I slept for eight glorious hours last night. Yay for melatonin! I was so sleep-deprived, i really needed someone to take me by the hand, and lead me to the melatonin product. My doctor and i had talked about it. He said it was safe with my other meds, and had a reasonable chance of success. But i was so tired i couldn't figure out where to get it, or what form it came in.

But this blessed woman in my ZOOM support group got her jar of melatonin gummies and held it up to the screen, so i could see the brand, and told me to get it at a discount department store. I was too tired to go in-person. I barely had the strength to place the online order.

But i managed to, and am i ever glad i did. I took two and went to sleep at 7:30pm like a little kid. I woke up at midnight, but i just took another melatonin gummy, like my ZOOM support group pal said she does. I knit for ten minutes and then was able to go back to sleep til 3:30am!

I'm so pleased, even tho those still are not ideal hours. At least i logged the hours, and without taking another ffuucckkiinngg pill!

My rolling foldaway bed's mattress was better than the air mattress, but it is still going back, as parts are missing, such that i cannot set up the frame, and the mattress is too stiff.

I've ordered a better-quality one, with a memory foam mattress, from a more reputable company than the Asian clearinghouse i used for the first, mediocre one. The better one may arrive as soon as Friday. Happily enough, the new, better-quality one, is slightly MORE affordable than the mediocre one from Asia.

I know my sleep will improve even more once i get a decent bed. I still don't regret getting rid of my enormous conventional bed, as it was a hazard to get out of (i kept sliding off and getting trapped on the floor in the morning, once when i had urgent diarrhea [sorry for the TMI]), and dwarfed the room. It's so nice to have an office/dining space!

Sorry i am still not feeling well enough to respond to other posts. @Blueberrybook is doing a wonderful job in this respect, so i hope everyone does not very much mind if i just write about myself, until my sleep smooths out.