INSOMNIA!

Hop into that Cayman S and sustain 130 for 5 minutes.  You will be exhausted when you get back home.

There was nothing redeeming in my post (as usual), but I feel your pain, although my insomnia is self-induced.  Time to sleep when I die, regardless of how detrimental it is to me getting my Kona spot.

Chris

Edited because I initially typed Cayenne, when you clearly would not have a van AND an SUV.  Cayman gets the nod.  Same difference to me.. one's an island, the other a spice.  Both are hot.

I had a period of really bad insomnia... after my 8mo of being unemployed and leaving a relationship.  When I got reemployed, I thought all my problems were over, but that's when the insomnia hit because I kept worrying that I could easily become unemployed again, it was so bad.  I didn't sleep for 4 weeks, and it wasn't getting any better.  Finally saw a doc, and I took some prescription drugs for a little while to get me over the hump... Ambien and those Tylenol PM did nothing for me.

i have had wicked insomnia for the last few days...  Currently i am running on 3 hours of sleep from last night and 2 the night before.    I have had periods of it throughout my life.  I am not sure what causes it, but i know that i hate it.  

The worst i ever had it was when I worked the midnight shift at a brick plant during summer break while i was in college.   I think i may have slept maybe a 100 hours all summer... 

It is okay to move RIOW to any day/night that one is unable to fall asleep.  As with shampoo directions, Repeat if necessary.

X 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will be asleep in 20 minutes. 

LOL! Sad but true.

I have had bad bouts on and off for a long time.  The one thing that helps me the most is not to be bothered by it.  I guess I use "mindfulness" techniques that keep me in the present moment...I don't catastrophise about how awful the future will be with no sleep or go into the past thinking about why the insomnia happens to begin with.  I just accept it as it is and its not an instant cure but it seems to sort itself out faster than when I used to think about it constantly. 

Of course, I have to use the present moment awareness to get me through the next day when I feel like sh*t, too!! 

I struggle with it too and its usually directly related to stress (often over stupid things)...

If Im not too wound up I get out of bed, remake it (with nice clean sheets if neccesary), have a hot shower (your body takes the reduction in body temperature that occurs afterwards as a sign of sleep time or something like that) and take to paracetamol...

Otherwise... toss and turn all night and try to deal with the source of stress... I didnt sleep last night... yesterday I agreed to have lunch with my old boss nest week... Im predicting I wont sleep until after I get through that on Wednesday... (just proves how wound up and stressed I was at my previous job I guess!)

This is a little off the subject, but my doctor also said that women tend to be more prone to suffering from insomnia than men.  My doctor said the reason for this is because in general women tend to worry more about things than men do.  He said it could be that we are subconsisley (sp?) thinking/worrying about something that is keeping us from sleeping.  Anything from a new job, new boyfriend, just got married, training for a race, or even the race itself could cause insomnia.  My doctor told me to ask my mother if she has ever suffered from insomnia because it does run in the family.  I asked my mom and she said she never has suffered from insomnia, I've tried to think about what I could be worrying about.