Insomnia/Can’t Sleep

**blueboss** · 02-19-2019, 06:43 AM

Man, only four hours last night... blame it on the moon.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**Darrell KSR** · 02-20-2019, 05:39 AM

Well, I am currently at four hours and 15 min. of sleep. Literally turned off my TV/phone at 12:15 AM and got up out of bed at 4:30 AM. I have an eye Dr. appointment downtown at nine this morning, but I fixed a bagel to eat, and I am hoping to be able to go back to sleep sometime in the next half an hour until about 8:00 AM. That would give me another 2 1/2 hours of sleep if I could do it. Wish me luck.

**Darrell KSR** · 02-20-2019, 06:25 AM

Nah...still here at 6:30. Maybe I'll sleep tonight.

**Doc** · 02-21-2019, 02:21 AM

Who needs sleep?

**Darrell KSR** · 02-21-2019, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Doc

Who needs sleep?

Apparently, not me.

**blueboss** · 03-09-2019, 01:37 AM

Howdy, it’s been a while...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**blueboss** · 03-12-2019, 12:35 AM

0135....

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**Darrell KSR** · 03-14-2019, 03:41 AM

342

**Darrell KSR** · 03-14-2019, 04:49 AM

4:50. Stupid cold.

**Darrell KSR** · 03-14-2019, 05:55 AM

5:55. Don't think I'm going to go to work this morning.

**blueboss** · 03-14-2019, 09:05 AM

I was up at 0400, and then again, 0600, and then finally 0630.

At the hospital with my dad while running some scheduled tests... 4-5 hours in and out of waiting rooms... weee! If these chair offered an ounce of comfort, I’m sure I would be sleeping.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**Darrell KSR** · 03-16-2019, 07:31 AM

Haven't had the weighted blanket long, and then caught a nasty cold. But it sure seemed to help, mainly in getting back to sleep after awakening.

Have to be careful, because it can get hot, too, though.

**blueboss** · 06-10-2019, 12:48 AM

Hello darkness my ole friend...1:50

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**blueboss** · 06-25-2019, 06:36 AM

Up last night “again” around 0130, woke up in recliner at 0300, back up 0700.

Half my kingdom for eight hours straight.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**dan_bgblue** · 08-01-2019, 01:09 PM

Some tips for battling insomnia

**blueboss** · 08-01-2019, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by dan_bgblue

Some tips for battling insomnia

...or

....

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**blueboss** · 08-01-2019, 01:43 PM

...too funny, I posted the glass of whiskey, then read the article. Tip number 1, no night caps...

I actually don’t even drink.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**CitizenBBN** · 08-01-2019, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by dan_bgblue

Some tips for battling insomnia

So don't drink, don't eat late, don't watch TV. I'd be really down on that article except that their first suggestion for a replacement is sex, so I'm thinking these guys may really be on to something.

**Doc** · 12-12-2019, 03:27 AM

BTT at 4:27 am after being up since 2:30. Not able to sleep, so will be tired as crap tomorrow/today at work. Had an epidural today so suspect that may have something to do with it. My third in the last month. Not helping a hell of a lot but then I spent the morning (before the epidural) tar/sealing my driveway. Figured I would get my moneys worth out of the procedure.

PS; I tried the drinking, had a Xmas party..had probably 4 beer flight plus a couple more pints....got me a couple hours shut eye (11:30 to 2:00)

**blueboss** · 12-12-2019, 07:47 PM

I wanted to keep from having to get a prescription of some kind of sleep aid, so I went to the health food store. Hippie chick was trying to steer me towards a sleep blend CBD oil, but I wanted to see if I could find something a little less potent first.

Hippie chic, took me the organic sleep section and recommended an herbal blend in capsule form, valerian hops, with skull root and some other stuff. They are called blend-17. They are a medium sized capsules, that have a bit of a stinking aroma when you open the bottle, but they don’t leave any after taste when you take them.

I take one with a swig of almond milk about a half hour before I lay down, they seem to work, I’m getting 5-6 hours now instead of 3-4 hours of sleep. Aches and pains can wake me up from time to time if I’ve over done it exercising or some other physical activity where I’ve over exerted, then I just add a couple of Advil with the sleep capsule.

Go to your local Rainbow Blossom and talk to a hippie chic, she’ll get you fixed up. I still might see about CBD but I’ve been told to make sure it’s certified, there are a lot of fly by night stuff that’s popped with the recent popularity.

**Catfan73** · 12-13-2019, 05:31 AM

Did you get a nose ring while you were there?

**BigBluePappy** · 12-15-2019, 02:00 AM

All is well at 3:00 am at Casa Ambrose.

**Darrell KSR** · 12-15-2019, 05:38 AM

5:30, would be ok but went to bed at 1 hoping to sleep late.

**blueboss** · 12-15-2019, 11:15 AM

Go see the hippie chic, at Rainbow Blossom, and get yourself some SP -17 with valerian hops, skull root, and other organic herbs.

**CitizenBBN** · 12-15-2019, 08:40 PM

booze. You guys should really try quantities of booze.

just do it at home. Drink it at the bar and someone will step on your while you're asleep under the bar. May even wake you up.

**kingcat** · 12-15-2019, 09:09 PM

Try this.. Get a copy of Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story and play it at a low level. You will fall asleep either during mandolin wind or reason to believe and sleep well. Back in the day I fell asleep every night listening to music, and this was the best. Especially those two songs...so peaceful.

If you need a stronger dose of music give his You're In My Heart double album a try.

**CitizenBBN** · 12-15-2019, 10:05 PM

For a while in a summer camp in high school we tried falling asleep to classical music. Some of it worked, and we loved the 1812 Overture and it worked great right up till the cannons went off.

**MickintheHam** · 12-16-2019, 04:06 AM

Every night at bedtime my college roommate would play In A Godda Da Vida. For some reason I pretty much went straight to sleep. One speaker was about a foot and a half from my head. I believes that accounts for my poor hearing today.

**blueboss** · 12-16-2019, 01:31 PM

I’d forgotten about this,but when my grandson was at the daily napping age, we found his kryptonite.

I had recorded a Tommy Emmanuel concert on PBS, which had a song called “Tenderly” on that it. Whenever that song came on it would flat knock the little man out.

I had it queued up on the recording so I could go right to it, when it was over I had it timed in my head to rewind and restart it very quickly. The longest he ever went was two and half plays before he’d go under. Often times I wouldn’t make it through the third time either...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**BigBluePappy** · 12-19-2019, 01:08 AM

2:08 and I just got through watching the poop show that was supposed to be a basketball game.
Now, I am just so disgusted I can't sleep.
Oh well, do a little bit of devotional time.

Thread: Insomnia/Can’t Sleep

Thread Tools