Make the dreams stop!

please

Published on September 28, 2004 By BlueDev In Misc

I am fed up with it. Every morning I awake feeling worse than I did the night before when I reclined and rested my head upon my blessed pillow.

The dreams won't leave me alone.

I can't call them nightmares. I don't awaken full of fear, dread, or even unease. But I awaken. Multiple times. I toss and turn. I probably even make noise. My wife is tossing and turning as well. At least she has a good excuse, right? I don't. I wish I did though. Every day I go into work (because these days calling it school really seems a misnomer) and field the questions. Rough night? Yep. Girls not sleep well? They slept fine. What happened then? I don't know. I DON'T KNOW!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SO STOP ASKING ME!

I feel like I have been strained through someone's bowels. A headache that is unrelenting, even when it is nothing more than a dull throb behind my eyes, refuses to let me go. He and I have become good, close friends over the past few days. But I wish he would go. I don't need him around, and he is just wrecking the party these days. I have even tried leaving the door open, but he isn't taking the hint.

I try to move, to be active during the day. As much as desk monkey work will let you be. I make sure I get at least a half an hour of activity in a day. But it isn't helping. And I grow weary.

Soon it will be time to rest again. And I hate it.

Comments

Angloesque

on Sep 28, 2004

I feel like I have been strained through someone's bowels.

Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

*goes off to shower, feeling dirty*

-A.

BlueDev

on Sep 28, 2004

Aha, thanks for making me laugh Angloesque. That qoute is (roughly) from one of my all time favorite games. I don't think I have the quote verbatim, but close. Bonus points to the person who knows the game. (that means I will give you an insightful even if all you post is the title of the game)

Hint - Don't be thinking too recent here.

Dusk411

on Sep 28, 2004

Have you tried a damp cloth at all? That usually helps with my headaches.

I hope it goes away soon. Headaches have a way of sucking.

BlueDev

on Sep 28, 2004

Have you tried a damp cloth at all?

I haven't. That is a good idea. Thanks Dusk411.

Angloesque

on Sep 28, 2004

Um, my favorite games are tetris (3-person on PS2 or gamecube or xbox or something like that), Carcassone, Guillotine, Rook, and of course, Poker. So I don't think I'll be knowing where that quote came from. (Unless it's that all-time great game, You Don't Know Jack, itself a wonderful way of feeling dumber and dumber.)

-A.

P.S. hope your headache / nightmares go away. Remedies? I know none. I drink water, but for the latter, that might only affect you by waking you up to a wet bed instead of a dry one.

dharmagrl

on Sep 28, 2004

Welcome to the world of insomnia, a world I have inhabited on and off for 15 years. I dream, and I wake. Not because of the dream per se, but because...well, just because. I try to go back to sleep, I doze, and I wake again. I don't get more than 3 hours of sleep (and it's not really sleep) a night when I'm in a phase, and the only way I get any relief (and ward of the impending migraine) is 50 migs of benadryl half an hour before bedtime. It seems to help.

Warm milk, no caffiene after 4 pm, warm baths, relaxation techniques...all of the traditional methods failed, and I did a couple of 10 day spells on Ambien all to no avail (but man, is that stuff subtle!) - but the benadryl every once in a great while, when I can't stand feeling like a dog turd someone trod in anymore - it's working for me.

Good luck getting some z's!

imajinit

on Sep 28, 2004

BlueDev... it sounds like it might be some pretty brutal stress that is causing this. "might" is the operative word in that sentence...

have you recently undergone some big changes in your life? new job? fighting with someone important to you? price of gas too high? what's eating you?

citahellion

on Sep 28, 2004

Also, you might have developed (or worsened) a case of sleep apnea. Usually with apnea you don't come fully awake, but you don't get the restful sleep that you need. I always recommend that people get sleep studies done, they're very interesting and can fix problems you didn't even know you had.

Ravenblack

on Sep 29, 2004

I had this problem while I was in US. I think now it is the height and hardness of the pillow (not high enough, and not hard enough). I had dream after dream, vivid, nonsensical random stuff (and of course, those stupid tornado dreams too, and i'm getting those at home these days as well, so...).

It's not as bad as you that I wake up with a bad headache. (Disturbing nonetheless.)

erm...

- maybe you can try turning your mattress around. Or change the pillow.
- As for headaches, one of those cold packs for the head might be helpful too.
- You might try some herbal stuff for relaxation or inducing sleep.

BlueDev

on Sep 29, 2004

Good suggestions all. I really do appreciate them.

Dharma - So sorry to hear you have had such dealings with insomnia. It is just no fun. I can't imagine dealing with this for more than a couple days. I took a Tylenol PM last night but to be honest, I can't tell if it helped or not. I still feel wrung out.

MJ - Yeah, there has been stress. Things at work/school have been in a bit of upheaval, trying to get projects done and such. Life at home is good, but pretty crazy as well. There are certainly sources for some stress, so I can't rule it out in the least.

citahellion - You know, I usually sleep with some Breath Right strips because I do have a tendancy to snore some. I ran out and haven't picked any up. I need to. Just might make a difference. Thanks for the reminder.

Ravenblack - I have a pretty nice "Memory Foam" countour pillow that I really like. It supports my neck well and I have been using it for a while. Hopefully it is still working for me. I find it hard to sleep on a normal pillow these days. But good suggestions!

Angloesque - It was actually a pretty obscure game, though not to fans of computer RPGs or Dungeons and Dragons. It comes from the game Planescape: Torment. A gaming experience that I have never seen equaled, a novel in terms of text and dialog written in the game, and by far the most cathartic gaming experience of my life. I must write a blog about that game one of these days. *BlueDev adds to BlogIdeas.txt*

Angloesque

on Sep 29, 2004

Drat. I was so hoping for that insightful...it might finally be the one that moves me up past Marvin Cooley in the ratings (er, not that I care about points...at all...I mean, only losers care what they're rated, right?....yeah....).

I usually find I sleep better if I inhabit the middle of the bed....H doesn't think that's so good, though.

-A.

BlueDev

on Sep 29, 2004

Angloesque - I gave you two. Both for making me laugh in a thread where I was whining. Wins points from me!

Angloesque

on Sep 29, 2004

Thanks. My articles have been crap lately (unemployment atrophies my brain), so I'm glad some of my comments have been appreciated.

-A.

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