It is 12:22am on Monday morning. I can not sleep. I was in bed, as I am most nights, right after I put the kids to bed. Tonight it was approximately 9:30pm. My habit for many months now is to watch a show/movie on Netflix and fall asleep midway through. Mind you I never sleep through the night, so I will repeat this a couple of times during the night: wake up to pee then watch Netflix then eventually fall asleep.
It is not working tonight. I have even gone back to my old habit when I couldn't sleep: reading. I am reading Inferno by Dan Brown. That is not working either.
This could be the problem? I drank more tea today then I usually do. The usual is about four cups in a day. Today I think I drank six. Get the photo: I heart tea:) FYI that is a few days worth of tea bags.
At this point, I have taken some meds leftover from my surgery. Two Tylenol 3s. In the past I have taken melatonin, which is great to help me initially fall asleep but does not help me stay asleep. I have also taken larazopan (sp). It is a perscription and can become addictive. The last time I used it I saw how it could become addictive...it stops being as affective so you need to use more of it to gain the results (sleep). I exercise to sleep better too. And prior to this evening, I have been having wonderful sleeps. Tonight it isn't even that my mind won't turn off...on those nights I do what I can at the moment, organize and prepare or write out whatever else is cycling in my brain.
Right now I can feel the Tylenol starting to kick in, so sleep will be coming...
Just frustrating when it takes this long.
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Sidenote: My Netflix choice tonight was Craigslist Joe. It was a great film. Maybe too captivating didn't lend itself to my sleep. It maybe an entire blog to itself...
