Guest guest Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Forwarding this for . Re: Sleep problems Hi Debbie, It was my psychologist that first told me about the whole " racing thoughts " idea. I told him that it was driving me nuts to try and go to sleep because my mind just lept from one thought to another for hours at a time when I tried to sleep. It was exhausting and I would turn some small problem into a huge, overblown mess after laying there for an hour or two tearing it apart in my head. I have always just waited until I was beyond exhausted to go to sleep at night because if I didn't, then my mind went into overdrive like this. I tried counting sheep, counting backwards from 10,000, saying my ABC's backwards, visualizing myself writing the #s on a chalk board as I counted, etc. Nothing worked. He finally convinced me that it did not mean I was a weak person if I tried the Ambien to stop all of this and it has really helped. I really made him understand it when I was describing that commercial on TV where the lady is walking down the streets and she has this continuous stream of consciousness conversation in her head about doughnuts, missing the bus, a man walking by, the treadmill, etc. I don't even remember what the commercial is advertising but she is standing on a street and her mind is going ninety to nothing about random stuff and I said THAT is EXACTLY what goes on in my head 24/7. He immediately understood and said it was very important to get enough sleep at night and that could be contributing to my problems and making everything worse. Boy was he right... ha. I begrudgingly admit that taking Ambien has not made me a drug addict and I am feeling 10000% better since I am getting some sleep!!! :-) R in Nashville > Sharon, This is interesting that many of us have this " racing " thoughts > thing. I have never heard it called that. But it describes exactly what > happens. My mind just races from one thing to another. One thought feeds on > another, which in turns prompts another thought....etc. It just keeps > escalating until it is morning and it is time to get up or I have a panic > attack if it gets bad enough. > > Debbie in Gig Harbor (170cm medial) > ladybostons@p... > http://www.cafeshops.com/copsstore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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