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[annathepiper]

-0: As a general point of interest, insomnia sucks. Another restless night--I'm pretty sure I dozed off enough to dream a couple of times, as I distinctly remember dreaming about joining the two Battlestar Galactica LJ communities that solarbird has joined, bsg_women and 13th_colony. And, on cue, the cat yowled at me in the middle of the night, at least twice. I'm really, really hoping she settles down, what with risu coming home today.

+0.5: In an attempt to do something about this stupid insomnia, I have scheduled myself for a massage appointment this weekend, and if all goes well I shall immediately follow that up with a chiropractor appointment as well. I needed to spend the certificate for a massage that mamishka gave me for my birthday anyway, and right now, I think I desperately need a good massage.

+1: I really like the idea of an LJ community devoted to the female characters on Battlestar Galactica, so I think I will in fact go join that one. It reminds me of jesshartley, since it has the "Well behaved women rarely make history" quote on its banner. Hee.

-2: I have warned my lead as well as the FTE I work with that my brain is sludge today, and will see if I can manage to hold out long enough to get today's round of work done. I'd really like to go home and try to take a long nap, but the only problem with that is, if I don't work, I don't get PAID. This was what made me roll out of bed this morning and drag myself off to the bus stop.

-3: And once I got here, I discovered that three more of my test servers have gone belly up due to "thermal events". Apparently this particular model of Dell is seriously prone to this, because this makes six or seven boxes on this one server rack that have had this happen. Our lab manager has been swapping them out with boxes that aren't supposed to do this anymore. It's really annoying, because these are my primary test servers, and we're going to need them once we make the final push to get this service pack shipped in another couple of weeks.

-4: Also, there is build fun today, as I discovered that today's build was not actually released on the x86 platform only after I'd almost finished building out my x86 boxes, and wondering why the hell they were all on yesterday's build when my x64 boxes were chugging happily away on today's.

+5: Also, despite not having treadmilled last night, I was back down to 167 on the scale this morning. I don't know if I'll make 166 by Monday, which is supposed to be the goal, but we'll see what happens. No matter when I drag my groggy self home, I must remember to get on the treadmill today.

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Something that might help...

[snowqueene.livejournal.com]

Well,I usually try Camomile tea but recently a friend of mine gave me this information about other herbal solutions to insomnia.
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Hops- one part
Valerian- one part
Passion Flower- one part

one ounce of herbs steeped in a pint of boiled water for 20 minutes.


Here's another infusion, a bit more involved...

Equal parts
Camomile
Valerian
Skullcap
Catnip
Wood Betony
Spearmint

One ounce per pint of water, steep ten minutes.


This one's supposed to produce "incredible dreams" and help you feel rested with less sleep. Make an infusion of-
Kava Kava- 4 parts
Alfalfa- 1 part
Spearmint- 1 part
Raspberry leaves- 1 part
Lemon balm- 1 part
"Vary the strength according to your needs and sweeten with honey."

Maybe some of these might help you. ^_^

Re: Something that might help...

[annathepiper]

We've got plenty of chamomile tea--chamomile/peppermint tea is one of my favorite things to drink to calm myself down, and you're quite right, some of it may well be in order. I've just gotten up from attempting to take a nap, and while I was indeed horizontal for about an hour and a half, I wasn't exactly asleep. My mind's got that weird 'too keyed up to rest' sort of feeling.

So I'll try some tea. Thank you kindly for the suggestions. :)

[howlinhobbit.livejournal.com]

The problem with Valerian root is that it smells like essence of old gym bag and has an analogous flavor. When I was trying it out for insomnia I would get it ground fine and put it in those big-ass gelatin caps (aka "horse capsules") that you can get down at Tenzing Momo in the Pike Place Market.

Wash them down quickly.

Don't burp for 8 to 10 hours afterwards. Trust me on that one.

If it doesn't work for you, wrap the rest of in the toe of an old sock and knot it off. Then give it to your cat.

You think they go nuts for catnip? Ha! Kitty will be lying on his/her side, drooling and cross-eyed. Probably help with the yowling at night too.

HH

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

and drugging Polly with catnip or soemthing else might not be a half-bad idea. check with her vet re: contradinications because of her Thyroid Stuff, first.

[annathepiper]

Well, trying to figure out first what's going on with WHY she's yowling. She doesn't do this every night; it's only been in the last week or so that she's been annoying about it.

She yowled again last night, but I realized that that was very probably my fault; I'd forgotten to feed her before I went to bed. This is what I get for having no brain right now.

[annathepiper]

*snicker*

caligogreywings suggested a particular flavor of tea that actually has valerian in it; I was thinking of trying that. I'll check out what my options are down at the Lake Forest Park Town Centre's Rite Aid.

Though I also figured out that last night's cat yowling was very possibly my fault, as I forgot to feed her before I went to bed. This is what I get for being small of brain right now. She's also quite excited to have risu back.

[starsongky.livejournal.com]

I've had lots of trouble with insomnia over the past couple of months. I started taking melatonin just before bed the past couple of days, so far it really seems to help. It kicks in fairly quickly, with a muscle-relaxing effect rather like alcohol. I'm falling asleep faster, and going back to sleep easier after waking up to roll over or to stumble to the bathroom. Rod suggested it at gaming last weekend, got the little tablets at Wal-Mart in the lowest dose they had (300 mcg), around $4 for 120 count.

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

i'll second that. my doctor has me on a MUCH stonger dose (3mg as opposed to mcg) to try and cure life-long insomnia. it is helping some though not as much as i was hoping. part of the trick is that it needs to be taken at the same time every night to really be effective.

[annathepiper]

I'll look into this, thanks. :) I may or may not be shaking the insomnia; I think I actually got in some sleep for the last couple of hours I was in bed this morning, as I now feel like I have only two tons of sludge in my brain rather than five. We'll see what happens.

[annathepiper]

I'll keep that in mind, thanks. :) Going to try going off of caffeine this weekend to clear my system, and am considering valerian too if I have to.