Sleep Problems?

[Dennis Peacock]

Do you suffer from sleep problems? Or problems just getting to sleep?

[Dennis Peacock]

for me....I have problem getting to sleep....when I do get to sleep, I may wake up 1 to 2 hours later and then it's REALLY hard getting back to sleep. Never had these problems until I was over 35.

[Ian Barley]

I went from 20-30 y.o sleeping about 4 hours a night if I was lucky. Now I sleep no problem - physical exhaustion is a great sleeping pill.

[Jim Hager]

I sleep just fine now. I had obstructive sleep apnea several years ago and had a terrible time sleeping peacefully. I had throat surgery that hurt like the dickens to remove extra tissue at the back of the throat and my euvula. Barney Fife says that "all god's chillin got a euvula" but I don't at least not anymore. I had the surgery in my late 30's and haven't had any sleep disorders to speak of since. Once in a while I will have trouble going to sleep but not often but I always wake up early, around 5:30. Who needs an alarm clock anyway?

[Tony Falotico]

If awakened at 2-4 am, if I don't fall right back to sleep it's kinda over for the night. If a thought pops into my head and I start thinking about something (issue at work, how I'm gonna cut that next piece to fit, that tool I just have to have), I might as well just get up, it's over for the night.

Also, I can't seem to make it through the night without the need to relieve the ol' bladder any more, If y'all know what I mean !!

[Roger Fitzsimonds]

I dont actually need medication. I have sleep apnia and use a bi-pap machine with oxygen supplement. now I sleep all night but after about 2 years I am dozing at work and still cant drive more that an hour at a time. SWMBO does all the long distance driving. I researched apnea on the web when I was being tested for it. I may look wierd when I gi to sleep but I will wake up using this stuff.

Roger

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Why god made a body that needs 8 hours of sleep and a bladder that lasts for 7 hours is beyond me!! (I don't know who said it, but I sure laughed at it!)

Anyway, no real sleep problems to speak of. Other than falling to sleep once in awhile if I am thinking of a problem or such. Also, sometimes it is hard to fall back to sleep

[Lee DeRaud]

Until recently, my only sleep disorder was insomnia during working hours.

Post-retirement, biggest problem is my dog, who thinks it's time to go to the park as soon as the sun is up.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Sleep, who needs it, I'll sleep when I'm dead!

I really wish I did not have to sleep, I usually get 4 to 5 hours a night, and that is enough, I'm a busy guy, and I kind of resent the 4 or 5 hours a day I loose for sleep!

Oh well, even the best cordless tool need to recharge the batteries now and then!

When I do hit the hay it is about 2 minutes and I'm out like a light. In fact, if I have a fairly quiet, somewhat dim or dark place, and I want to sleep, I can be out in about 5 minutes. I often take a 20 to 30 minute nap around 3 PM, this helps me a lot.

Cheers!

[Gil Mitchell]

I have sleep apnea have been sleeping with a c pap machine fore about ten years now, I can't sleep without it. If the electric goes off during the night it feels like someone's trying to smother you. I'm looking into getting a backup generator

[Dick Parr]

I also have Sleep Apnea along with other things and use a Bi-Level machine with full face mask to sleep. For the last year or so I have had to use sleep meds to be able to sleep. If I forget to take them, I am in for one restless night.

We seem to always have power outages here for one reason or another and so I am looking into getting a new machine that will run 115/DC so that I can use it in the motor-home during outages, I will find out tomorrow. During the storm last week it went out again and like Gil says, it is a rude awakening.

[Jason Roehl]

Now I sleep no problem - physical exhaustion is a great sleeping pill.

Amen, brother! The sad part for me is, I can't even really take a day off (and do nothing physical). If I do, I won't sleep well, it's like my body is addicted to the work. Otherwise, I can pretty much drop on command, anywhere, anytime, and I don't necessarily need dark or quiet, but I don't feel zombie-like until late evening.

Jason

[Jim Dunn]

Up until I re-injured my back I would get to sleep just fine. But now I wake up at all hours with pain in my leg and back even with meds.

[Don Baer]

Ever since LOML and I got one of those sleep number matresses we both seep a ot better. I have been told that when the Russians first started space travel they found that a slice of white cheese would help the cosmonaughts sleep. Something in it is a natural sleep aid.

[Joe Mioux]

I wake up in the middle the night, hop on SMC till I don't have any new posts to read, find myself still awake, walk back into the bedroom, watch MSnBC First Look until Imus comes on, By that tim I really want to watch Imus, but I am ussually too tired and fall back to sleep for a 1/2 hour then get up.


JOe