Yawn ..cant sleep !

[KICKSTART]

And for once its not because of noise! For the past few days i haven't slept well , if at all. The best way to describe it is apart from being restless, i feel like i am overheating. I have left a fan on all night which usually helps. Usually if i dont sleep at night i can 'cat-nap' in the daytime , bit i cant even do that atm ! I have tried all the things 'normal' folk do to get a good nights sleep but they are not working for me. Sleeping tablets are not an option at the moment , even if our doctors did hand them out (which they dont) Any suggestions ?

[LightLizard]

i've had the sanme problem, off and on, for awhile now.
what i find is that it's more that my mind won't shut down enough to let me drift off.
what works for me, sometimes, is to lay there and do some deep, gentle breathing for awhile.
then, i try to just observe what my eyes are seeing behind my closed eyelids. often, what happens is that shapes and forms emerge from the depth of my subconscious. sometimes, there are absolutely stunning scenes that i can't imagine where, in my mind, they could possibly come from.
as i continue to simply watch for whatever shape might appear, i fall asleep.
it doesn't work all of the time, but enough that i think it's worth sharing, obviously.

love

~LL~

[keefer51]

How about a small glass of warm milk?

[KICKSTART]

Thanks guys , but its actually the 'overheating' thats the problem . Its like my skin is on fire , but i dont sweat at all , i just feel very hot to the touch. No i dont have a fever , during the day i am fine , its always at night i get this heat thing . If i am really really cold , like shivering cold , i can sleep , but i cant make it that cold atm even with the fan blowing.

[MyssAnne]

KS, I'm having those too, I get so hot even a fan blowing on me doesn't help. Sometimes drinking a bottle of ice cold water will hlep, but that's not a definite solution. I'm sorry, it's a pain in the tush, quite frankly, especially when you're so tired to begin with.

[kitkatz]

When I get so hot that I can no longer stand it, I take a freezer bag out of the cupboard and put some ice in it and seal it and place it on my neck, back, arm pits, wrists. I will lay on the bed with it on the chest and abdomen.  Oh it helps cool me down finally.  I have gone to bed with the icepack on me when we had no air conditioning in the house. Give it a whirl.

[KICKSTART]

Thanks guys , i just wonder what causes it ? During the day i am fine , it ALWAYS starts at night and i know its not the weather here that does it ! I dont get too hot during the day , is it common to dialysis ? Or am i just hot stuff ? 

[MyssAnne]

KS,  I wondered if it was hotstuff too, but it is odd it only comes late afternoon/evening. Kit, I like your idea of the ice pack. I'm gonna give that a whirl, when I go home!