Were you the same prior to Fibromyalgia?
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Members reflected on their sleep patterns, with many noting that fibromyalgia significantly altered their natural rhythms, turning former... Read more
I've always been a night owl. I could never figure out how people could wake up bright eyed. I struggled all through my adult life. I knew the deepest sleep I got was between 5 am & 9am. My boss would say just go to bed earlier. By my 50s I was waking every hour & a half. Then I'd be awake for a couple of hours solving all the world's problems, sleep again and repeat. It wasn't until my doc gave me Ambien that I actually slept Wishing I'd had it during my working years. Then came laws you couldn't have both sleeping pills & pain meds. I chose pain. So back no sleeping. About 3 years ago told my new doc I didn't sleep so he sent me to a sleep test. He said I didn't get deep enough to even record. Have sleeping pills again, relaxed the law some. But mornings are when my fibro hurts the worst. So I take at 2 to 10. I still wake but can go back to sleep easier. Still sleep deepest from 5 to 10. It is the coolest part of the day.
I was put on sleeping pills at age 8. My parents wanted to get some rest.
Neither. I'm a sleepaholic!๐
Iโm a night owl since I was told I had Fibro before that I went to bed early of course I had to get up and get ready to be at work by 5:45am!
Night owl all my life.