Anybody ever find a quick cure for insomnia?

[PGB]

Anybody besides me still up?  

I am absolutely exhausted, but I can't sleep at all!!

My jaw and ear are hurting like the devil and my meds are not helping yet.

[siren of the sea]

im up but i am on the west coast only 9. your jaw and ear? sounds like your tmj. are you grinding and clenching your teeth???

[nanis]

What time is it were your at?It's only 9:00 here in california.

[nanis]

Hey siren I guess you took the words right out of my fingers..lol..

[siren of the sea]

nanis im in cali too. its colder than a witches ti%%y here.

[siren of the sea]

pinch poke you owe me a coke! or beer or wine , he!! id settle for a shot of tequilla!

[mrs canada]

Yes, a 750 ML bottle of Stoli will put you right out.

If you mean how to get to sleep tonite tho, a nice glass of warm milk or decaf tea, then get into bed, and force yourself to keep your mind completely blank. Don't allow yourself to think about anything.. and you should drift off.

In the future - I swear by Melatonin to help me sleep - 30 mins before I go to bed and I go out like a light..

[nanis]

Tequilla... Oh,yeah my kind of drink...If that doesn't put us out..lol..Heck yeah it is cold I live by the mountains(Big bear).And their starting to snow.Not were I'm at but it still gets nippy.

[PGB]

I guess it is my tmj.  It is really cloudy here and supposed to start raining tomorrow.  People think I am crazy, but I swear the colder or rainier it is, the more painful it is.  It is 11:23 here.

[PGB]

I know it's a no-no, but I'm doing it anyway.  I took my med with Coke and Jim Beam, I am now sitting here finishing my drink.  Sometimes even us moms do things we know we're not supposed to do, don't we?  Or am I the only one?

[nanis]

Oh,yes you r not crazy.Cold weather sucks.I'm only 29 but when it gets cold my bones hurt,my head & if I'm cramping from AF..ouch..Sorry about your pain.

[nanis]

Hey,girl gooo ahead.We all let lose once in a while..& since your sick you get a free pass..lol...H*ll give me a drink.

[PGB]

Thanks.  I'm sorta kinda hopefully learning to live with it.  It's just one of those things, you know.  It's just such a b**ch waiting for the meds to start working, ya know?  It helps to get on here though, kinda takes my mind off of it until they do kick in.  

For the record, I'm glad  to see you back.  I didn't think you should've ever been made to feel like you needed to leave just because you spoke your mind.  Heck everybody else does, I don't notice anybody else leaving.  At least whenever anyone talks to you they always know where they stand.haha

[PGB]

God love her, Who sure is having a hard time of it, isn't she?

[nalla]

Did everybody already go off to bed? anybody out there?

[sk2006a]

if you aren't already juiced to the gills, try warm jim beam.  like a hot toddy?  it's helped me a few times.  i'd forgotten all about it.  i'd better run out to rite aid right away and buy some :)

although, the first time i tried it, i hadn't slept well in weeks due to a really bad cold and cough.  my dd was in kindergarden at the time.  while she was at school, i nuked a glass of whiskey and pretty much passed out.  i woke up 30 minutes after i was due to pick her up, and had to stumble into the principal's office to pick her up.  i probably smelled of whiskey!  i was so embarrassed.  i got her out of there as fast as i could :(

[PGB]

I'm still here!!!!

[PGB]

Good thing she wasn't old enough to know.  She would have given mom the very devil for embarassing her like that!!

[nalla]

Hi PGB, sorry, don't have much advice for you...maybe drink some warm milk? I have been having sleeping issues too, but I know why and hopefully it won't last too long.
I know there are some kind of non adictive sleeping pills out there. Maybe go to your Dr if it get bad enough?

[sk2006a]

i don't think i'd even tell her now!  she's never seen me drink more than a glass of wine, so she'd be pretty shocked lol

[PGB]

Tell me about it.  My husband's grandmother is of course against any drinking of beer and such.  My 7 year old proceeded to tell her this past summer when she called and he answered the phone that mamma and daddy were outside watching them work their horses in the round pin and drinking beer.  Why did he have to add that on?  I wouldn't even take the phone I made my husband take it and talk to her.  I was so embarassed!!

[PGB]

I have tmj and the inflamation has made a big knot under my ear.  The knot is pinching a nerve and it causes some pretty severe pain.  The knot goes down some and the pain gets better, then the next thing I know the darn thing is huge again and so is the pain.  Maybe you will be feeling better soon.  I hope so anyway.

[nanis]

7 yr.olds their a hand full.My dd (7) saw me drinking at thanks giving & started balling she said her teacher told her that people that drink die faster...lol..Poor thing she prob. swore I was just going to drop right their & then..haha
I havent drank since then,but hey what they dont see wont hurt them..hehe..

[nalla]

Ouch, that sucks. I have heard of TMJ but never had it. What are the Dr.s doing for you to help? Or is that why you are going to the Dr. tomorrow? I can see why that is keeping you awake. Pain also keeps me awake. You said that you are 6 weeks prego?

[sk2006a]

my friend's daughter used to give her such a hard time whenever she saw her drinking a glass of wine - which was every night.  the kids are given such a black/white view of things now.  even one glass of wine is considered drug abuse to them!  i don't really drink at home so thank goodness it was never an issue here.

but, whenever we go out and i order a drink, she always asks if i'm going to get drunk!  she's never even seen me drunk!  where do they get this stuff??  (kindergarden doesn't count:  i was totally sober when i picked her up.  i just couldn't wake up lol)