Sleep

Absolutely..i have the same problem....sleep...i have little of but it seems common for many unfortunately. I don't take any meds to help me sleep as i would prefer to avoid.

I know that for me sometimes sleep is inconsistent due to my nerve pain. My feet burn like crazy and my legs get very restless. This delays me getting to sleep.

My bladder issues tend to then cause me to wake a couple of times so then i take more time to return to sleep. Its all very annoying!

LOL delboy! 

It is almost as if my muscles got painful just from lying there too long!  And then, of course there was the nerve pain.  Up until fairly recently I was up every night from 3am-whenever.  I am with Lara, I didn't want to take a prescription, because I just don't like taking lots of drugs.  Freewheeler, the baths didn't really help me either.  I hadn't thought about warm milk or soft music.

My doctor suggested a Melatonin complex.

ladylimpsalot...i was awake earlier and was lying there thinking about the nerve pain in my feet and how strange and random it is. I had the burning in both, then a stabbing pain in the mid sole area on my right and then a stabbing pain in my left ankle. At he same time i had those wierd ant crawly feelings in both under the skin and the toes on my left foot were twitching, moving randomly on their own..except the ones that are completely paralyzed.

No wonder sleep is hard lol :banghead:

I swear that my feet feel so much better when I use scotch tape at night.  It is very weird, but it helps and it is cheap.  And I have noticed less nerve pain of any kind during the day.  Still taking my alpha lipoic acid as well.  But that is probably in the B complex.

Someone suggested lavender.  I put a few drops of it on a bath sponge, and put it under my pillow and it really does help.  I am not a drinker, but many with CES of Facebook suggested a glass of wine, and I have found that a wine cooler in the afternoon or evening helps me to sleep more soundly.

What is your guy doing now, theone?

 

ladylimpsalot, he is now using the Natural Sleep Unisom some nights; however, he doesn't need it every night. He tried lavander, valerian drops, melatonin, teas and other herbal remedies, so he alternates. Sleep is a luxury in his case, he simply cannot sleep. He has nerve pain, tingling and just creepy crawly feeling in his legs... I've suggested he changes his workout routine because he works out in the evening, therefore increasing adrenaline in the evening when in turn adrenaline should be low before bed... but he is stubborn :whack:

Last resort are prescription sleeping pills, but he obviously doesn't want to take them every night. It is a constant battle to get some sleep, so I understand what you're going through...

Lack of sleep kinda put me in Medmode. I was going days without sleep, started seeing things, felt worse than a zombie. I went in and started lyrica, and tramadol. They work well together for me. Side effects are "censored".  Cathing before bed helps me sleep longer.