Well, this is kind of annoying!

[annathepiper]

I think all that sleep I've been getting shaking off my fall from Wednesday morning has messed with my usual sleep cycles. As I type this, it is 1:20am local time, and I am wide awake. As I am supposed to be getting up at 6:45 to get ready for work, this kind of, how you say, sucks.

So rather than tossing and turning next to my beloved solarbird, or taking any of my leftover Trazodone which I would prefer not to do if I can avoid it, I've come back downstairs to stay up for a bit, have some nice soothing tea, and hope that in a little while I shall settle back down enough that I can actually get some slumber. I suspect, however, that I will be running short on sleep by the time I make it into work tomorrow, and long on zzzzzzzz's.

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[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

One word: Melatonin.

[annathepiper]

Doesn't help me when I get like this. I've tried it.

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

> Doesn't help me when I get like this. I've tried it.

Keep in mind that the FDA recommended dose is very small, according to actual research. Three milligrams is a good starting dose, and you can safely go to three or four times that.

In one test people were given _gram amounts_ and the side effects were so mild none even asked to be taken off the test.

[annathepiper]

None of which alters the fact that when I've tried it, buying over the counter bottles and using them at the recommended dosage, it didn't do a thing for me. *shrug*

I tried it before when I was having such nasty insomnia a couple years back, and it just didn't help. At all. Part of that was probably due to my thyroid levels being all wonky before my surgery, but still. What I've learned since is that to actually do anything for my sleep, I need to not get crazy with the caffeine after a certain time of the day, and preferably, I need to not be hyper or upset or wired just before I'm going to bed either. Or dealing with a sore shoulder. ;)