Insomniac Strikes Back!

[locke]

The thread for all your late night, can't sleep needs.

[BonitoDeMadrid]

And I thought this thread was about Insomniac Games, one of my favorite game developers (known for such games as the first 3 Spyro's, the Ratchet and Clank series, and recently also Resistance and Resistance 2)...Lol.

Oh, to contribute to this thread: not taking afternoon naps helps a lot. Oh, and my abstention from coffee probably has something to do with sleeping well at night, too.

[Valentine]

Yay! I am officially an uber-insomniac. Which makes moving to Cali a good thing - I get a few extra hours each day! LOL

[locke]

Yay! I am officially an uber-insomniac. Which makes moving to Cali a good thing - I get a few extra hours each day! LOL

To quote Stilgar, "To stay awake all night adds another day to your life."

[Luet]

It's 4:45am and I'm still awake. This hasn't happened for the longest time.

*starts humming Billy Joel song in my head*

And I even took a stop-thinking pill at 11pm but obviously that didn't work. It was an emotional day...

[locke]

I am up and waiting for my flight at the kci airport. despite a weak-sauce cappucino on the gas station up to the airport I'm quite tired, can't wait for boarding to start.

[lyons24000]

I just cannot figure out why I am not sleeping. I laid there for a while and thought, "Well, I guess I'll go and check PWEB."

You guys are always here when I need you...and even when I don't!

*stifles sob*

[Luet]

Night number three of not being able to sleep. Good thing I'm seeing the therapist tomorrow. I just hope it helps to settle my mind. I miss the days of the sleep-all-the-time variety of depression. Much better than the can't-stop-the-racing-thoughts type. Blargh.

[Gravity Defier]

*hugs Nomi* I hope that's taken care of for you.

sleep-all-the-time variety of depression
can't-stop-the-racing-thoughts type

I think I have both. When trying to fall asleep, it's the second type. If I try to sleep too early, it's especially bad and even if I manage to fall asleep, I don't stay asleep.

But when I do fall into the big sleep for the night, it's for 10-13 hours typically and if I don't keep moving, I will drift in and out of sleep throughout the day.

I hate both aspects. When I'm at least busy, with real things to do, I can manage on 5 hours a night and no naps.

Anyway, I won't post in here when I have sleep problems because they just don't go away.

[Rei]

Woke up at ten to five and haven't been able to fall back asleep again since... work is gonna suck tomorrow at this rate...

[Valentine]

Per usual, being on break tends to reverse my schedule - up all night, sleep all morning.

[Gravity Defier]

Anyway, I won't post in here when I have sleep problems because they just don't go away.

Ignore this.



It's 9:40something AM and I have not managed to fall asleep yet. It doesn't help that I woke up yesterday at 5PM...but come on, this is ridiculous.

Before I realized I'd be up at this point, I asked my mom to wake me up when she gets off work (she has a half-day thanks to all the traveling she did earlier in the week), which will undoubtedly result in me being cranky later in the day. And I can't really afford that, as I sort of promised a friend I'd go watch a movie tonight and will need all the patience I can get.

[Yebra]

Heellloooo weird time zone people, I speak to you from where it is not yet midnight! woo!

[Petra456]

I have the hardest time falling back asleep after being woken up.

*tired*

[Wil]

I was thinking about bumping this a few days ago. Is it considered being an insomniac if I just don't go to bed at night? Since school ended I've gone back to going to bed at 4-5am and not getting up until noon. >.<

[Gravity Defier]

You are so much better than I am. If I stay up as late as 3am, it's guaranteed that I'll sleep in until 1 or 2pm without a family member intervening. My schedule is downright atrocious these days.

[Petra456]

I remember my days of doing that night after night after night.

I'm such a wuss now.

[Wil]

Just a few weeks and it'll have to stop. Sadly. I don't want to wake up early for school. *sobs*

[zeroguy]

Now that school's been out, I tend to be up at 3 or 4. Sadly, when school starts again I may have to cut it back to 1 or noon.

(Actually not the reason I've been getting up so late, but hey, it fits)

[Petra456]

I am probably one of the worst morning people ever. I don't do mornings, at all.

[neo-dragon]

It's 6:15. Time to get ready for my first day back to work after the holidays. The only problem is I don't think I actually slept for more than 15 minutes last night. I really screwed up my sleep pattern over the break. I never used to have this problem when I was younger. My body would just sleep when I told it to. Am I getting old?

I hope I make it through the day...

[locke]

It's 6:15. Time to get ready for my first day back to work after the holidays. The only problem is I don't think I actually slept for more than 15 minutes last night. I really screwed up my sleep pattern over the break. I never used to have this problem when I was younger. My body would just sleep when I told it to. Am I getting old?

I hope I make it through the day...

I think I'm getting old too. a year ago I had little to no trouble transitioning from graveyard schedule to regular and back again whenever I made trips back home. Since thanksgiving I've found it one hell of a lot harder.

[neo-dragon]

Well, my body may not shift between schedules like it used to, but on the bright side, at least it seems I can still function remarkably well on little to no sleep.

[LilBee91]

O the joys of not being able to sleep due to a hacking cough. Isn't life wonderful? And of course, since I'm not sleeping, my healing process is slowing. Wahoo!
It's been a while since I've had to actually function on this little sleep (Christmas break allows for far too much sleeping and laziness). School will be interesting. Ah well, at least my first hour is completely useless so I can take a nap if I need to.

ETA: Unfortunately, I did not inherit my father's ability to freakishly energetic no matter how little sleep he gets. I tend to like at least 6 hours. I know, I'm a pathetic teenager =]

[Jebus]

It's 5:20AM, do you know where your Jebus is?

Yes, yes I do, he's posting on PWeb... and he's gone INSANE!

[steph]

Ok, so it's not late, but I need to be sleeping and I can't!! I'm leaving for DC tomorrow at 5:30 am. I hate pre-trip anxiety. I also hate sore muscles with no husband to rub them. Sleep, darn you!!! Sleep!!!!

[Ela]

I have a bad habit of staying up too late and reading internet forums.

Ummm...yeah.

Must go to bed.

[Jeesh_girl15]

I have a habit of staying up late playing games and listening to my ipod.

I need to stop since school is starting next week, and I need my extra sleep.

[buckshot]

I like being a non sleeper! I get to have ,like a secret covert life , when the world sleeps I prowl around leaving no trace of my nocturnal life. I do however have a hard time explaining to Julie about the empty cookie jar.