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Hi everyone. I want to ask that you pray for me as I am struggling with a sleeping disorder, though I’m not sure what it should be classified as. I have been suffering from ongoing sleep problems for the past 4 years and it’s now becoming a huge burden on my daily life. Here’s what it’s like:

Most nights, I can’t get to sleep for at least a few hours after lying in bed. I’ve tried the herbal teas, lavender fragrance and lotions, reading before bed, eliminating any loud noise or bright lights (TV, computer, etc). I don’t have a TV in my bedroom; my husband and I use the bedroom purely for sleep and sex. I’ve even tried the Philips blue light remedy. Nothing seems to work to help me fall asleep.

When I have to get up in the morning for work, it’s hard to get out of bed. I usually haven’t had an adequate amount of sleep, but after a few hours of being awake, I feel fine. I’ll be tired, but still have energy to get through my daily tasks. When night falls, though, I still can’t get to sleep even if I am exhausted.

When I DON’T have to get up and go to work, I sleep 10-12 hours! This isn’t including the hours it took me to fall asleep. 10-12 hours of pure sleep. When I wake up, I feel horrifically groggy as if someone has drugged me. I am lethargic throughout the day and can’t seem to get anything done. I’ve tried setting alarms to make sure I’m still waking up at a decent hour, but somewhere in the midst of my sleep, I must be turning them off as they sound.

I don’t know what to do. I just want a normal sleeping pattern so I can enjoy a fuller, healthier, and more productive lifestyle.

I’ve tried cutting out caffeine altogether and that hasn’t seemed to help. I am a healthy eater and I exercise. I drink plenty of water. This situation is truly bothersome and I find it embarrassing to admit to having this problem because I think many people will just assume I’m “lazy”.

Here’s a list of medications I’m on:
Effexor 37.5mg - for anxiety, taken at night
Yaz - for troublesome skin, taken at night
Omeprazole (Prilosec) 20mg - for acid reflux, taken in the morning.

Other than that, I regularly take:
Calcium & Magnesium
Vitamin D3
Super B Complex
Multi-vitamin
Ginseng
Fish Oil

Prayers and/or suggestions for this problem are truly appreciated!! Thank you!!
 
We cannot give advice in Prayer Intentions,
nor can we give medical advice in CAF,
but with much sympathy, I will be praying for you.
May God help you to live and to sleep with peace
 
PolishK said:
Hi everyone. I want to ask that you pray for me as I am struggling with a sleeping disorder, though I’m not sure what it should be classified as. I have been suffering from ongoing sleep problems for the past 4 years and it’s now becoming a huge burden on my daily life. Here’s what it’s like:

Most nights, I can’t get to sleep for at least a few hours after lying in bed. I’ve tried the herbal teas, lavender fragrance and lotions, reading before bed, eliminating any loud noise or bright lights (TV, computer, etc). I don’t have a TV in my bedroom; my husband and I use the bedroom purely for sleep and sex. I’ve even tried the Philips blue light remedy. Nothing seems to work to help me fall asleep.

When I have to get up in the morning for work, it’s hard to get out of bed. I usually haven’t had an adequate amount of sleep, but after a few hours of being awake, I feel fine. I’ll be tired, but still have energy to get through my daily tasks. When night falls, though, I still can’t get to sleep even if I am exhausted.

When I DON’T have to get up and go to work, I sleep 10-12 hours! This isn’t including the hours it took me to fall asleep. 10-12 hours of pure sleep. When I wake up, I feel horrifically groggy as if someone has drugged me. I am lethargic throughout the day and can’t seem to get anything done. I’ve tried setting alarms to make sure I’m still waking up at a decent hour, but somewhere in the midst of my sleep, I must be turning them off as they sound.

I don’t know what to do. I just want a normal sleeping pattern so I can enjoy a fuller, healthier, and more productive lifestyle.

I’ve tried cutting out caffeine altogether and that hasn’t seemed to help. I am a healthy eater and I exercise. I drink plenty of water. This situation is truly bothersome and I find it embarrassing to admit to having this problem because I think many people will just assume I’m “lazy”.

Here’s a list of medications I’m on:
Effexor 37.5mg - for anxiety, taken at night
Yaz - for troublesome skin, taken at night
Omeprazole (Prilosec) 20mg - for acid reflux, taken in the morning.

Other than that, I regularly take:
Calcium & Magnesium
Vitamin D3
Super B Complex
Multi-vitamin
Ginseng
Fish Oil

Prayers and/or suggestions for this problem are truly appreciated!! Thank you!!
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I as for pills, are not you over-medicated? Is it so that your doctors knows about it all? Look, some chemicals interfere with others and it seems you are taking scientific medicine pills together with non-medical chemicals.

I would not dare to to that. Is not it a time to have a doctor sort it out all those chemicals? some maybe useful, some maybe neutral but, wtachout, some may be interfering with others in was that a person without training, like me, do not know.

Pills done.

Now, I am giving you some commons sense advice:

  1. *]do not to bed TO SLEEP.
    *]go to bed TO REST.
    *]you dont sleep so you are nervous and as you are nervous you do not sleep and as you do not sleep you become even more nerveous and the more nervous you are the less sleep you get and the less sleep you get the more vervous you are till it is…dawn.
    *]go to be rest. If you sleep or not, do not care. Relax your body, let yourr minds wander through good and bad throughts. Relax your body.
    *]If sleep comes, OK. If sleep does not come, OK. Do not get nervous.
    *]It is not because you are nervous that you sleep.
    *]No one sleeps MAKING AND EFFORT TO SLEEP.
    *]sleep comes naturally.
    *]Either comes or either comes not.
    *]You cannot do much about it. So, if you cannot do much about it, do not do much, or less or anything about it. Just relax.
    *]If you pull strong, you can lift a table. Sleep is not like that. IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON EFFORT.
    *]So, relax,…relax…relax…relax…relax…
    *]I am in yoga, and some person whom I gave yoga to(please, gimme a break, the yoga-haters!, not now, please!later on, it is ok): she said, only when I did yoga with you I realized that when I was in bed I was completely tense. She was lying in bed and yet, though she had a bed under her, she was in no position to fall on the floor, she was absolutely tense).
    *]So, learn to relax, relax, relax.
    *]If sleep comes, OK, if it doesn’t OK.
    *]Now you do not believe the last paragraph. Then, try getting nervous: it is better?
    *]If you relax, you may pass a night without sleep and you reach the other day pretty well, not bad.

    Now, you should treat your thoughts.
    I can guess what comes to your mind. I have seen dozen of cases like yours.
    But here it is not the place. Unless you treat those crazy thoughts of yours that give you anxiety, progress will be slow.

    God Bless you.
 
Pfaffenhoffen said:
I as for pills, are not you over-medicated? Is it so that your doctors knows about it all? Look, some chemicals interfere with others and it seems you are taking scientific medicine pills together with non-medical chemicals.

I would not dare to to that. Is not it a time to have a doctor sort it out all those chemicals? some maybe useful, some maybe neutral but, wtachout, some may be interfering with others in was that a person without training, like me, do not know.

Pills done.

Now, I am giving you some commons sense advice:

  1. *]do not to bed TO SLEEP.
    *]go to bed TO REST.
    *]you dont sleep so you are nervous and as you are nervous you do not sleep and as you do not sleep you become even more nerveous and the more nervous you are the less sleep you get and the less sleep you get the more vervous you are till it is…dawn.
    *]go to be rest. If you sleep or not, do not care. Relax your body, let yourr minds wander through good and bad throughts. Relax your body.
    *]If sleep comes, OK. If sleep does not come, OK. Do not get nervous.
    *]It is not because you are nervous that you sleep.
    *]No one sleeps MAKING AND EFFORT TO SLEEP.
    *]sleep comes naturally.
    *]Either comes or either comes not.
    *]You cannot do much about it. So, if you cannot do much about it, do not do much, or less or anything about it. Just relax.
    *]If you pull strong, you can lift a table. Sleep is not like that. IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON EFFORT.
    *]So, relax,…relax…relax…relax…relax…
    *]I am in yoga, and some person whom I gave yoga to(please, gimme a break, the yoga-haters!, not now, please!later on, it is ok): she said, only when I did yoga with you I realized that when I was in bed I was completely tense. She was lying in bed and yet, though she had a bed under her, she was in no position to fall on the floor, she was absolutely tense).
    *]So, learn to relax, relax, relax.
    *]If sleep comes, OK, if it doesn’t OK.
    *]Now you do not believe the last paragraph. Then, try getting nervous: it is better?
    *]If you relax, you may pass a night without sleep and you reach the other day pretty well, not bad.

    Now, you should treat your thoughts.
    I can guess what comes to your mind. I have seen dozen of cases like yours.
    But here it is not the place. Unless you treat those crazy thoughts of yours that give you anxiety, progress will be slow.

    God Bless you.
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  1. Thank you for taking the time to write this out but I am not nervous. Nervousness isn’t an issue.
    I only take three medications so I’m pretty sure I’m not overly medicated. The rest are vitamins and herbal supplements.
    Thanks for your prayers!
 
Thankfulness said:
We cannot give advice in Prayer Intentions,
nor can we give medical advice in CAF,
but with much sympathy, I will be praying for you.
May God help you to live and to sleep with peace
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Thanks for your prayers. I was asking for advice here because I wasn’t sure where else to go. 🙂
 
Have you actually had a sleep study? Where you go to a clinic and they attach you to electrodes and stuff to record brain waves and blood pressure and breathing? An actual medical diagnosis, such as apnea can then be addressed. Part of my problem had to do with the wrong medication.

I take Effexor like you, and once I started Seroquel 50 mg, my sleep problems resolved. I also have PTSD, and as a result, bad dreams.
 
PolishK said:
When I have to get up in the morning for work, it’s hard to get out of bed. I usually haven’t had an adequate amount of sleep, but after a few hours of being awake, I feel fine. I’ll be tired, but still have energy to get through my daily tasks. When night falls, though, I still can’t get to sleep even if I am exhausted.

When I DON’T have to get up and go to work, I sleep 10-12 hours! This isn’t including the hours it took me to fall asleep. 10-12 hours of pure sleep. When I wake up, I feel horrifically groggy as if someone has drugged me. I am lethargic throughout the day and can’t seem to get anything done. I’ve tried setting alarms to make sure I’m still waking up at a decent hour, but somewhere in the midst of my sleep, I must be turning them off as they sound.

Prayers and/or suggestions for this problem are truly appreciated!! Thank you!

Maybe you are not enjoying your work for some reason - it sounds like there may be an underlying /sub-conscious issue that you are not dealing with ?

Let us ask Mary to pray with us that whatever the cause of your problem, you may quickly be restored to a beautiful sleep pattern,
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Lord, please heal PolishK of her insomnia and give her strength, courage, peace and the deepest faith.

Our Father…
Hail Mary…
Glory be…

Amen.
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

May the most just, the most loveable, and the most high Will of God be done, be praised, be fulfilled in all things. Amen.
 
PolishK said:
Thank you for taking the time to write this out but I am not nervous. Nervousness isn’t an issue.
I only take three medications so I’m pretty sure I’m not overly medicated. The rest are vitamins and herbal supplements.
Thanks for your prayers!
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Ummmmmm, you will know…
You quote anxiety which I translated into nervousness: maybe it is a question of language as I am not English.
I doubt: many herbal supplements are just poison. And many people are over-vitaminated…I know of a person who was taking tea of the leaves of the olive tree which tend to lower the pressure…He entered once hospital with a too low blood pressure…
Doctors study for a reason…
Sorry for this last post…
My opinion, only…
 
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, or sought Thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To Thee do I come. Before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.”
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Sleep problems are perplexing! I deal with this, too, though many do, and especially women over 50. Are you in that category? (No need to tell, just asking.)

My doctor said I can actually be asleep and perceive to be awake, or at least semi-concious! Weird, huh? I believe that, as sometimes I fall asleep saying my rosary, thinking I’m still praying Hail Mary’s, knowing what decade I’m in, and when I do finally look at the time, it has been 2 hrs since I started. Well, I must have fallen asleep as I know it doesn’t take 2 hrs to say 2 decades of a rosary!

Getting a sleep lab done was suggested & that might be a good idea, though even with insurance coverage, this can be expensive.

Hope you get some resolution. Continuous lack of sleep is emotionally draining and can lead to depression.

Wondering if the Yaz could be disrupting your homonal balance – ask your doctor about that.

God bless,
Mimi
 
THANK YOU for your prayers! The past two nights have been better! I didn’t have to work over the weekend and still managed to get up, though Saturday morning was because an earthquake rattled me around… 😉

I wish I could get a sleep study done. My husband is in the military so we have government healthcare and things of this sort are not covered. It’s hard enough getting them to take you seriously over any medical condition!

I am not in the age 50 category. I’m only 27 but have suffered from this for a few years. The Yaz hasn’t affected it at all. I’ve only been taking that since September.

I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve been on vitamins and supplements, been off vitamins and supplements. That seems to make no difference.

My husband is coming home from a deployment this week. I’m wondering if his return will help me to sleep better?

Here’s hoping! Thank you all again for your prayers!! I am excited that I’ve slept better these past two nights.
 
PolishK said:
THANK YOU for your prayers! The past two nights have been better! I didn’t have to work over the weekend and still managed to get up, though Saturday morning was because an earthquake rattled me around… 😉

I wish I could get a sleep study done. My husband is in the military so we have government healthcare and things of this sort are not covered. It’s hard enough getting them to take you seriously over any medical condition!

I am not in the age 50 category. I’m only 27 but have suffered from this for a few years. The Yaz hasn’t affected it at all. I’ve only been taking that since September.

I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve been on vitamins and supplements, been off vitamins and supplements. That seems to make no difference.

My husband is coming home from a deployment this week. I’m wondering if his return will help me to sleep better?

Here’s hoping! Thank you all again for your prayers!! I am excited that I’ve slept better these past two nights.
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Greetings PolishK,

I am so thankful and grateful that the Lord has answered our prayers. Thanks for the great update. Should you ever wish me to pray for any other intentions please feel free to shoot me a Personal Message and I will be happy to pray for those intentions as well.

Have a blessed and peaceful week.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

May the most just, the most loveable, and the most high Will of God be done, be praised, be fulfilled in all things. Amen.
 
May the Lord Jesus Christ give you a restful and peaceful and blessed repose this night.
 
May the Lord Jesus Christ give you a restful and peaceful respose this night.
 
May the Lord Jesus Christ give you a restful repose this night.
 
May the Lord Jesus Christ give you a peaceful repose this night.
 
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