Aw, Perkins, it's so early. I'm sorry.
I don't have insomnia unless I'm really really super-stressed about something, but I do have a big problem with restless legs. I've convinced myself (placebo effect?) that three ibuprofen before bed helps, and I usually supplement with some, um, herbal substances, too. Which has been working for a while now.
I used to be in tears with the restless legs, because I *don't* have trouble falling asleep, and they would wake me up repeatedly, needing to move or change position. One night a few years ago it was three, I think, and I just sat on the edge of the bed and cried.
Are you sure you weren't watching Private Practice??? (I think that was the issue last week.)
Weird! Nope, have never watched it. I think it was an aticle in the Observer on Sunday. Maybe it will be the new lupus. Countdown to a House episode starts now.
Aw Perkins, i'm sorry you are awake. I am too but it's a little after my usual wake up time. Why am I tired all the time again?
Amy, do you have fibro? my mom's fibro causes her restless leg all the time.
I'm not sure, msbelle. I've had some problems with all-over muscle fatigue and I'm beginning to think I'm developing arthritis, especially in my hands -- my mom has lupus and fibro and arthritis (hat trick!), so I pay attention. The restless legs have gotten bad just in the last few years.
One of my cousins recently had surgery for chiari malformation. His mother asked me if I had been tested for it, since it sometimes happens along with EDS or hypermobility. I haven't been tested, but I don't really have any symptoms, so there's really no reason to test me. (I used to get migraines right around the time I got my period at least a few times a year, but since I started taking Yaz, that's completely stopped.)
I'm very thankful that I've never had to deal with insomnia. Sleep dep, yes, but that's parenting-induced and temporary. Temporary being measured in years, but still.
(And currently in the midst of the waking-up-every-two-hours-to-pee phase of pregnancy, but I figure that's just biology's way of preparing me for the inevitable wake-up-every-two-hours-to-feed-the-baby phase which follows.)
(I used to get migraines right around the time I got my period at least a few times a year, but since I started taking Yaz, that's completely stopped.)
Clearly, the only way was up.
I have had many MRIs, but I don't know if I've had a sideways one. They all blur together at this point.
As does my life. I'm clutching my Red Bull and trying not to cry. I know for sure I didn't get to sleep before 1:30, and subjectively it felt like a lot less than five hours, because there was a lot of rolling around in the silent wee hours.
My head is pounding again, and I'm finding it hard to keep the damned drink down, and, just, this is a lot of experimentation to be doing with my real life, you know?
