The elusive weight loss ingredient...

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  • groomchick
    groomchick Posts: 610 Member
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    he, he... I believe we should all have a nice morphine drip at all times!! But Seriously now, I have a lot of the same issues...lately have been using a little tylenol pm on occasion. Tried the melatonin and it only worked a couple of times. I would talk to your doctor...sleep deprivation is the worst and really wreaks havoc on the body! Good Luck!
  • anyonebutmehaha
    anyonebutmehaha Posts: 174
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    sleep in back guest bedroom, put on white noise, and wear ear plugs, hang a "do not disturb" sign on doorknob, and lock the bedroom door?
  • nygiantschick
    nygiantschick Posts: 289 Member
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    That was a funny story-but not funny. I sleep alone and have battled insomnia so I understand the desire for a good night's sleep. I'm finally to the point where I get good sleep at night I'd say 90% of the time. Looks like your husband has the solution-go sleep in the other room before he get's in there!! Let the snorer, the kickers and the licker all stay together in that room!!!

    Seriously- I hope you get a solution soon because aside from losing weight, you just need sleep to be able to function day-to-day!!!
  • aecmagn
    aecmagn Posts: 30 Member
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    ACK!!
    LOOKING AT my smartphone, I see I performed an internet search about SNORING (as in stopping your husband from doing so) at 1:30, 2, and 3:20 this morning.
    Sleep deprivation stinks.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    Take advantage of the kids' time at their grandparents', and pop in some earplugs. Lock yourself in the spare room, and ignore everything! You might try a couple of gravol/dramamine. I take them for sleep, and they wear off by morning.

    And don't drink too much water before bed!
  • empc
    empc Posts: 88 Member
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    Oh my! Glad this did not end with you smothering the big guy. Last glass of water no later than 7PM or even 6. Agree that you should be the one to go in the spare room. Or at least take turns with it.
  • Suziq2you
    Suziq2you Posts: 396 Member
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    And my husband gets up at weird hours to go do his business, but he does one better and turns on the radio, LOUD. =/

    I would SO be doing something to that radio! My husband snores horribly. I could hear him through the closed door. I can hear him when I get up, close our bedroom door and go down the hall and sleep on the couch. No one should be able to make that much noise with just their nose! I've considered inserting peanut M&M's into his nostrils on occasion. He doesn't think that's funny.

    As a wife of a snorer...I think the peanut M&M's are VERY funny:laugh:

    Ditto!!
  • savlyon
    savlyon Posts: 474 Member
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    Seriously...put the dog in the kennel, take the kids back to their bed (tell them they can have a treat in the morning) and do something about that hubby. Have you gone to a sleep specialist? My daughter used to sleep with me, but I finally kicked her out. If the dog didn't lie completely still I'd kick him too. Fortunately (??) no hubby for me to worry about.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    Seriously...put the dog in the kennel, take the kids back to their bed (tell them they can have a treat in the morning) and do something about that hubby. Have you gone to a sleep specialist? My daughter used to sleep with me, but I finally kicked her out. If the dog didn't lie completely still I'd kick him too. Fortunately (??) no hubby for me to worry about.

    I agree. Time for some tough love.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
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    You're braver than I am. I would have killed myself or strangled the little rugrats to death by now if it were me. I am thankful every day that I do not have kids or pets! Luckily white noise and earplugs works decently enough against the wife's snoring too.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
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    There are some great suggestions on here. Thanks guys. I will definitely be checking some of these out. And I did have a very serious and grumpy talk with the small fry about why gramma has her own bed and why they have theirs.
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
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    She does not understand that sleep is my fondest desire. The elusive, mythical state that I have heard about and long to attain.
    If you want a good night's sleep you need to take responsibility for the things that are keeping you awake and deal with them.

    Getting a good night's sleep isn't an optional extra, a nice thing to have, it is vital to physical and mental wellbeing. My comments below might seem harsh, but it sounds like you need a wake up call. <-- Wake up call, get it? :bigsmile:
    So till she gets her car fixed, we have a 5 AM wake up. This morning she's off, so we decided to sleep in until 7:30
    Tell her to get her car fixed. Straight away. She is taking advantage of your willingness to help her and you are letting her. Give her a deadline.
    An hour later my husband is up, turning on the bathroom light in our room (couldn't use the hallway bathroom?) and making all sorts of noises in there. This is the third night in a row.
    Tell him, kindly but firmly, that you need your sleep and that you want him to come to bed at the same time that you do.
    .time to get rid of more of the WATER. Another trip to the bathroom.
    Don't drink a lot straight before bed. If a woman is having to get up in the night to pee, she's probably drinking more than she needs. Do some research on the "Eight Glasses a Day" thing (water in foods counting etc) before getting sucked into having more than you need.
    .the idiot who works weird hours is up walking his dog in the school yard across the street. He is whistling for his dog. Both my dogs go nuts.
    Go see him, don't be nasty, but ask him very nicely if he could keep the noise down at that time because you're having a lot of trouble sleeping. Chances are he doesn't know he's waking people up.
    4:00...my just turned 3 year old granddaughter wanders in.."Can I sleep in you bed?"
    So where did your grandkids get the idea that it's okay to wake the adults up in the middle of the night? Three is old enough to learn rules, and staying in their room at night is one I'd be teaching them pdq.
    At this point I was sandwiched between my grandson and my dog. <snip> The dog has gotten down and is now under the bed making annoying licky noises.
    Your DOG is in your bedroom? Are you really serious about getting a good night's sleep?
    My husband flips and flops in the bed across the hall. After 10 minutes I tell him I will sleep in there. He says he's fine, then proves it by beginning to snore 10 minutes later.
    Get him to a snoring clinic, almost every case can be prevented, but you do need to find the cause.

    I feel for you, I really do, but you're making a rod for your own back here.
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
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    And people wonder why women murder their husbands.
  • Suziq2you
    Suziq2you Posts: 396 Member
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    She does not understand that sleep is my fondest desire. The elusive, mythical state that I have heard about and long to attain.
    If you want a good night's sleep you need to take responsibility for the things that are keeping you awake and deal with them.

    Getting a good night's sleep isn't an optional extra, a nice thing to have, it is vital to physical and mental wellbeing. My comments below might seem harsh, but it sounds like you need a wake up call. <-- Wake up call, get it? :bigsmile:
    So till she gets her car fixed, we have a 5 AM wake up. This morning she's off, so we decided to sleep in until 7:30
    Tell her to get her car fixed. Straight away. She is taking advantage of your willingness to help her and you are letting her. Give her a deadline.
    An hour later my husband is up, turning on the bathroom light in our room (couldn't use the hallway bathroom?) and making all sorts of noises in there. This is the third night in a row.
    Tell him, kindly but firmly, that you need your sleep and that you want him to come to bed at the same time that you do.
    .time to get rid of more of the WATER. Another trip to the bathroom.
    Don't drink a lot straight before bed. If a woman is having to get up in the night to pee, she's probably drinking more than she needs. Do some research on the "Eight Glasses a Day" thing (water in foods counting etc) before getting sucked into having more than you need.
    .the idiot who works weird hours is up walking his dog in the school yard across the street. He is whistling for his dog. Both my dogs go nuts.
    Go see him, don't be nasty, but ask him very nicely if he could keep the noise down at that time because you're having a lot of trouble sleeping. Chances are he doesn't know he's waking people up.
    4:00...my just turned 3 year old granddaughter wanders in.."Can I sleep in you bed?"
    So where did your grandkids get the idea that it's okay to wake the adults up in the middle of the night? Three is old enough to learn rules, and staying in their room at night is one I'd be teaching them pdq.
    At this point I was sandwiched between my grandson and my dog. <snip> The dog has gotten down and is now under the bed making annoying licky noises.
    Your DOG is in your bedroom? Are you really serious about getting a good night's sleep?
    My husband flips and flops in the bed across the hall. After 10 minutes I tell him I will sleep in there. He says he's fine, then proves it by beginning to snore 10 minutes later.
    Get him to a snoring clinic, almost every case can be prevented, but you do need to find the cause.

    I feel for you, I really do, but you're making a rod for your own back here.

    Cool. Finally someone that has all the answers.

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