by Elizabeth R.
Member since:
August 17, 2009

Gather Never Sleeps

November 07, 2009 07:18 AM EST
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I admit it. I am an insomniac! Have been most of my life. I realize that Gather land covers the world but it just seems there are more of us awake and communicating at such strange hours. As I write this from California it is after 4am and posts are beginning to come in. I shouldn't even be online but sleeping. I really appreciate all of you who are here at these odd hours and communicate with me.

 

Do you have trouble sleeping?

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Comments: 77

d d. Nov 7, 2009, 7:26am EST
i'm sorry that you can't sleep. When you sleep, your body naturally repairs itself. there is regrowth of new cells. I personally need sleep or the ugly child side of me comes out.. tantrums, illogical reasoning. :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:41pm EST
It is just one of those things. I eventually get that needed sleep. The solution is to establish a good sleep pattern. I know this and just don't do it. Will just have to take steps to accomplish this. Thanks for caring, d d.
DIANE D. Nov 7, 2009, 7:32am EST
So sorry to haer this. I am lucky to have Zanax, even with that I also have troule. An old balck and white movie that you do not like helps. I know I loike alot of old movies though.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:44pm EST
Thanks for caring, Diane. If I would get of the computer then find something on the TV that I want to watch when I am tired, I won't make it through the show. Just need to make the effort. Thanks for the advice.
Walker Bennett, SF Author Nov 7, 2009, 8:39am EST
Leah and I have totally off-the-wall schedules. I am a morning person and she is a night person. I am awake from 5 a.m. until midnight. She's up from 2 p.m. until 4 a.m.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:47pm EST
When I was part of a couple I went out of my way to work with his schedule. It's just me so there are no real guidelines. I don't even have Princess, the fantastic feline, to tell me when she feels it's time to turn the computer off and get in that bed. Princess was a great little mommy, bless her. Also . . . I just keep trying to do more every day even though I know it isn't going to happen. I don't have enough hours in a day. LOL!
Ruth MacGill Nov 7, 2009, 8:50am EST
Sleepytime tea helps me sleep. But since my time is my own, it doesn't matter if I sleep at night or not. I will fall asleep in front of the TV the next day anyhow. So when I can't sleep at night, I just enjoy it by visiting on Gather.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:50pm EST
Sleepytime tea sounds great. Melatonin often helps but I must take it before midnight. I do fall asleep in front of the TV. I am using a laptop and I have been known to fall asleep with the laptop on and me sitting here. I am very comfortable. No . . . It doesn't overheat as I have a fan under it. I do, however, often miss the end of an interesting show. Never at the beginning. Then I don't know who did it. LOL.

Yes. When I can't sleep you will find me in Gather land.
natasha ivanova Nov 7, 2009, 9:47am EST
zzzzz...i am a night owl, but keep day hours now.....zzzz
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:50pm EST
I understand that, Natasha. I am definitely a night owl.
Johnice R. Nov 7, 2009, 9:56am EST
I have never had difficulty sleeping and living on the East Coast I am easily awakened at pre dawn. I fade around 5-6:30 PM EST for computer work on most days. I am easily asleep by 11:30 PM or 12. My best time is morning and I slow down around 3 PM.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:52pm EST
I am glad you have a wonderful working schedule. There just isn't any order to my life these days and that may be part of the problem. It helps to be involved in something on a regular schedule. Must work on that.
Johnice R. Nov 7, 2009, 4:26pm EST
There was a time, when I returned to college, I worked overnights at a home for adolescent girls in DSS custody and it took me several months to readjust to sleeping at night and being awake for the day. Now that I am retired I force myself to maintain a 9-5 type of schedule and having the Beagles helps hold me to regular hours. Do you have pets? They can be so beneficial to the order of life and provide great companionship.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 8:11pm EST
I do need to maintain a better schedule. I no longer have a pet. Princess, the fantastic feline, crossed that Rainbow Bridge and she is missed. Just need to get into a better pattern.
Johnice R. Nov 8, 2009, 7:42am EST
"Just need to get into a better pattern." A dog or two will take you there with love and fun. I see you are/were a cat person yet, getting a dog demands scheduling, they need walks and so do you, they need their meals at routine times, and so do you--I think you can see where this is going.

Something to consider, nothing more! :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 8, 2009, 8:36am EST
Can't have any pets at this time, Johnice. That's the short story. I just need to get myself into a better pattern of life.

I use to take Princess for walks . . . She was an escape artist at getting out of her harness. We had some great times.

Thanks loads for the suggestion.
Johnice R. Nov 8, 2009, 11:34am EST
Well now you know that you have a place to communicate with friends and we (many of us) are here 24 hours a day. I trust that you will adjust as you find the need. :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 8, 2009, 12:42pm EST
I will and it will have to start this evening. I am feeling a bit chipper now that I have had breakfast. LOL!
Loretta E. Nov 7, 2009, 10:42am EST
Sometimes when I'm exhausted, I just can not sleep. I know my body needs the sleep, but I'm in overdrive. I have found Gather to be a blessing, really don't want to watch TV to disturb my family, so I might be on Gather at strange hours too!!
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:56pm EST
I agree with you, Loretta. I know that this body needs the rest but also know that I can do it later. I have the TV in my bedroom so I don't disturb the family. The channel that is often on is The Food Network. I always know then it's 4am, though, as that's when they go to infomercials. LOL! Gather is a blessing, for sure.
MrsRoad Runner Nov 7, 2009, 10:51am EST
I always have had problems sleeping.
Why I try hard to stick to some kind of schedule, which I admit I am personally horrible at!!
I am up around 2 am most mornings, on the computer around 4 - 4:30 am.
Will look for your posts!
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 2:58pm EST
MsRoad Runner, you and I are in this together. I even had trouble sleeping when I was a youngster. Don't know why. It just is what it is.

Every once in a while I make myself settle down but . . . Will be watching for you, too. Thanks for the company.
Make that three of us and mine started in childhood too-- but my father was the same way. I'll look for both of you :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 7:49am EST
Welcome to the club, Marilyn. I seem to be the only one in the family with this problem. The rest of them would worry themselves silly if they couldn't sleep. LOL!
Sunaura *. Nov 7, 2009, 2:52pm EST
There are times when I am off-schedule, my sleep routine varies.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 3:01pm EST
Obviously I can relate. It might help if I would do some meditation every night at the same time. That is a thought. Time to begin the old schedule I followed when living in the mountains. We were not isolated. Had the TV and computer. It was just the energy of the place. Hmmm . . .
Joanne Vicente Nov 7, 2009, 3:03pm EST
When I have to get up at 3:30 every morning, I tend to get to bed by midnight, but when I'm off work, I seldom get to sleep that early. Than a day will come along when I sleep almost the entire day, and I'm refreshed again. If I'm really dragging, I find meditation a perfect manner for getting to sleep. If I could, I'd be awake all the time! Instead, sleeping has become a vacation indulgence.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 7:57pm EST
Welcome to the club, Joanne.

Meditation is a great method for getting that energy to a lower level. I always feel that sleeping is such a waste of time. LOL!
Joanne Vicente Nov 7, 2009, 8:01pm EST
Kindred spirits...
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 9:51pm EST
Appears that way. Glad to know you, Joanne.
KittyMommy2u W. Nov 7, 2009, 3:51pm EST
I sure understand what you mean--only too well. And, this bad sleep pattern sure isn't good for my fibromyalgia. I can go for a while with a pretty good routine, then when something throws it off, it's so hard to retrain my body back into a decent routine.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 7:58pm EST
Sorry you are having this same experience. Hope you keep your fibromyalgia from causing many problems. It is difficult to get into a decent routine.
Lydia (part of the solution) Shelley Nov 7, 2009, 3:58pm EST
I rarely have trouble sleeping... but when I am awake late at night I seldom go online because my mind is too mushy, so I just find something to watch on TV until I doze off. That is rare, though... usually if something (a noise, etc.) awakens me during the night it's hard to get BACK to sleep.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 7:59pm EST
Glad at least one of us can get that sleep. I do know about things awaking you in the night. You are then listening for those noises.
Maggie May Nov 7, 2009, 4:37pm EST
I sleep in little four hour intervals of power naps. Then I'm awake another eight hours before sleeping four hours again.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 8:00pm EST
I took a good nap today so that helped. You have a good method. Just take care, Maggie May.
Marsha S. Nov 7, 2009, 8:22pm EST
I just started staying up later and I seem to be able to get right to sleep now, but I'm sure the time change has a lot to do with that too.
I was so surprised...I was up in the middle of the night with Steve sick so got on gather, thinking I would see some different connections in my friend feed....but it was the same ones I see during my awake time LOL
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 9:53pm EST
Guess that proves that someone somewhere in Gather land is alwasy awake. We are a busy and chatty group. LOL!
Mary G. Nov 7, 2009, 9:49pm EST
I have always been a night owl function poorly in the morning.
Elizabeth R. Nov 7, 2009, 9:53pm EST
Me, too. LOL!
Melanie B. Nov 8, 2009, 5:54am EST
I'm a nightowl too
Elizabeth R. Nov 8, 2009, 6:00am EST
Hi there, fellow night owl! It's almost 3am in California and I had intended to be sleeping almost an hour ago. LOL!
Kim B. Nov 8, 2009, 6:51am EST
Morning Elizabeth. It's 6:50 a.m. this morning in Va. ~ I usually am on most of the night. I just got on this morning at 5. As I see my sister above is still on from last night.lol
Elizabeth R. Nov 8, 2009, 8:24am EST
Melanie is your sister? You two are definitely night owls! Have a super Sunday.
Lee P. Nov 8, 2009, 4:45pm EST
I didn't sleep a wink last night. Sometimes this happens. I'm sure I'll go to bed early tonight. LOL I'm old and old people have strange sleep habits. Of course I don't have to be at job at a certain time either so that's okay. I'm sure you have periods where you sleep normally, I do, but being awake all night is okay for me. I have no one dpending on me for a set schedule. Thank goodness.
Elizabeth R. Nov 9, 2009, 2:59am EST
Hope you get a good sleep tonight, Lee. I have these nights when there is no sleep. Like you, I don't have a fixed schedule. Tonight is going to be a regular night for a change. LOL!
regina k. Nov 9, 2009, 4:15pm EST
i am so like that
i am lucky to get 3 hours of sleep every night
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 4:49am EST
I end up with 4 to 6 hours sleep every night. LOL!
Ruthi C. Nov 9, 2009, 10:15pm EST
Hey, I have the cure! Read all the comments here about sleep and by power of suggestion...I'm sleepy! :-)
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 4:50am EST
Well, with that in mind:

"You are sleepy. Your eye are closing. You are sleepy. You are relaxing. You are sleepy."

I am boring you ..>

LOL!
Abby N. Nov 10, 2009, 2:51am EST
I've never had a regular sleep pattern no matter what. I take meds for it and still can't lots of the time. Actually the meds are for anxiety=nervous which interferes with sleep. Some of us just have internal clocks too that make us different.
I feel better rested when I sleep during the day. But I sleep all different hours, usually part at night and part while the kids are in school.
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 4:52am EST
I'm like you, Abby. I do sleep some at night then take an afternoon nap. Does help.
Abby N. Nov 10, 2009, 2:52am EST
I miss CA. I used to live in Stockton. :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 4:51am EST
I have still not been to Stockton and I have a friend who swears I went to school there. I must have a double there. LOL!
Abby N. Nov 10, 2009, 9:17am EST
I went to bed shortly after I was here, lol! :)
Elizabeth R. Nov 11, 2009, 1:34am EST
Sweet dreams, Abby.
Monica H. Nov 10, 2009, 4:33am EST
Normally I have no trouble sleeping at all. I have had some dental work done and I have dry sockets where a tooth was extracted and I'm in a little pain so it is waking me up at strange hours. It's about 3:30 in Missouri.
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 4:53am EST
I'm still here and it's 1:53am in California. Will shut down soon and get in bed. Am watching The Food Network.

Get to feeling better soon, Monica.
DIANE D. Nov 10, 2009, 6:03am EST
It is 5;00 am here. I took a sleeping pill. I am usuallly up before this.
Elizabeth R. Nov 10, 2009, 7:55am EST
It's almost 5am here. I will rest for a bit this morning. I should have taken that Melatonin. LOL!
Abby N. Nov 10, 2009, 9:15am EST
Melatonin works great! My kids take it, they have sleep problems too and it sure seems to help their moods. I take it occasionally but it seems to have a strange effect on me mixed with my meds.
DIANE D. Nov 10, 2009, 9:19am EST
Yes, it does work, I took it years ago.
Elizabeth R. Nov 11, 2009, 1:32am EST
And it's wonderful for me. I do not know, Abby, about being mixed with prescription meds. I would check with your physician. Just a thought.
golds g. Nov 10, 2009, 7:09pm EST
wow gather is 24/7 I knew that!
Elizabeth R. Nov 11, 2009, 1:33am EST
Yes, Golds. There is someone here 24/7 and there appears to be only a small window when it's fairly quiet. LOL!
Tiffany v. Nov 11, 2009, 9:11am EST
Thanks for sharing,
HH
Elizabeth R. Nov 11, 2009, 1:03pm EST
You are so welcome, Tiffany. Thanks for the HH
Lady of Lake Merritt ... Nov 13, 2009, 5:59am EST
hello neighbor! I'm up and about like u!
Elizabeth R. Nov 13, 2009, 1:15pm EST
Hi there neighbor. I have since taken a bit of a nap. I feel much more rested now. Wishing you a fantastic Friday.
Carrie Marie P. Nov 14, 2009, 2:02am EST
Do I have trouble sleeping? Is the sky blue?

As far back as I can remember I have suffered with insomnia.
Ambien was a blessing.... but I did the WILDEST things when taking it so I can't use it!
In fact, nothing else works... sometimes I'm up for three days straight... no stimulants in me either! ugh!
Carrie Marie P. Nov 14, 2009, 2:02am EST
pif by the way!
Elizabeth R. Nov 14, 2009, 2:13am EST
The only thing that helps me is taking Melatonin. It works beautifully. Maybe some of us just don't require as much sleep. I do drink coffee but it is decaf. Can you imagine how I would be loaded with caffiene? LOL!

Thanks for the visit and the PIF.
.* Sandi * Nov 14, 2009, 2:57pm EST
I have spells where i dont sleep and do sleep
Elizabeth R. Nov 14, 2009, 10:06pm EST
I completely understand. Sorry you have the same issues.
Marsha S. Nov 18, 2009, 12:05pm EST
since the time change I've been sleeping better....thinking of a nap right now--HH
Elizabeth R. Nov 20, 2009, 5:50pm EST
Glad to hear that you are sleeping better, Marsha. I certainly slept last night. Still can't sleep well until after watching Craig Ferguson. Need my dose of laughter.

Thanks for the HH.
Brian .. Nov 27, 2009, 11:57am EST
it's a 24/7 world.

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