hmmm
sleep continues to elude, fairly major problem for a fatigue-based illness. i feel like a 3 year old who MUST get 50 'just so' factors lined up pre-sleep... only to come up with a new crisis just as he drifts off.
here at Camp Fatigue we begin with low lighting; fresh air in window; television OFF; quiet soothing music; light reading; gratitude journal. that's for starters...
generally, i rely on L-Tryptophan supplements ~ the factor in turkey that makes you so dopey after Thanksgiving dinner. an amino acid, the direct precursor to serotonin... seems like a smart thing to take anyway.
if that fails me, as it can do, i shift to Motherwort, Passionflower or Vervain tincture.
* motherwort ~ sleepy making, like a warm hug
* passionflower ~ lightly relaxing, with added bonus of inducing vivid dreaming, kind of fun really
* vervain ~ also relaxing, but can make things a little tooooo trippy, if high dose taken. definitely felt QUITE bizarre last time i took it.
if both the supplement approach & then the herbal approach fail...
its onto the Big Guns. a short half-life pharmaceutical sleeping pill that leaves no groggy hangover; but does seem to sour my mood every time i use it. noticeably. bit of a trade-off there.
the real confusion seems to comes in with coordinating:-
a) blood sugar levels to last the night
b) temperature regulation (i freeze & boil equally fast)
c) cat
by the time this is all in hand, i fall asleep... only to wake up every single 2 hours to pee. lovely. i try not to drink anything after 8. i still pee. ga.
so it is
i arrive on the shores of today
sifted
sore
rough at the edges
&
ever so slightly * p e e v i s h *
image of lolling Pre-Raphaelite beauty
Millais? Waterhouse?
i'm too tired to remember...
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