Forget Food...How can I get some sleep!

Marie · 06-24-2006, 04:05 AM

This is my second day on phen. I am so tired, but can not go to sleep. If I do, it is only for a short period. I would do anything to have a good nights sleep. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? Between going to the restroom from drinking so much water and these pills, sleep is non existing

**yesimln** · 06-24-2006, 04:41 AM

Honestly Marie it gets easier to sleep after a day or two. But in the meantime there are lots of suggestions that might help...

*Take the pill earlier in the day if at all possible, as in crawl out of bed and take the pill before you do anything else.
*Also, if you're using any caffeine at all, get rid of all of it NOW. In addition to pushing the phen thru your system faster as I understand it, it also revs you way the heck up there and it's hard to come down.
*Finish your water earlier in the day. Get thru half a gallon before lunch, stop drinking it at minimum 2 hours before you go to bed.
*Take a warm bath about an hour before you want to hit the sheets. As your body temperature goes down it helps you drift off... just like happens overnight during regular ol' sleep.
*Change the sheets, clean up any clutter in the bedroom, and make your bedroom a restful place for you. Oh, and in case you've never had any trouble with sleep before this one is a general golden rule for insomniacs (one of my daily issues): the bed is only for 2 things... sleep and sex. So no tv, no reading, no nothing.
*If you do find yourself awake for long periods of time and you're getting frustrated, just get up and change rooms and do something quiet. I like to read for a little in my living room on sleepless nights or even do sudoku puzzles. Then every 30 minutes or so I go back to bed to see if I can sleep. Usually it works for me after a time or two... when it doesn't I get a lot of reading done. LOL

Good luck. I promise it'll get easier to sleep soon. And welcome!

Ellen

**Jessiegirl** · 06-25-2006, 12:43 AM

Thanks Elllen :smt023

amandads · 06-25-2006, 12:51 AM

Yeah, what Ellen says....the woman reads my mind! LMAO Love you Ellen!

Amanda

**yesimln** · 06-25-2006, 06:32 PM

how's the sleep going marie? jessie? any improvements?

Marie · 06-25-2006, 06:52 PM

Thank you all. After the first night of no sleep. I slept like a log the second night! I took your advice YesImIn and took a steamy shower and went to bed later than usual. That seemed to work. I did not get all of my water in that day, though. I will have to do better.

Thanks for all of your replies,

Marie

**Jessiegirl** · 06-26-2006, 12:20 AM

:smt015 :smt015 :smt015

No problems here! How is everyone else doing? Marie?

Marie · 06-29-2006, 12:39 AM

Hi Jessiegirl, trying to figure out how I can fit working out into my day. I have 5 foster kids and have no time for me. I do have more energy than normal. Hopefully, I am still burning enough cal. I am doing better on my water and am not eating as much. I have not weighed in 4 days. I hope to get a wonderful surprise