Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2015.01.25 03:01:47 -
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Some quick comments:
-I used over-use caffeine (coffee), trying to stay alert during daily 12-hour study and paper writing sessions. Eventually the complex organic drugs that are in coffee had the opposite effect. After the buzz of the first few shot, the later ones actually relaxed me, fuzzed my brain, and made me sleepy.
-The generic melatonin capsules in drug stores work, for me at least. They won't knock you out or erase some tension that's still in your body or mind at sleep time. That's a good thing, I'd say. But if your body and mind are tired, but can't manage to get drowsy, that tiny little melatonin effect can ease you into the transition to sleep.
-If you've got a lot on your mind from the day, and you haven't had a chance to sort it out yet-- that unresolved issue might come back at you in your sleep again. Nobody needs tense, edgy sleep, with dreams that are just recreating the issue in a different format, and making you have another job to deal with, in your sleep. That is bullshit doesn't help anybody at all.
Probably better not to go to bed with that unresolved thing still hanging. Better to stay up a little longer, look at it good and honest, and say "Alright, I got it" or "Alright, **** you, I don't got it yet. But I more or less acknowledge all of the steps I'm going to have to go through to deal with this shite!" Then, "Hot damn... that's a load on my plate. Damn, I'm just thankful to have some rest and sack time." zzzzzzzzzzzzz
-If you're having a crap dream where you're reliving the day and half-sleeping projecting in the next one, I think it's better to just exit the dream and wake up. You might have to become fully awake, turn on the lights, and do bathroom and kitchen for a while. Don't worry, you'll sleep again, in that deep "before the alarm clock" sleep. Better to lose a half hour doing that than to spend the whole night in half-sleep and wake up worn out.
Just general thoughts, of course. Everybody's different. In my case, insomnia is pretty much about something that will kick my family's ass if I don't do something-- something that definitely does have the ability to do that, and will actively work on doing that! :] But everybody's different, when it comes to sleep, especially.
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Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2015.01.25 13:41:03 -
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All good advice, but all things I already know. Also, I'm getting tired of people attacking me for drinking coffee. I hardly drink any of it, and I'm well aware it has adverse effects on my sleeping. That's mainly why I don't drink it much. It's hard enough to keep a decent schedule without the stuff. Just the same though, sometimes I land the best sleep schedules for a few weeks after quitting a long caffeine binge. Got me through my creative writing class.
I need melatonin. Anyone want to buy some and mail it to me?
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