Oh Kath, so good to “see” you. How are you doing? How are your kids? My older is not doing well with the shelter in place. My confident bubbly child needs to be around people. She has developed depression since March. Currently seeing a counselor. My younger one is a home body like me. So far she is ok. I thank God that she is still able to swim and able to socialize from a distance with her friends on the team. So many people are affected mentally by this pandemic. Hubby was down for awhile too until his work was considered essential. I have been hiding from BCO after Susan and Mags passed away. Too sad and painful.
Thank you for praying for Sherry and her family.

Jwoo, thank you for your kind words. When I spoke to her mom today, she mentioned that they are trying to keep Shep comfortable. She has been sleeping most of the time. I did not expect her to respond to me when her mom put her on the phone, but she did. Very few words spoken. Can’t believe she was worried about me being sad. Told her it’s ok to let go. Selfless friend.

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Safe journey, Shepkitty. ❤️ Say hello to all our wonderful Insomniacs.

I'm so sorry, Lover.

My last post on this thread was when Lita57 passed away during September 2019. Lita left this thread during May 2017. How time flies!

RIP shepkitty!

We finally got some much needed rain last night and early this morning. At one point you could literally hear it coming down in a downpour. Hope this starts putting a dent in our drought situation here.

I am amazed at myself. Only been crocheting for a few weeks and I have two projects completed!

Working on an afghan for my bed for summer now.

Happy to join in any discussions - insomnia is my middle name!!!

Hey everyone-

Hard to believe it's already halfway through May!

Hope your are all doing well, and your families, too.

_ jeni

it’s been awhile since I logged in. Not sure there is much activity in this thread anymore. Hope you are all doing well

Doing ok but getting too much rain. Its been hard to get any yard work done.

Happy Thanksgiving all! Kind of feeling gypped as my birthday and Thanksgiving are on the same day today.

I see the moderators bumped this thread for us. I'm guessing they thought some of us are still not sleeping and may care to discuss it. I've posted in the past and all I've tried for insomnia. I am convinced the biggest cause is the lack of estrogen as my sleeplessness has been terrible since hysterectomy 38 years ago.

I'd say I've tried everything but that's not true. I have not tried neurofeedback or any kind of cognitive behavior therapy. I have tried melatonin but I get restless legs. I have used benadryl 15 years till it quit working. I am allergic to Ambien. A little tea or essential oils do nothing. I had pretty good luck with herbal supplement blend called Deep Sleep.. it has valerian root, passionflower, California poppy and other herbs. There are actually a number of blends available I'd try first.

i tried cbd oil but that didn't last long. I wondered if it wasn't more a placebo. THC is not legal here even though I have my Dr's blessing to experiment with it all I want. He warned me it could make me a little loopy. I didn't tell him that I remember that about it. I don't remember it making me sleepy. I need serious help. and I don't want more drugs

A few months ago I found relief. Unless there is some real cr*p on my mind, I'm sleeping 7 or 8 hours a night! I'm using 2 different cannabinoids. Or compounds found in cannabis. Cbd and thc are the 2 best known.

But I'm using half a gummy of Delta 8 THC ( not the Delta 9 thc that makes you loopy) and BCP or beta-caryophyllene found in Copaiba essential oil. I use Doterras little softgels.

If you are interested in trying either of these, do some research to see what to expect. You might need only 1 or the other of these. BCP is actually in a product called Sleep ASAP. And I hear Delta 8 is legal even where thc 9 is not. Sleeping nearly 3 months now. I hope it doesn't quit soon, but I hear CBN is good for sleep too, so maybe that's what is next.

I hope this helps many of you. And I hope you had a great Thanksgiving .

Gailmary