We’ve been married for almost 20 years yet still don’t understand how the big guy falls asleep in 3 mins flat. Meanwhile I’ve been in this bed since 9:30 (it’s 10:43 now) and my brain is making train noises
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@farah Ha. story of my life. I have had trouble falling asleep my entire life because my brain will. not. shut. down. Now I take meds for it. I love how I'm not staring at the ceiling at 3 am, 4 am, 5am, sometimes even 6 am! It's been a game changer for me. I did a sleep study etc. before it was prescribed for me.
What med, if you don't mind me asking? I suffer insomnia a lot.
@Uair Zolpidem. I should add I have NO side effects. Never have had.
@farah @Uair As I have pointed out, I've had this BEFORE we had cell phones and screens, BEFORE I was not as active, BEFORE any of the usual things doctors look to for causes. And I've had it for DECADES since my teen years. It's not behavioral. It's not environmental. It's something about how my brain or something biological is wired. :)
@nomdeb @Uair Same. Mine started when I was a teenager. I used to fall asleep around 6 pm woke up at 10 pm; then go back to sleep again at 4 am and woke up around 7:30 to go to school. If I don’t have anywhere to go or do, I’ll probably sleep at 2 am and wake up at 9 am. And it’s very hard to get back to a socially acceptable routine
@farah @Uair I should add that it's rare to be prescribed for so long, and many people have side effects including sleep walking, etc. I never have, but I have struggled with this for a lifetime and have a doctor who specializes in sleep and did all sorts of tests on me. Even so, I need to take the pill sublingually - dissolve it under my tongue - for it to have an impact. Other sleep meds have no impact on me at all.
