Question:
My problem is insomnia and I
cannot take hormonotherapy. I taked herbal
tisanes but I have problems to digest. The
time to go to bed is an hell. I have an appoitment in acupuncture. I
want to say if
another womens have this problem and if
you know that the acupuncture will be help
me.
Answer:
Insomnia is my biggest complaint right now. I can fall asleep, but wake up
several hours later. The only thing I can do is just go with it and not fight
it. I get up, drink some warm milk, take Valerian and turn on some boring tv.
It's so difficult, but I keep telling myself that "this too shall pass" and try
to overlook the bags under my eyes.
For longer lasting insomnia see
http://www.oxford.net/~tishy/insomnia.html for different viewpoints
and methods of dealing with it.
Indeed. For what encouragement it's worth, insomnia seems to be one of
those "here today, gone tomorrow" signs for many of us. I had a bout of it
starting early this year that lasted *months*, to the point where I
persuaded my boss to let me work at home on Wednesdays so I could get some
mid-week nap time in to try to make up for the exhaustion from the rest of
the week.
Sometime in the early fall - poof! - no more insomnia. I'm sleeping very
well now, other than having to get up a couple of times a night to pee
(thanks to the increased water intake which is helping me cope with other
problems). But I fall right back to sleep.
And yes, like Mubotulip, I found that the only thing to do with insomnia
was go with it. When I woke at 3 a.m. knowing I would *not* fall back
asleep, I got up and read, listened to music or did other quiet, restful
things that at least left me feeling relaxed.
Indeed. For what encouragement it's worth, insomnia seems to be one of
those "here today, gone tomorrow" signs for many of us. I had a bout of it
starting early this year that lasted *months*, to the point where I
persuaded my boss to let me work at home on Wednesdays so I could get some
mid-week nap time in to try to make up for the exhaustion from the rest of
the week.
Sometime in the early fall - poof! - no more insomnia. I'm sleeping very
well now, other than having to get up a couple of times a night to pee
(thanks to the increased water intake which is helping me cope with other
problems). But I fall right back to sleep.
And yes, like Mubotulip, I found that the only thing to do with insomnia
was go with it. When I woke at 3 a.m. knowing I would *not* fall back
asleep, I got up and read, listened to music or did other quiet, restful
things that at least left me feeling relaxed.
