NOSUMO»Blog Archive » Self-Portrait Challenge: 1-16

March 2010
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
« Apr
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

NOSUMO - No Sudden Movement

January 16th, 2007 2:53 am

I can’t say that I actually have a resolution or an intention for this week’s self-portrait challenge, it is more like a hope or wish. This will be my sixth month of endless insomnia and it is my fondest desire right now to be able to actually fall asleep on my own without the aid of a pill.

It is amazing and maddening that no matter how tired I am, if I don’t take a pill you can guarantee I will still be awake for sunrise.

I think the lack of real sleep and not drug induced sleep has taken a serious toll on me. I can’t concentrate or think. I look like something the cat dragged in half the time and I usually have little or nothing of consequence to say (which is another reason my poor blog has been so neglected lately).

So if the powers that be would kindly allow me to get some sleep without Lunesta, I will be eternally grateful.

Posted in SPC, Insomnia by Bazl

RSS 2.0

Hel

January 16th, 2007 7:10 am

Try ashwagandha http://www.allayurveda.com/herb_month_february2006.htm

As I’m not sure if it will be strong enough if you are used to sleeping tablets, try it first for an afternoon nap.

I used to be a hectic insomnic. Ashwagandha helped a lot.

joelle

January 16th, 2007 7:48 am

ack, that sounds rough. i’m sorry. here’s hoping you get the sound sleep that you need…

Diplodocus

January 16th, 2007 11:36 am

Hel - believe it or not my \”associate\” is studying to be an ayurvedic practitioner. She has me on quite an interesting regimen of herbs and whatnot. Ashwagandha is one of the things she has me take every day.

JulieZS

January 16th, 2007 1:07 pm

Wonderful photo! Here’s my no sleep story: I was addicted to Ambien for a year, and wanted to get off it. I couldn’t sleep unless I took it, but it didn’t feel like a real sleep when I did. I’ve never been so tired. My acupuncturist recommended a sleep aid which might be useful for you to try: Amber Dreams made by shamanictonics.com . You have my sympathies, I hope you find something that works for you!

gay

January 16th, 2007 6:31 pm

i lived through years of that and am happy to see it behind me it was truly exhausting…i drink a small glass of red wine in the evening and now i am out like a light for the night!

hel

January 18th, 2007 3:41 am

I’m sorry to hear that ashwagandha is not the answer. Because now I have to offer a second piece of advise and I’m not sure if it is appropriate. If not please pretend I never said a thing

My insomnia only stopped being a nightmare when I allowed it to tell me about the things I refused to think about during the day. It would sometimes take an evening or two before I was tired enough to be honest with myself. Sometimes there was an action I could take to make things better and sometimes it was enough just to realise how freaked out and sad I was feeling and that there was no need to feel like I was puposefully refusing to come up with the answer because this one I cannot control even though I really, really want to.

Michelle at la vie en rose wrote a beautiful post on a similiar theme. http://asweetlife.typepad.com/la_vie_en_rosea_sweet_lif/2007/01/spc_resolutions_1.html

I hope you find the peace you need to let go into sleep.

Helenina

January 19th, 2007 4:30 am

You’re so luminous, very charming!
I can relate to the pain of Insomnia, but I feel a little better for I can sleep but I just wake up here and there, so it’s never good sleep