The Boardwalk at Virginia Beach

The Boardwalk at Virginia Beach

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Insomnia

Not that anyone reads this but I have to put it out there; does anyone else suffer from insomnia? I know that mine is stress related because although I have had this issue off and on almost my entire life, and both my father and grandfather suffer from it, I have had the worst bout over the last five months.

I currently trade off every third night between Tylenol PM, Aleve and Benedryl, and a few cocktails. I don't wish to destroy my liver, attain a sleeping pill habit, nor develop an immunity to allergy and pain meds so this is my solution. Only problem is: I never achieve more then a five hour block and nights like tonight, I get very little at all.

My doctor prescribed a couple of prescriptions (antidepressants?!) and they did nothing but mess with me physically so I had to wean myself off of those.

So. Yes, I send this out to the cosmos in case someone else has had this issue, has a solution, and sees this. A solution that will work until my stressful work situation is relieved and I can go back to a couple times a month of sleeplessness.

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