middle of the night thoughts

[Guest guest]

I decided to try sleeping without Benedryl last night, just to see what my

natural sleep pattern would be. Well, I fell asleep okay and woke up at about

1:00 am, which is about when the benedryl wears off anyway. So I think I'll stop

taking it. It's good during allergy season, but we've had a good hard frost so

the

pollen is dead. I guess it doesn't help with sleep beyond controlling my

allergies.

Now that the weather is getting cold, I use my " Restwarmer " mattress pad. The

heat effectively eliminates the RLS sensations for me, which is great except

it's

harder to get out of bed in the morning when I know the cool air will cause my

muscles to seize up again. I did take my Sinemet, I don't want to go off it just

yet. I think I'll take a drug holiday over Thanksgiving and maybe it will work

again. Or maybe I'll just stick with the Restwarmer for the winter months and

take an extended drug holiday. If I only use Sinemet in the summer, maybe I

can use it longer without augmentation.

So I was laying there awake for most of the wee hours, feeling okay because of

the Restwarmer but still wide awake. I was not anxious or stressed, actually I

was happy about my legs feeling good. Eventually I got up and surfed the net

for awhile while drinking Sleepytime tea and some hot cocoa. I finally went

back to bed around 3:30 and went back to sleep. I feel a bit tired but not too

bad.

I did think about why I was still awake even if I didn't have RLS. I'm wondering

if

I have a form of insomnia that is not related to RLS, and I've just been blaming

it on RLS because it seemed logical. Has anyone else experienced this,

insomnia that is not caused by a drug side effect or RLS?

[Guest guest]

Kate,

My family has had insominia for all my life and as far most of my parents life

too. I don't know if it is inherited or it is some kind imbalance in out

systems. This, ofcourse, started before I started taking anything for the rls

and both my parents who didn't know they had it did't take anything for it

(except my dad fixed it with booze). I think it must run both ways, you can

have insominia or you can get it from the meds you take to control the rls.

Just can't win can we???

Lee

[Guest guest]

Yo,

It is common for people experiencing insomnia for one problem , like RLS/PLMS,

to start to get insomnia psychologically, even if RLS/PLMS is not present that

evening.

Ed-cyberphilly

[Guest guest]

Hi Pamela, I don't know if coco has something like cafeine in it, don't think

so, in

England you drink coco before you go to sleep.

When I was up in the night with rls, I used to drink coco, and it seemd to help,

I calmed

down after that a lot of times.

Since I am on a diet I stopped the coco and I missed it. Now and then I make

myself " diet

coco " , a spoon cocopowder, 2 spoons nutra sweet and hot water. No sugar, no

milk, and

it smooths everything down.I get warm and full and sleepy.

Coffee I don't drink after 11 am, because of the cafeine.

I think coco is fine, just my two choclate cents, Marleen

Pamela E Hamiltonstubbs wrote:

>

>

> Chocolate and I believe coco has a compound in it that is structurally

> similar to caffeine. Does hot chocolate or coco make your RLS worse?

> Any body? Pamela

>

>

>

> >

> >

> > I decided to try sleeping without Benedryl last night, just to see what my

> > natural sleep pattern would be. Well, I fell asleep okay and woke up at

about

> > 1:00 am, which is about when the benedryl wears off anyway. So I think I'll

stop

> > taking it. It's good during allergy season, but we've had a good hard frost

so the

> > pollen is dead. I guess it doesn't help with sleep beyond controlling my

> > allergies.

> >

> > Now that the weather is getting cold, I use my " Restwarmer " mattress pad.

The

> > heat effectively eliminates the RLS sensations for me, which is great except

it's

> > harder to get out of bed in the morning when I know the cool air will cause

my

> > muscles to seize up again. I did take my Sinemet, I don't want to go off it

just

> > yet. I think I'll take a drug holiday over Thanksgiving and maybe it will

work

> > again. Or maybe I'll just stick with the Restwarmer for the winter months

and

> > take an extended drug holiday. If I only use Sinemet in the summer, maybe I

> > can use it longer without augmentation.

> >

> > So I was laying there awake for most of the wee hours, feeling okay because

of

> > the Restwarmer but still wide awake. I was not anxious or stressed, actually

I

> > was happy about my legs feeling good. Eventually I got up and surfed the net

> > for awhile while drinking Sleepytime tea and some hot cocoa. I finally went

> > back to bed around 3:30 and went back to sleep. I feel a bit tired but not

too

> > bad.

> >

> > I did think about why I was still awake even if I didn't have RLS. I'm

wondering if

> > I have a form of insomnia that is not related to RLS, and I've just been

blaming

> > it on RLS because it seemed logical. Has anyone else experienced this,

> > insomnia that is not caused by a drug side effect or RLS?

> >

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >

[Guest guest]

Chocolate and I believe coco has a compound in it that is structurally

similar to caffeine. Does hot chocolate or coco make your RLS worse?

Any body? Pamela

>

>

> I decided to try sleeping without Benedryl last night, just to see what my

> natural sleep pattern would be. Well, I fell asleep okay and woke up at about

> 1:00 am, which is about when the benedryl wears off anyway. So I think I'll

stop

> taking it. It's good during allergy season, but we've had a good hard frost so

the

> pollen is dead. I guess it doesn't help with sleep beyond controlling my

> allergies.

>

> Now that the weather is getting cold, I use my " Restwarmer " mattress pad. The

> heat effectively eliminates the RLS sensations for me, which is great except

it's

> harder to get out of bed in the morning when I know the cool air will cause my

> muscles to seize up again. I did take my Sinemet, I don't want to go off it

just

> yet. I think I'll take a drug holiday over Thanksgiving and maybe it will work

> again. Or maybe I'll just stick with the Restwarmer for the winter months and

> take an extended drug holiday. If I only use Sinemet in the summer, maybe I

> can use it longer without augmentation.

>

> So I was laying there awake for most of the wee hours, feeling okay because of

> the Restwarmer but still wide awake. I was not anxious or stressed, actually I

> was happy about my legs feeling good. Eventually I got up and surfed the net

> for awhile while drinking Sleepytime tea and some hot cocoa. I finally went

> back to bed around 3:30 and went back to sleep. I feel a bit tired but not too

> bad.

>

> I did think about why I was still awake even if I didn't have RLS. I'm

wondering if

> I have a form of insomnia that is not related to RLS, and I've just been

blaming

> it on RLS because it seemed logical. Has anyone else experienced this,

> insomnia that is not caused by a drug side effect or RLS?

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

No, caffiene doesn't affect my rls either way.

>Chocolate and I believe coco has a compound in it that is structurally

>similar to caffeine. Does hot chocolate or coco make your RLS worse?

>Any body? Pamela

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 98-11-28 15:16:02 EST, you write:

<< Does hot chocolate or coco make your RLS worse? >>

Well, I think this is another YMMV situation.

I have found that certain types of chocolate foods aggrevate my RLS but others

do not effect it!

For example, Hershey's chocolate syrup has no effect; whereas, a chocolate

candy bar or ice cream seems to aggrevate it. Go figure, eh?

Hence, if it is after 4pm and I need a chocolate fix, I grab the syrup.

RAINBOWPED@...

[Guest guest]

Sometimes rls just doesn't make any sense. Before Thanksgiving, some

people were posting about overeating making rls worse. So I paid

attention over the holiday. I was eating constantly and drinking more

alchohol in 2 days than I ususally have in 6 months.

I slept like a baby all weekend, with mild rls controlled by Tension

Tamer and Sinemet. Go figure!

Well, since I've had plenty of sleep I have energy to get some housework

done. Want everything spic-n-span for Christmas you know. Ta ta

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