Sleep

angelsnight

How often did you sleep after your loss?  When I go to bed at night, even if I feel tired I usually lay there and think of my girl for at least an hour.  I can't turn my brain off.

Then in the morning, as long as there is nothing I HAVE to get up for, I can't get out of bed.  I either get up early and end up going right back to bed, or I just hit snooze several times.  I think it's partially depression (I did just start zoloft) and partly just knowing I don't have to get up so I don't.

Part of me thinks I should just enjoy it since grieving is exhausting.  Plus when I go back to work in a week and a half, I'll wish I had those days back to stay in bed.  But I wonder if it's unhealthy to be sleeping so much, and when I finally do get up I am mad that I wasted much of the day.

 

shandorfml2

I say let yourself sleep when you can. Grief is exhausting. I have trouble falling asleep at night too because I keep thinking. I find listening to music, and reading helpful. When you go back to work I suggest trying to go to bed earlier, since it will t

Noethola

Grief throws off your whole system. The world is turned upside down, and your body reacts to that. I was always an early to bed, early to rise kind of person. When we lost Elsie, that totally went out the window. The week after our loss, DH and I would

OSUWifey09

I was off work for six weeks after my loss, and during that time, I barely slept. At one point, I was probably getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night, if that...and maybe an hour or so of that was actual rest. After I went back to work and got back into a

PerkyErky

I found bedtime was the hardest time for me. During the day I could keep myself busy but as soon as I went to bed my mind would have too much free time. Sleep while you can, it is part of the grieving and healing process. I finally managed to start sleepi

cmenasco

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I did have to take a sleep aid (Ambien) for the first couple months cause I would toss and turn all night.  I went back to work after a week, and with full time work and no sleep, I