Report: Friday 2012-12-01 @0723

Another terrible night

Turn in 2130

Woke up many times

@0130 heartburn,damp collar, vivid dream

@0400 up, wc, heartburn, tums, back to sleep about 15 min

@0530 PIA tossed back

@0600 alarm exhausted

@0615 alarm tired

@0630 alarm tired, back to sleep

@0720 woke up naturally

Rough

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Report: Thursday 2012-11-30 @0621

Sleep troubles continue

No coffee today.

Turn in at 2230. Rain sound. Asleep by 2300. So far, so good.

Awake @0345. No sweat. No dream that I remember or recorded.

Still awake at @0500. Switched to Irish music. Two tunes and asleep.

@0600 alarm. @0615 first phone timed alarm. Wc demanded; so I'm up.

Interesting. That extra hour makes me feel better than I did @0500.

I can understand why this drives folks nuts. No rhyme or reason.

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Conclusion: quiet background sound seems to help sometimes. Gives some part of the brain to process so it doesn't have idle cycles to make trouble (I.e., dredge up a vivid bad dream to terrorize the conscious mind). Possible. Or my imagination?

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Report: Wednesday 2012-11-29 0655

Rough night.

Turned in at 2130, but tossed and turned until about 2300. No particular reason.

@0225 woke in terror - tshirt soaked - "couldn't print tix or find file".

@0422 wide awake -- no reason -- took about 30 minutes to get back to sleep

@0600 tired - ignored alarms - dozed off and on

@0655 wc got me up and moving

Very frustrating. Can understand why mom and dad were nuts.

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Report: Tuesday 2012-11-27 morning

Turned in before 2200.

Woke at 0157. Soaked top and bottom. Not the pillow, sheet, or cover. Changed. WC. No memory of a terror or even vivid dream.

Restless dozing after that. Feels like was up every half hour or so.

Shut off the alarms and dozed until 0730.

Argh!

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Correction

I wrote on my bedside pad "vivid Law and Order dream".

Interesting that I could not remember it this morning?

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Report: Monday 2012-11-26 0622

2230 gave up on giants game. Not competitive. Put on the rain sound. Asleep in minutes.

0200. Damp shirt -- needed changing -- dreamt about shooting bird -- back to sleep immediately -- no terror

0430 wc, flipped sides and that was enough to force a trip tp the wc. Never got better than dozing. Awake for the balance of the night.

0600 might as well give up and get up. Nah. Lay around. Leg ache? Just grumpy. Forgot to plug in phone.

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Report: Friday 2012-11-23 morning

Woke up a lot. Wc and vivid dreams. No sweating. Woke up lethargic. Argh!

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Report: Wednesday 2012-11-21 1159

Wide awake. From a sound sleep. Maybe I should get up for a while. Tossing isn't restful. Argh!

Report: Monday 2012-11-19 morning

Not a bad night.

Went to bed early. Bored. No mental energy.

Slept thru. Woke up a lot. Sheets indicate a violent night.

During one of the many wc visits, tshirt damp collar.

Argh!

Will I ever wake up "refreshed and full of vim and vigor"

No dreams to speak of; at least nothing memorable.

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Report: Sunday morning 2012-11-18 -- no solution?

Last night had a vivid dream (something like the lizards of v) and a moderate "change the shirt" sweat.

So clearly the heating pad and afrin nose drops ain't the magic bullet.

On a positive note, the sore neck / shoulder is getting better.

Argh!

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Report Friday 2012-11n-16 @ 0500

Been waking up early last few days irregularly. Still waking during the night. Still having very vivid dreams. No terrors; no sweats.

Why?

I have a new theory.

About two weeks ago, driving back to va, I think there was a draft on my neck because I remember it started to ache. That night, slept and woke up in the morning with a stiff pain in the neck. Was not radiating. Was not like that pinched never. Eased of warm shower. (the nanny state regulates the water temperature in va. Argh.) next few nights sleep was disturb by painful stiff neck. Used the microwave to heat up towel which gave some relief. Also used sleeve (NSAID) for a day. Bought a heating pad. Almost normal now. (nagging pain getting better. It now only hurts at the base of the shoulder.)

But this morning I had a realization. NO TERRORS. While this was going on. Could it be the heating pad? Very dry crusty nose. Maybe causing a drying effect in sinuses and nose. But vivid dreams without terror. Still going to wc several times a night.

Could the heating pad be causing a change in blood flow?

Or air flow?

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REPORT: evening

Retired at 2230. Tossed and turned. Couldn't go to sleep. Finally gave up and had a hot cup of tea.

No alcohol tonight. No coffee in the afternoon. No sun today.

No idea what's wrong. Just can't sleep. Neck hurts.

Argh!

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REPORT morning: bad night

Three tshirt night. Pain in my neck portside. Vivid dreams that I don't remember. Upset, but back to sleep in 15 min each time.

REPORT morning: three vivid dreams

Four sleep interruptions. One wet tshirt. One damp neck. Two dry. THree very vivid dreams.

Need to put a pad in the nightstand.

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