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Sleep
"We know that as many as 6 in 10 cancer survivors have problems of insomnia,
which is up to three times the rate found in the general population."
@SoldierCrab pointed out the Survivorship Center and I found this leaflet in their resources: Can-Sleep making night time sleep problems go away from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center. It's got a lot of very straight forward information as a starting point, but I want to hear what you've found that has helped you, and how you have handled 'the vicious cycle of sleep deprivation' if you've experienced it.
I have felt fatigued, lethargic, and overall exhausted since it all started, and when it all finished (in that it-never-finishes way) I was left feeling not much better. I spent an entire year spending days and sometimes weeks as hit by fog, poor memory, physical weakness, and even nausea as hard as if treatment was starting again.
For me this is a BIG issue. I'm sure I've posted and asked questions about it before, but all the conventional 'tricks' don't seem to cut it.
No caffeine even eight hours before bed, exercise, cut out screen time and cut back on sugar? Done.
[Tosess around for three hours and stares at the ceiling in the darkness for another hour doing the most mundane mind-calming exercises]
Okay, cool, when does the sleep happen. Oh hey it's 6AM, guess I'll get up.
[Fast asleep on the couch by 2, awake by 5, goes to bed at 10PM, wakes up at 3AM]
This is better I guess, I'll stay awake all day and get a really good sleep tonight!
[Falls asleep at 9AM]
...Damn it!
What actually works?
@SoldierCrab pointed out the Survivorship Center and I found this leaflet in their resources: Can-Sleep making night time sleep problems go away from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center. It's got a lot of very straight forward information as a starting point, but I want to hear what you've found that has helped you, and how you have handled 'the vicious cycle of sleep deprivation' if you've experienced it.
I have felt fatigued, lethargic, and overall exhausted since it all started, and when it all finished (in that it-never-finishes way) I was left feeling not much better. I spent an entire year spending days and sometimes weeks as hit by fog, poor memory, physical weakness, and even nausea as hard as if treatment was starting again.
For me this is a BIG issue. I'm sure I've posted and asked questions about it before, but all the conventional 'tricks' don't seem to cut it.
No caffeine even eight hours before bed, exercise, cut out screen time and cut back on sugar? Done.
[Tosess around for three hours and stares at the ceiling in the darkness for another hour doing the most mundane mind-calming exercises]
Okay, cool, when does the sleep happen. Oh hey it's 6AM, guess I'll get up.
[Fast asleep on the couch by 2, awake by 5, goes to bed at 10PM, wakes up at 3AM]
This is better I guess, I'll stay awake all day and get a really good sleep tonight!
[Falls asleep at 9AM]
...Damn it!
What actually works?
26 Replies
- The most obvious answer is often the correct answer. Get some pills and get a nights sleep. You have a lot going on, turn your brain off for a couple of hours. Mxx
- Soooooo we are about to be living our absolute dream very shortly and I am trying to come up with business ideas to make enough so maybe I don’t need to work full time.
but with so many ideas floating around now I can’t sleep how long can you get by with only 2 to four hours sleep ?
Should I get some sleeping tablets ?
Should I get another blood test what if something isn’t quite right at the moment is this anxiety telling me the move isn’t as amazing as I think it is.
I know the grass isn’t always greener but it actually seems greener in Torquay
Am I Going crazy ?
I keep saying this is my chance to work smarter not harder but say it the wrong way so I actually say this is my chance to work harder not smarter. Dam it
should I go to go and get some sleeping tablets or should I go straight to a physch? - So does mine...except when he goes around the house crying out for attention at 4:30am.
- Longest sleep I've had 5 hours straight , while being knocked out in hospital since march 2018.
It's like little cat naps 20 mins and awake again, my cat sleeps more than me ......... - I think @zoffiel must be snoring away then!
- Hey Zoffiel sleep is for the wicked I believe ;)
- No sleep /:
- My Psychologist suggested several different types of mediation and relaxation CD's
I have found some good others not so good - @kezmusc, So pleased to hear that the smaller ones are helping as far as the heat goes. I have an assortment of high strength pain meds, none of which I can use due to not having the two enzymes necessary to process them. Fentanyl patches, some other morphine bases patches, (forget the name), oxycodone, endone targin,, hydromorph, lyrica....Hmmm, maybe I should purchase a baseball cap, wear it backwards, buy some baggy pants, and head for Oxford Street. Then, I can go and retire in the Bahamas...
