[worry]

How's your sleep lately?

[Tiste Simeon]

I have twin newborns and I don't think I've had more than 3 hours sleep in a given night in weeks...

And with the shifts I work I lose a lot of sleep anyway.

So basically I think I'm on the edge of some kind of breakdown which is fun haha

[Gorefest]

Got a new bed a month ago! I sleep like a log.

[champ]

My sleep is great but that is mainly down to the medication, it is a ridiculously strong sedative so it kicks my ass. I can sleep for as long as I want to on it and I need my sleep as that is a big trigger, tiredness.

Before that though, I'd be going 3 - 4 nights without sleep, especially when in mania and not be feeling tired at all.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 15 February 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

I have twin newborns and I don't think I've had more than 3 hours sleep in a given night in weeks...

And with the shifts I work I lose a lot of sleep anyway.

So basically I think I'm on the edge of some kind of breakdown which is fun haha

Have the voices started yet, Tiste?

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 15 February 2022 - 03:42 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 15 February 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

I have twin newborns and I don't think I've had more than 3 hours sleep in a given night in weeks...

And with the shifts I work I lose a lot of sleep anyway.

So basically I think I'm on the edge of some kind of breakdown which is fun haha

Have the voices started yet, Tiste?

To be honest I don't even know how real this conversation is...

[Aptorian]

Every night I go to sleep to escape thinking about the insurmountable issues of my new job. Every night I dream about impossible problems related to my new job. When I wake up I'm not quite sure what I did the day before. What day is this?

[D'rek]

Terribly. For some reason I can't fall asleep on my side anymore, but that used to be the comfiest position.

[Macros]

Really all over the place, some nights straight through no grief, other nights just nope

[Mezla PigDog]

I've just started obsessively thinking about work at sleep time again. This morning I slept in a bit, woke up surprised it was light but also realised I had somehow been planning my team members utilisation objectives for the year while I was asleep.

[Gwynn ap Nudd]

Generally sleep fairly well. I have the odd night once a month or so where I wake up at 3 or 4am and never get back to sleep, but otherwise fine.

[Tsundoku]

Aptorian, on 15 February 2022 - 04:13 PM, said:

Every night I go to sleep to escape thinking about the insurmountable issues of my new job. Every night I dream about impossible problems related to my new job. When I wake up I'm not quite sure what I did the day before. What day is this?

Mezla PigDog, on 15 February 2022 - 10:16 PM, said:

I've just started obsessively thinking about work at sleep time again. This morning I slept in a bit, woke up surprised it was light but also realised I had somehow been planning my team members utilisation objectives for the year while I was asleep.

If I get 5 hours on a night before work, it's a miracle. Usually no more than 4. For similar reasons.

[Malankazooie]

Do you guys do that thing where you move the clocks forward an hour in the spring? I think you guys call it "bank holiday time"? (or something like that). Anyway, that is the worst and it messes up my sleep for a few days. We move our clocks forward this weekend. Not looking forward to the few miserable mornings next week.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Brain working obsessively on math problems as I try to sleep, sometimes waking up early to write down possible solutions....

If I don't wake up writing down equations or ideas for proofs, I usually wake up singing or typing out song lyrics.

Managed to successfully change my sleep schedule from waking around noon to waking around 9 AM. Turns out 3 tablespoons of tart cherry 3x per day wasn't necessary, though I still have 3 in the morning. After 9 PM I put on amber blueblocking glasses and mainly use red lights. In the morning I use a SAD lamp and red light.

I've generally been getting my main exercise right before bed---pacing for an hour listening to an audiobook.

It's been around 60 degrees in my apartment. My mattress can get a bit cold, but I've been using the unused heat-reflecting cat mats I got for my elderly cat as she lay dying (and kept soiling her heated mats, so I bought a supply), one under my feet, one under where my heart rests when I sleep on my left side.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 11 March 2022 - 12:12 AM

[Grief]

I fee like I'm stuck a bit of a vicious cycle recently. I work long hours > I stay up longer to get some me time > I don't get enough sleep > I'm not that efficient at work > I work long hours.

So overall my sleep is bad and I'd like to improve it in theory but I suck at that in practice.

[Malankazooie]

Do those weighted blankets work? I think it might be ruse to make people open their wallets, but I now and again see them being touted as beneficial to sleep.

[Macros]

Blackout curtains guys

[Mezla PigDog]

Grief, on 11 March 2022 - 12:18 AM, said:

I fee like I'm stuck a bit of a vicious cycle recently. I work long hours > I stay up longer to get some me time > I don't get enough sleep > I'm not that efficient at work > I work long hours.

So overall my sleep is bad and I'd like to improve it in theory but I suck at that in practice.

"I stay up longer to get some me time"

I gave that bit up and feel better for it. I stay up late occasionally when I'm extra pissed off and always regret it. Better just to get the zzz's, it makes the next day more tolerable.

[Malankazooie]

Brutal Monday start because of the time change. Always sucks in the Spring when time is moved forward an hour. It's a cozy delight in the fall when time is moved back an hour. Love that feeling of sleeping in for an extra hour. Gonna be a brutal week until adjustment is complete.

[Nicodimas]

Macros, on 11 March 2022 - 07:43 AM, said:

Blackout curtains guys

Blackout curtain + white noise generator works wonders. I dream almost every night as long as workout that day too.