Why Am I Not Sleeping

Am I going to die from not sleeping?

i used to have an obsession where i was terrified that i would die from lack of sleep; i drove myself and my family crazy. i was so convinced lack of sleep would kill me. then i realised you cant die from lack of sleep. literally your body will just shut down anyway and you will fall asleep and even when you cant sleep you go through brief periods of micro sleep which is like your dozing off for a few seconds and then you jolt awake.

i think the more you worry about it, the less you'll be able to sleep. i would stay awake worrying why i couldnt sleep. dont worry about it, everyone goes through periods where they cant sleep properly, there isnt always a reason. just relax before bed, read a book or cuddle up with a pet if you have one and think about nice things in bed. when i cant sleep i think about my favourite tv shows and characters in my head or think about what i want to succeed in 10 years. if you cant sleep, dont stress. you'll fall asleep eventually. you cannot die from lack of sleep unless you have this rare disease called fatal familial insomnia which is really RARE and is genetic so you would know if you had it but its sooo sooo sooo rare, like only 30 families in the world have it. its a disease where you cant sleep at all. dont google is because i did and it terrified me and made my obsession worse. other than that no one dies from lack of sleep. my mum couldnt sleep for 14 years because she had a disabled child who kept her up in the night and she'd only had 2 or 3 hours of sleep and she survived. relax its going to be OK. relax before bed time and enjoy being in a warm bed and thinking nice things. hope i helped :)

Am i a bad mother for not co-sleeping?

No way does not co-sleeping make you a bad mom. Where they sleep is dependent on what is most comfortable for you and safest for the baby. I just had my son in Janurary and for the first two weeks we slept together on the couch because I couldn't lay down comfortably and he wasnt comfortable in his bassinet but by week two it was getting uncomfortable for me and I had fears of suffocating him in my sleep and so we got him to sleep by letting him sleep in his carseat. After a week of that he actually started sleeping in his crib because that was where he fell asleep the best. And now he is actually sleeping through the night. Co-sleeping with me and my husband was not a good idea for our son because my husband tosses and turns so much in his sleep he would have suffocated or crushed our son. I included a link to the a an article from parenting magazine on the co-sleeping debate to give you more info. But overall not co-sleeping does not make you a bad mom. Its just a matter of personal choice.

Why can I not sleep without a sleeping mask?

I hate sleeping without a fan. Even in the dead of winter, I want my fan. If I am sleeping somewhere away from home, I miss it. In fact, the two other rooms I usually sleep in at other people's houses now feature fans because of me. I have woken up when the power goes out because my fan shuts off.

Why am I so in tune with fans? Because I'm used to having one. It's a habit. I am used to the noise and movement of air.

The same goes for my husband. When we started sharing a bed, I thought I would kill him in the night. He was constantly touching me. He was too warm. He was in the way of where I wanted to sleep. 11 years later and now I am not only used to him being there, it is much more difficult to sleep without him in the bed.

I would imagine that your attachment to the mask is the same. Your body has become used to the darkness it creates, the pressure of it against your face, etc. Our bodies like routine. That is why you will find people with bedtime rituals like brushing their teeth, reading for a little while, etc. Doing those things and thinking sleepy thoughts gets them ready to lay down for the night. You are trained to go to sleep when the mask goes on. Without the mask, your body is missing its usual cues that bedtime has arrived.

The only way to train yourself to sleep without a mask is to start sleeping without it. Your body will readjust after a few nights of getting used to the new situation. You may want to spend some time making your room as dark as you can to help. But really, if the mask helps you out that much you don't have to get rid of it. Who cares if you look silly if you're sleeping well.

Not sleeping the night before surgery bad?

It makes no difference at all. General anesthesia isn't sleep, for one thing, it just looks like it. You will wake up just fine after the surgery.

I am 13 weeks pregnant and not sleeping well at all, any ideas for remedies to fix this problem?

I have tried Benadryl, Unisom, drinking some milk before bedtime, I bought a memory foam pillow, I have tried a hot shower before bed, etc etc. I still wake up many times throughout the night and then once morning comes, it is very difficult to drag myself out of bed due to exhaustion. This is my second pregnancy and I didn't experience any of this with my first one. Please advise me of any ideas you have to help with this or if you have experienced this yourself what you did to get more sleep. No sarcastic answers here please such as wait until you have the baby etc. because that is an obvious solution.