Insomnia and AF

lovetruly06

Anyone else have to deal with insomnia while on their period. If so how do you deal? I usually take a uniasom but lately they haven't been working as well. And im so tired.

CoffeeGirl27

2 benadryl's and a book knock me right out. 

mrsb30

Yes! Which is why I'm awake now ugh. I can fall asleep ok, just can't stay asleep. I sleep horribly the first couple days of af. I take melatonin.

lovetruly06

spragglefrock said:

I deal with insomnia all the time and nothing helps.  :-<

I understand that. I've been dealing with it more and more lately and Im really unhappy about that.

mechedes

I agree with @MrsSimpson27‌ .. Benadryl works wonders!!!

danascullyx

spragglefrock said:

I deal with insomnia all the time and nothing helps.  :-<

This is me. And benadryl are like sugar pills. They do nothing  :-w

gscoville

spragglefrock said:

I deal with insomnia all the time and nothing helps.  :-<

Me too.  Melatonin gives me fucked up dreams, and benedryl and other supposed drowsy medications work opposite on me, my heart races and I get antsy.  Nyquil sometimes works.  I need to find something that keeps me asleep though, I fall asleep just fine on my own most of the time but it's that 2-5 am stretch where I wake up and can't fall back asleep, and by then it's too late to take anything anyways.  

abigailwaslike

Insomnia gets me a lot. Warm bath with a book, and then two Advil pm's later I'm out! Also not sure if it's just all in my head but the fabreez milk & honey nighttime collection. It's amazing!

lilsneezy

cstuart07 said:

Um I just take a hit of NyQuil on the rare occasion I am having serious trouble sleeping. I'd have to take like 4 benedryls. Or I guess they make zzquil now?

I take ZzQuil when I can't sleep. It knocks you out but doesn't make you feel groggy when you wake up. I think it works pretty well.

CaveWmnInBrit

You cant get melatonin in the EU  But I take 100mg of 5-HTP AM and PM and my Mg supplement at bedtime.... 

I sleep much better with this

lovetruly06

Sorry for not participating more today I got super busy. I go through shifts I guess. Some time I cant fall asleep before like 1am for weeks on end others im out shortly after going to bed. But during AF im constantly up. I am gonna try and switch up the sleep medication Iuse and see if that helps. Lately since I got my second job they work me so much that sleep comes a little easier, because im so tired when I get out.

lovetruly06

CaveWmnInBrit said:

You cant get melatonin in the EU  But I take 100mg of 5-HTP AM and PM and my Mg supplement at bedtime.... 

I sleep much better with this

I love that man. Bones is one of my new favorite shows.

lovetruly06

spragglefrock said:

FINEdoubleLINE said:

• If you can't fall asleep after 20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing. When you are sleepy try to go back to sleep. Continue this throughout the night. 

This one is for the birds.  I've seen a doctor (several actually) and they always give the same list and offer to prescribe something.  The whole getting up and doing something just keeps me up the entire night.  DH will walk in from his night shift at 7 am and I'm running around like a crazy person cleaning baseboards and shit.  I've tried relaxing things, tiresome things, boring, you name it.  It's just garbage and I wonder if any of these doctors have actually had insomnia or they just spout this shit off from a book.  Maybe it works for some but not anyone I know.  

I think I've had so much caffeine over my lifetime that it doesn't do anything at all to me.  I can drink a cup of coffee and go to sleep shortly after if it's during the day.  Once the sun comes up I can pass out at just about any point that I want to.  Sun sets and even if I was tired I wake up completely.  If I'm napping I almost always wake up as soon as it's dark.  I've also tried slowly moving my bedtime by 30 minutes to get it where I want and I just can't sleep before 1 am no matter what.  If I screw up and stay up until 3 am then I'm up for the long haul.  I've just come to accept this is my normal and catch some sleep when I can. 

I hate when my body decides this is a good practice to try.