "That's the use? tRump is going to kill us all soon". What bothers me even more is how people act as though he is normal! He is a JOKE worldwide, only now it is not so funny. Why is his orange, ugly face on TV daily? I do not want to see him or hear from him.

Been having the "wake up at 3 or 4 AM" and can't go back to sleep" thing for weeks now. It's exacerbated by the kid next door hauling out the trash carts to the street right after I fall back asleep, and waking me up, or accidentally setting off his car alarm, like he did this morning. My sleep patterns are screwed up royally. And, this business of not being able to go out just exacerbates it. Still wake up at the asscrack of dawn, though. Sigh.

The normal annoyances of life got pushed aside. Thanks for reminding me I am not just losing my mind here.

Snoring even.

This is hard to sleep through.

this morning.

since my daughter died in 2001. maybe even before that.

I am having some weird dreams. what's new since 2016 is waking up with a sense of dread and coming to DU to see what he's done now. these days i also very soon check the Johns Hopkins coronavirus map - edging toward 1 million confirmed globally. Then the local outlook - from zero to almost 1400 in less than a month.

it's a very intense and unprecedented time in our lives made worse by a void in leadership. you're not alone. and still i look out the window and the sun came up.

"sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
that sunrise never failed us yet"

he can't change. he can't lead. this was always clear.

thank you.

This morning I woke up at still-dark-30 and noticed a bit of a sore throat. Pollen has been bad down here for a couple of months and humidity has been unusually low so I take my allergy meds and knew this was related

But still. My mind kept going to omg. What if I have it?

Eventually dozed off again. Woke up and no sore throat

Just did my Yin Yoga. Now time for the rest of the morning routine before I head down the hallway to work

Sore throat drainage. Itchy eyes. Sniffles. Sneezes. Seasonal I keep reassuring myself.

I heard allergy sufferers nationwide are all driving themselves crazy thinking it is something worse.

At least three of my colleagues are sick, two testing positive and the third awaiting results. I'm worried for them, for myself, and for my husband who has underlying conditions. Every little cough... Ugh.

Managing this while also holding a senior position, making huge decisions about the future of our company. Furloughing some people now in an effort to manage cash flow to keep us viable when this is all over. Covering all benefits and doing lots of virtual hand holding to make sure they all get maximum help with UI, etc. Had direct personal conversation with every single person. Best employees anywhere, not one complained in the least. Had several volunteer to keep working unpaid (Not legal!).

So, yeah, not sleeping well at all.

seem so trivial. I will keep you in my thoughts. Stay safe and well.

Worrying about the 1st of the month payments due. Need to make decisions. I made some last week and the week before, but everything keeps changing.

Hang in there. Our grandparents lived through the Depression. We'll turn this around. Contact those you owe and ask for grace. These are extraordinary times. Creditors will need to show some leniency if they expect to get repaid.

I just haven't stopped swearing. If there was Covid-19 in my house, it would be on the TV screen for sure.

I can count the rare full nights of sleep on one hand.

I work and have a grade school child. I had to get up at 5:30am pre-pandemic, but I still wake up at the same time now, even though my child is now going to school online.

And then they'll go back to school.

Unfortunately, the kids may not return to school this year. The last day is in mid-May. They went out on Spring Break on March 5 and never went back, which was, at least, way ahead of almost all other school systems closing.

...hubby read a news article to me about a local assisted living facility with the virus running rampant, 2 dead, staff infected. My dreams started out in that facility with me hugging people I knew (I would NEVER DO THAT!), then I moved on to a restaurant where all the doors to the lavatories had been nailed shut so you couldn't wash your hands. People were eating what appeared to be dog kibbles with their filthy hands. I went to my car and it was infested with germs. I was so glad to wake from that.

Banned from oversharing. What a vivid dream.

I am even starting to fear my own mail.

I take 10 mg. per night. It mellows me out and allows me to sleep naturally. I used to have a glass of wine, but I don't drink any more and I realize how much better I sleep as a result.

I am also taking 50 mg. of Pregabalin (Lyrica) 3 times a day. It contributes to my sleep. But since drowsiness is something it can cause, I am careful with the dosage before I drive anywhere.

I never tried it. Can't handle being drowsy during the day though. All products seem to do this to me.

I will feel like a zombie all day for getting up. I should go back to bed now, see if I can fall back asleep. The sun is going to come up soon.

Vampyre time.

Then again, I've got cats. One of them developed a thyroid condition and she's hungry all the time. She woke me up at 0300 today because her food bowl was empty and, after I filled it, went after it with the gusto of a starving kitten.

i used to be asleep every night by 9:30 or 10, now it's 11 - 11:30 and I'm having to smoke 2 bowls at night to even get to sleep then. I've been smoking one bowl at night forever and it always worked to calm the anxiety enough for sleep, now I need 2. I am just so worried about what is going to happen and what fuckery drumpf is doing to us now and in the future that it's gotten really hard to relax sufficiently.

It aint cutting it.

Sheesh.

All of my life. Amazingly, for the last few weeks I have been sleeping well. Perhaps my body is practicing for the big sleep.

I have been stepping away from the news and the forums early in the evening and reading until I can't hold my eyes open. I have been devouring books like candy.

I have just been having too vivid of dreams.

I am extremely fortunate. I was fired from a high stress job in May 2019 and then SS accepted my disability claim the first time I applied. It was caused by chronic insomnia and I fell through a ceiling thirty years ago, so I am fortunate that I can still walk and talk also feed myself most days without drooling. I am delighted with the surge in membership. We cannot afford any more from tRump.





VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO

Reading these posts really reveals our anxiety levels.

Anxiety probably plays a role but lowered physical activity also probably plays a role. The lowered physical activity means that I am less physically tired and less able to sleep, IMHO.

I'm in the Bronx, NY

Overwhelming mental exhaustion, but limited to none - physical exhaustion because you are so sedentary and sheltered in place.

The above is the ideal equation for tossing and turning, disrupted sleep, and bouts of insomnia.

[Keep DU on speed dial.]

Sleeps all night, nice dreaming and all. The nap before noon, also OK. And the afternoon nap works well. So just one tiny problem - I am sleeping my days away.

not surprising - this is a historically catastrophic crisis at the very beginning. it can potentially directly impact any of us.

I know I've experienced being mentally exhausted but not physically, and vice-versa. Your brain might be recharging quicker and raring to go - hence dreams and overactive imagination, possibly mild paranoia that you need to get up and *do something*.

Seems counter-intuitive but worth a try.

working from home, but constantly exhausted.

Then I am back to normal in a week or two

He's been struggling to learn Zoom to teach classes, attend department meetings, etc. We both hate being trapped in the house day in and day out.

Only slips have been when sober for a tolerance break or didn't smoke soon enough before getting to bed.

THC, the active ingredient in cannabis (1 of many) that can provide us the highs, is naturally occurring inside humans, that is why we can be tested for changes in the level.

Possible alternative:
OTC Melatonin works for many, but you'll likely have to keep increasing the dosage over time, fair warning, and start low on it, max 5mg if not 3mg, it is a naturally occurring inside us substance too, so it's known as safe?

Cripes, all these store and doctors office avoidance reasons, I'm down to deliveries only for the next 2 years I am figuring at this point in time?



Good Luck!

I tend to go onto the internet to be entertained by reddit.

I was sleepy the last few days though. And cranky.

Such a great group of folks.

I am trying all the remedies. Sleeping better.