They facilitator has been harping on us about water, eating organic and sleeping. Yes I guess studies have shown that lack of sleep actually contributes to weight gain. So I have been an insomniac for years, long ago I accepted it and didn't worry about it. I figured if my body needed the sleep it would sleep and if it didn't I wouldn't, so I stopped worrying about it and went with the flow.
So in the last couple of years it got really bad were I would be up to 3-4 am and no matter how tired I was I still couldn't fall asleep at night, so I started to take Advil PM. It worked like a dream, but I found that it was hard to wake up in the morning, but sleep came and it came fairly quickly - only about an hour - hour and a half and I would be so sleepy I couldn't keep my eyes open.
So when I started Optifast they said no Advil - so I got regular over the counter sleeping pills and they worked - just as well as the Advil so all was good.
Well I started out taking one - then I found it was taking longer and longer to fall asleep so I upped it to two. When two stopped working I upped it to three. I realized a couple of days ago that three wasn't working and I was wide awake at 2 in the morning, so I decided to just stop taking the pills rather then go to four.
So the last three days I haven't taken anything and I am falling asleep about the same time that I was with the pills - so that I can deal with - I guess. The thing that is different is the dreams. Or maybe just remembering the dreams. I slept harder when I took the pills then I do when I don't so I am dreaming again (or remembering my dreams) and I think that maybe those little pills aren't so bad. If I have to choose between taking pills and not dreaming about my dog dying and not taking pills and dreaming that my dog died, well I am going to take those little pills...
So in the last couple of years it got really bad were I would be up to 3-4 am and no matter how tired I was I still couldn't fall asleep at night, so I started to take Advil PM. It worked like a dream, but I found that it was hard to wake up in the morning, but sleep came and it came fairly quickly - only about an hour - hour and a half and I would be so sleepy I couldn't keep my eyes open.
So when I started Optifast they said no Advil - so I got regular over the counter sleeping pills and they worked - just as well as the Advil so all was good.
Well I started out taking one - then I found it was taking longer and longer to fall asleep so I upped it to two. When two stopped working I upped it to three. I realized a couple of days ago that three wasn't working and I was wide awake at 2 in the morning, so I decided to just stop taking the pills rather then go to four.
So the last three days I haven't taken anything and I am falling asleep about the same time that I was with the pills - so that I can deal with - I guess. The thing that is different is the dreams. Or maybe just remembering the dreams. I slept harder when I took the pills then I do when I don't so I am dreaming again (or remembering my dreams) and I think that maybe those little pills aren't so bad. If I have to choose between taking pills and not dreaming about my dog dying and not taking pills and dreaming that my dog died, well I am going to take those little pills...
Wow - I had no idea you were up to 3 pills! Maybe a cocktail at night (if it can fit into the food part of your program - 100 calories) would help?
ReplyDeleteWonder if a sleep apnea machine would help you?
Dreams - yea; pills - nay
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