[blparent] [Bulk] Re: question about insomnia

Tammy, Paul and Colyn tcl189 at rogers.com
Thu Mar 19 18:27:50 UTC 2009 

Hi,

I doubt you've got ppd since your only symptom seems to be your inability to 
sleep, but I would see a doctor if it continues.  It may be nothing, but it 
might be good to check it out just in case.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] question about insomnia


> The flip side of this is that if you can't sleep you may want to get
> screened for postpartum depression. The inability to sleep is a red flag
> and shouldn't be taken lightly.
> I do think Eileen is right, parents do have extra adrenalin though that
> shouldn't impact one's ability to sleep, the adrenaline  is more of a
> "baby's crying, I need to respond" type of kick.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Eileen
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:50 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question about insomnia
>
> Caffine stays in the body for quite a long time. I find drinking my
> caffine before noon allows me to have caffine but still not be wide
> awake at 3 AM in the morning.    For the afternoon I try to take in lots
> of hydrating drinks like water because a health letter once mentioned
> that dehydration  could  make  one sleepy. Well I know for sure
> dehydration can give me a head ache...
>
> Yeah I found nursing to be very helpful in getting to sleep, but those
> hormones will settle down in a month or two.  I read somewhere that new
> parents have higher adrenylin levels. That may certainly have accounted
> for some of my own sleepless nights with my first son. Number two has
> left me too exhausted to worry anymore.
> HTH,
> Eileen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:53 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question about insomnia
>
>
> Hi.  I tried melatonin at one point, but it didn't seem to work well
> with me, especially because I wasn't going to bed at the same time every
> night, which is part of what makes melatonin work.  The only thing I can
> think of that has changed since I stopped nursing is that I've been
> drinking coffee again, but I wasn't sensitive to it before.  Still, I
> feel like the walking dead, so I may try to cut back, or even cut out,
> coffee and see if that helps.
>
> Thanks,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one
> holds water."--Swedish proverb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question about insomnia
>
>
>> Jo Elizabeth,
>>
>> I'm not a mom and have not experienced your exact condition, but I
>> gather that your insomnia is more a part of your normal life and
>> thatyou had
> less
>> of a problem
>> when you were pregnant and nursing.  I know that it is common practice
> to
>> change one's diet during pregnancy and while nursing, so it would make
>
>> sense to look at
>> what you may have changed.  I don't know how deeply you have already
>> investigated your tendency toward insomnia so I don't want to tell you
> a
>> bunch of things
>> you already know, but looking at what you eat and drink when can be
> very
>> helpful.  I've dealt with it from time to time and have come to learn
> that
>> certain things very
>> definitely affect my ability to sleep.  Be very aware of your caffeine
>
>> intake as that can play the largest role.  If you are sensitive to
>> caffeine, you could be affected by many things besides coffee.
>> Caffeine can remain in your system for
> hours,
>> and even a little can affect some people so you have to experiment.  I
>
>> know people who
>> can drink a regular cup of coffee before going to bed and it has no
>> effect.  For myself, I can drink pretty much all the coffee I want
> before
>> noon without worrying, but
>> I have to be careful in the afternoon.  For some people, sugar can be
> as
>> bad as coffee.  Finally physical exercise too close to bed can leave
> one
>> wide awake.
>> Some recommend that one not do any significant excercise less than
> five
>> hours before going to sleep.  There can be other patterns that can
> effect
>> one's ability to
>> sleep as well.  The idea, for example, that a small glass of wine will
>
>> help you sleep doesn't always work.  I figured out, for example, that
> the
>> bowl of icecream that I
>> once enjoyed before bed was a very bad idea for me.
>>
>> There is a tendency for many to chalk up insomnia to not seeing light
>> and thereby having your biological clock out of sync with your day.
>> My experience has been that even doctors jump on this idea way too
>> quickly without working through other possibilities.  Whether blind or
>
>> not, over-the-counter melatonin helps some people.
>> it did not seem to help me when I was younger but seems to help now.
> For
>> me, a lot of insomnia has been the result of my having a sleepless
> night
>> or two and then
>> starting to expect and even worry about it falling into a pattern.
>> Breaking the pattern has often been the key.
>>
>> There is more that could be said, but I'll stop in case this is all
>> old news.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:10:01 -0600, Jo Elizabeth Pinto wrote:
>>
>>>Hi.  It's one o'clock in the morning, and I'm dead tired and wide
>>>awake--again.  I struggled with insomnia before I got pregnant, but
> the
>>>whole time I was carrying
>> and then nursing, it seemed like I could go to sleep if I just stayed
>> still for a moment.  As soon as I stopped nursing, bam!  No more
> peaceful
>> sleep.  I'm wondering if
>> any of you other moms experience anything like that.  I get my best
> work
>> done at night, but all this wakefulness makes me feel like the walking
>
>> dead.
>>
>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>
>>>"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one
>>>holds water."--Swedish proverb
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