Can't Sleep

[Kaycee]

Well it is nearly 3am in the morning and I can't sleep.

I think it is one of those nights, where I have been glutened as I have been tossing and turning, and had a couple of stomach issues previously, as in yesterday.

It is so quiet, I can even hear the cat snore! Not even the teenage boys are awake.

So I am up, don't want to toss and turn all night and keep hubby awake, so I switch on the computer, I have checked through celiac.com and read what I want, and now want to know what else to do.

What are your favourite internet sites? Mine are, well the most visited would be this one, my internet banking site (to check on my millions, I wish) Coronation street updates from the UK as we are nearly two years behind. Then there is trademe.co.nz. Still this all sounds pretty boring, and with the world at my fingertips, surely I can find some other sites to visit.

I ask the teenage boys for ideas, but they come up with some weird ones, (and not porn either, just weird got to be in the mood for sites) ones that I won't even think of going to.

Catherine

[Guhlia]

I suffer from insomnia, even when not glutened. I found a secret remedy though. Well, it works for me anyway. I have a little handheld PC (like Palm) and it has a solitaire game on it. Looking at that little screen makes my eyes so tired that I fall asleep. Sometimes I have to play for an hour to get tired, but eventually it always puts me to sleep. I don't think I've been up past 3am since I bought the thing. Perhaps something like this would help you too?

[plantime]

When I can't sleep, I play games on Pogo. I also save link people give on the board in my favorites folders, and browse them then. Insomnia was the pits, it used to drive me insane, until I had an appointment with a sleep specialist. She explained sleep cycles so well, that I now understand what my body is doing and why. If insomnia is chronic, try seeing a sleep specialist.

[Kaycee]

My insomnia is not chronic, I wouldn't even call it insomnia. Just occassionally, esp if I have eaten anything a bit dodgy, like gluten, I find it very tough to sleep restfully. So I would rather get up and do something quietly.

On another matter, does anyone know what component of chocolate would be the bit that keeps me awake and have bad dreams? Is it the caffeine, (but a cup of coffee at night does not even bother me), or is it the sugar content? Or is there something else I am missing? I know it is not gluten, as the manufacturers, Cadbury state there is no gluten in it!

Thanks for your replies.

Catherine

[LKelly8]

It might just be eating too close to bedtime. An overactive GI tract can keep you awake. You don't have reflux or GERD?

Here's a website I browse through when I can't sleep . . .

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[Canadian Karen]

I am up through the night on a regular basis, as my collagenous colitis seems to be nocturnal and most active during the night.

I love to go onto www.todaysparent.com, go into the forums, and check out what's going on in there. It's actually really entertaining. Especially the "News and Views" section, there are always really good debates going on in there. Also the "Sex and Relationships" section is always really interesting to read (it's nice to know that other couples have difficulties too, does that sound mean??? ) Of course, being a mother of four, there are other areas that I like to go into to get some great tips. I have belonged to that community for years and have made some wonderful friends there.....

Hugs!

Karen