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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
I've wanted to get started on that for a long time but I'm often so busy I don't even think to do it, or I'd rather be reading or something. I need to just get started and make it a habit like working out.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
I've wanted to get started on that for a long time but I'm often so busy I don't even think to do it, or I'd rather be reading or something. I need to just get started and make it a habit like working out.
Yeah, if your quality of life is being wrecked by a lack of sleep—and how could it not?—that's just something you have to prioritize.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Sorry to hear that, you're not alone. Doesn't matter what time I go to be, wake up way too early. Always have since I was a kid, just damn near impossible to go back to sleep once I wake up.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 5:00pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm


Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
I've wanted to get started on that for a long time but I'm often so busy I don't even think to do it, or I'd rather be reading or something. I need to just get started and make it a habit like working out.
Yeah, if your quality of life is being wrecked by a lack of sleep—and how could it not?—that's just something you have to prioritize.
I'm going to have to cut something else out. Eating, perhaps.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 6:16pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 5:00pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm


I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
I've wanted to get started on that for a long time but I'm often so busy I don't even think to do it, or I'd rather be reading or something. I need to just get started and make it a habit like working out.
Yeah, if your quality of life is being wrecked by a lack of sleep—and how could it not?—that's just something you have to prioritize.
I'm going to have to cut something else out. Eating, perhaps.
You could limit the amount of Geddy Lee slash fic you write.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Are you drinking/drugging enough?

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Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ive dealt with this for at least the last half of my life. First it was shifting work schedules and then kids on top of that. If I dont medicate in some way I sleep horribly.

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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 6:47pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 6:16pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 5:00pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:51pm


Ooof, sorry to hear that. For about the last dozen years or so, I've turned into my dad. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep in two minutes. But I tend to wake up four hours later and my sleep is a lot more restless after that. Have you tried any techniques for relaxing, like meditation?
I've wanted to get started on that for a long time but I'm often so busy I don't even think to do it, or I'd rather be reading or something. I need to just get started and make it a habit like working out.
Yeah, if your quality of life is being wrecked by a lack of sleep—and how could it not?—that's just something you have to prioritize.
I'm going to have to cut something else out. Eating, perhaps.
You could limit the amount of Geddy Lee slash fic you write.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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revbob wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 9:17pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ive dealt with this for at least the last half of my life. First it was shifting work schedules and then kids on top of that. If I dont medicate in some way I sleep horribly.
I smoke weed every night, if I didn't do that, I'd be back to not being able to fall asleep in the first place. I guess I can get some ZQuil or whatever.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Kory wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 3:11pm
revbob wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 9:17pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:31pm
I've been sleeping only 4 hours a night for the past few months and having really weird dreams. That's all.
Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ive dealt with this for at least the last half of my life. First it was shifting work schedules and then kids on top of that. If I dont medicate in some way I sleep horribly.
I smoke weed every night, if I didn't do that, I'd be back to not being able to fall asleep in the first place. I guess I can get some ZQuil or whatever.
The active ingredient in ZQuil is diphenhydramine, same thing that's in Benadryl allergy stuff, might be cheaper as a generic rather than the ZQuil. Sometimes I'll take 1 teaspoon (half an adult dosage) to help me fall asleep, if I take the full 2 teaspoons, the side effect for me is feeling cloudy headed the next day.

Recently I've been trying Nature Made "Back To Sleep", it's melatonin, GABA & L-theanine, supposed to help you fall back asleep if you wake up to early, but it says you can also take it to help you fall asleep. The plus side for me at least is I don't feel foggy the next day.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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Sparky wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 5:23pm
Kory wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 3:11pm
revbob wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 9:17pm
Kory wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:46pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 4:41pm


Christ, I'd be having waking dreams if that was all I was getting for sleep. We had a vet emergency two nights ago,* which meant I didn't get to bed until past midnight, and I was wrecked all of yesterday and am still mentally compromised today. Has your lack of sleep been intentional or are you an insomniac?

* All is well there now.
I'm a chronic semi-insomniac. It used to be that I couldn't fall asleep in the first place, but now I wake up after 4 hours and can't fall back asleep, mostly because of a generalized anxiety disorder that my doctor keeps talking me out of having.
Ive dealt with this for at least the last half of my life. First it was shifting work schedules and then kids on top of that. If I dont medicate in some way I sleep horribly.
I smoke weed every night, if I didn't do that, I'd be back to not being able to fall asleep in the first place. I guess I can get some ZQuil or whatever.
The active ingredient in ZQuil is diphenhydramine, same thing that's in Benadryl allergy stuff, might be cheaper as a generic rather than the ZQuil. Sometimes I'll take 1 teaspoon (half an adult dosage) to help me fall asleep, if I take the full 2 teaspoons, the side effect for me is feeling cloudy headed the next day.

Recently I've been trying Nature Made "Back To Sleep", it's melatonin, GABA & L-theanine, supposed to help you fall back asleep if you wake up to early, but it says you can also take it to help you fall asleep. The plus side for me at least is I don't feel foggy the next day.
I had these melatonin gummies that I used to eat before bed but I ran out and I'm waiting for my new shipment. I'm not sure how well they actually work, but I'm at least psychologically dependent on them now.
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Re: Thread of Dreams

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I had a lot of dreams of covid tests last night.

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