I looked up at the clock and it contained 3 of my favorite digits and numbers which is always a delight. And hoped that this would be enough to salvage the night, the new day, the new month. The first of the month is always a good time to reset and start over and my…
Tag: sleep
The return of insomnia?
I have just one word “NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!” It’s 2:35am. Why am I up? This s*** better not start again. I just can’t…
Week 14: Insomnia rears its ugly head
I haven’t written much this week. Truth be told, I haven’t done much of anything. Insomnia reared its ugly head again and thwarted all the plans I had carefully laid. I spent most nights struggling to sleep and in the morning, here came sleep which is so frustrating during the workweek. Today being an off…
Week 10: Sleep IS the best medicine
There’s a quote about the best medicine. Actually there are several quotes, The most often used is “Laughter is the best medicine.” And I do agree, laughter is awesome. It has definitely lightened my spirit on many an occassion. There are also other things considered to be the best medicine walking brisk walking sunlight a…
Sorry not sorry..
I have a xanax prescription but I try not to take more than my prescribed 1mg per day. However, if I have not slept a while and my xanax just got renewed, I admit to taking 1.5x or 2x the prescribed dose. As expected, it puts me to sleep for a good portion of the…
Learning to relax the body
As I continue in my quest to improve my sleep, I’ve been paying more attention to how I feel, to how my body feels. I started noticing just how tense I am, how tense I spend my days and how very tense I am at bed time. It’s no wonder I have such diffficulty sleeping…
Week 8: A hodgepodge of stuff!
This week was such a hodgepodge of stuff. I’ll just do a bullet list. I took a day off work to rest and rejuvenate. It was nice. I cleaned my desk at home My work schedule was moved twice in the 4 days that I worked this week. Work sucks. I’ve decided to start looking…
Week 7: I geek out on Black Panther
I’ll start with the bad this week. My lack of sleep hit a severe low, I had gone for 4-5 days on very little sleep. I was exhausted, mentally foggy, dragging, feeling hopeless..did I mention exhausted? I felt like I was literally losing my mind. So I am back on pretty strong prescription meds for…
Week 4: Me thinks I jinxed myself
In my last post, I wrote of how things seemed to be falling into place and indeed they were. I was working out, sleeping better and feeling pretty darn good about myself. It appears I spoke too soon. This past week, everything fell apart. Well not everything, my sleep primarily. From getting pretty good sleep,…
Authensible Musings: Piercing the mundane of everyday life 