[1Dar]

Owie, owie,owie..... that is about all I can say right now. Sunday morning I woke up after not sleeping well with a killer soar throat. I thought it might be because it had gotten a bit cold in my apt, but as the day wore on my throat got worse....I went to work despite my better judgement and then when I came home I tried to rest......I have been laying in my bed for nearly 6 hours! tossing and turning.....finally i got up....my throat feels better when I am sitting up for some reason. So it is almost 5 am and I am sitting here drinking tea, because it is the only thing I can think of that I have that is warm that will not keep me awake or coat my throat so that when I am finished with this cup I can try to sleep.......Any ways I suppose I should get to my question that I have after all this rambling.....I went off a med recently and I actually feel "better," but now I am not sleeping the best. The dr thought that the med was making me lethargic, so she sugested I go off it and see how things went, so I did and I am doing ok, except that I am not sleeping now. Even though the med when it was given to me had nothing to do with helping me sleep in the first place. So now I don't know what to do.... I am awake because I cant sleep because of pain, but yet I need to sleep so that I don't get really depressed and crabby. I have to be with 3 yr olds all day tomorrow, and I really am not looking forward to it. I just am not sure how well I am going to be able to handle some of the "strong-willed" children, some with attitudes, on so little sleep. Any ideas on what I might do.....mainly about the not sleeping....I am not drinking caffiene either...that is what every one thinks at first when I say that I am not sleeping....are you consuming caffiene? NO, I am not. I have some chocolate, but not in the 3-4 hours prior to bed.

well if you have any sugestions or questions please let me know. Thanks
Dar

[pamelasu]

Have you tried to go for long walks in the evening time to help wear you out? Or you could try to take a hot bath and relax right before bed time. There are a lot of things you can do to try to increase your sleep. You can take some Meletonen to help you relax. It's a nautral sleep aid. It won't harm you in any way and it shouldn't effect your meds or anything. Just something to think about.

[January]

Dar, is there any way that you can take a half a dose of the med you just quit? That way you could see if it would help you sleep.

Hugs,

Jan