Night Howlers - Jump on to chat if you are awake

I have been a night waker for decades, nothing to do with cancer. Milk and sudoku help me turn off my free range brain at night, sudoku makes me think but only about number logic! But a couple of nights with more than one wakeful spell can get me worried about not getting to sleep, with predictable consequences. I take a sleeping pill (Temaze) at those times to break any pattern. My GP is happy to prescribe given a pack of 25 tablets lasts me from 18 - 24 months. 

@arpie *drop me a line, not ‘stop’ 🤦🏼‍♀️. 

Done @arpie and created a new tag for 'insomnia' :) Enjoy the howling.

Good idea @arpie

I often see that ladies post at all hours of the night which made me wonder if it still existed.  Good that the group is still available to those who cannot sleep and use the site overnight.
To find it, click of Day to Day on the right and the Night Howls shows up.
It took me a while to find it but it may help those who are awake and lonely during the night.

It is SUCH a bugger, isn't it @FLClover, @Cath62  - and it can easily become a habit too - waking at the same time every night!  Hubby does it about 2-3am - and is up for about 2hrs!  Then nods off all during the day!

Hubby's personal alarm went off last night at about midnight ..... so I had to jump up & make sure he was OK (and contact our friend who was also rung, to tell him all was OK!). He'd just hit the SOS button by. mistake!  Then I just couldn't go to sleep again!  But I rarely get up & onto the computer ...... it would REALLY become a habit!!

This could become Night Howls 2 ...... (tho I am pretty sure there WAS a Night Howls 2 at one stage, but it petered out!). The original Night Howls was just HUGE!!   We even had shirts made up (@kmakm organised it - a howling coyote!)

I'll see if @Mez_BCNA can add ''Jump on to chat if you are awake" to the title ..... it worked really well on the original one!  It is Great support for those who are insomniacs .... 

Hi there
These are things that have helped me in the sleep department:
1.No devices ( laptop, iPad, mobile, tv etc) in the bedroom.
2.No coffee after lunchtime.
3.Limit alcohol.
4.Exercise every day.
5.Meditation/mindfulness ( I had gone this years ago when working full time and stopped when I semi retired as I was much less stressed, then took it up again after my diagnosis )
6.Sleeping in a separate bed to my husband ( this was a big step but we both sleep a lot better now).
7. If you are on medication  that gives you hot flushes , have “ layers” on your bed, never a doona and I also got a 3 speed ceiling fan installed.

Ok it's 2.42am and here i am.  I wake alot at night. Never use to. Isn't that the story for most of us. So I have  bathroom visit, drink of water and jump online to read a bit in hope I go to sleep again. It usually works but I get a bad night every now and again. I think I have got use to it now so I am less distressed about not sleeping. I sometimes listen to a meditation or just some sort of talking as it helps me get back to sleep. 

@arpie I’m a night bird. I tend to stay up quite late, cos I can’t fall asleep early. If you’re having trouble sleeping, stop me a line. Beats the night time loneliness 🥱

I was waking on average of about 15 times a night due to the AI's.  I never had an issue before that, so now I am having a break from the hormone blocking therapy and now i can sleep with only waking about 5 times a night, but get back to sleep quickly but m still exhausted from broken sleep, but just not as bad as before when on AI's.