I don’t need a Fitbit to tell me much quality sleep I get. I can tell you right now.
When I finally fall asleep, I sleep hard. I dream a lot. I usually have at least 2 to 3 REM cycles a night. I wake up around 11:30 or midnight to use the restroom (TMI? Sorry) and I’ve already been dreaming. I sleep until about 3am then I wake up again (bathroom break, I’m very well hydrated!) and I’ve had another dream. By the time I get up at 6am I’m dreaming something else entirely. I sleep well.
But the trick is, I have to actually FALL asleep! I have the worst time shutting off my brain and falling asleep. I take melatonin at night to help speed things along, but I usually take around 45 minutes to an hour to fall asleep once I’m in bed. It sucks and I don’t understand why. I exercise in the morning. I don’t drink any caffeine, ever! I don’t watch TV in bed and I try to quit using my phone at least 30 minutes before I go to bed.
Imagine my horror when last night, after that awful migraine I COULDN’T FALL ASLEEP! I was in bed at 8:45pm. My eyes were burning and I was tired and ready for sleep. But sleep evaded me. I took my melatonin. An hour later I added a benedryl. An hour after that I was crying from lack of sleep and the migraine, so I downed some Nyquil and hoped for the best.
And finally, I slept.
That cocktail of drugs did the trick and when my morning producer called at 4am I felt like my brain was foggy. Our morning meteorologist had car troubles and couldn’t make it in. So they needed to call someone in. Neither of our fill-in’s answered so I stumbled downstairs and woke up the roomie and she headed into work. It took my about 30ish minutes to fall back asleep.
I got about 6 hours of sleep last night. That is not enough for me. I’ve gotten that many hours each of the last 3 nights. No wonder I got a migraine! I need sleep.
Fingers crossed for good sleep tonight! I need it.
Runnin' Down a Dream 