It’s 1:30 am and I am laying here awake, longing for sleep. In the past 3 months, I’ve gotten maybe a handful of nights where I actually slept straight through more than a few hours. I’ve tried various meds, tinctures and remedies, BioMat to promote sleep, delta waves and sounds of the ocean – they might make me drowsy, loopy, but they don’t make me sleep.
We worked on this insomnia issue yesterday – although I’m not sure that’s the right term for this particular bout of sleeplessness. I was excited at the thought that tonight I might close my eyes in the evening and not open them til the sun was up.
I came to bed about 6:30 – absolutely thrilled that I was sleepy. I currently have a number of remedies I take at various hours of the day – including 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm. Rather than waking me up 4 times, my husband combined the 7/8 and 9/10 remedies so I would only need to wake up twice. (Yeah, he’s a pretty great guy keeping track of my stuff and making sure I get it in my system).
So ok – wake up for round one – and back to sleep. Wake up for round 2 – and back to sleep. Husband comes to bed – and back to sleep. This is good! I’m getting sleep!
12:30 rolls around and apparently we missed the “wake up southern Wichita and party til the cows come home” invitation.
Neighbors arguing. Car alarms. Half a dozen very loud, very long train whistles. Sirens – sirens – more sirens. Clanking metal. Coyotes. You have got to be kidding me!
I’m awake not because I couldn’t sleep but because the first night I could sleep, the sounds of the city exploded and finally convinced my brain it’s not time for sleep.
It’s comical. Yeah – comical is the right word for it. Because if I wasn’t laughing, I’d be crying, and where’s the fun in that.
Sleep sweet dear ones.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy–meditate on these things.
The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:4-9
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I didn’t sleep well last night either. Forgot to turn on the heated mattress pad, and couldn’t get my muscles to loosen up. Then was hit with heartburn even though I ate at 5: p.m. I have found over the years that the most helpful thing is to count my blessings and praise the Lord for Himself. Probably won’t stop the noise, but may supernaturally enable you to ignore it. When I was in Med School I struggled with insomnia a lot, and frequently had only 5 or 6 hours to sleep. I still use the habits I developed then: 1. write down everything you need to remember tomorrow, and 2. read something devotional at bedtime. After that, it’s mostly a matter of having my feet warm and my muscles relaxed. I will pray for your sleep.
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What we’ve learned here is that my body is struggling with keeping glutamate in check. We are working on it – hoping to do better tonight.
I’ve done all the neuronal stock the stuff – writing things your thankful for, writing all your thoughts, so many different things. It’s not really about overthinking – it’s more that my body doesn’t sleep.
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