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I am fairly amazed by this - I got 7 1/2 hours sleep one night recently and woke up feeling good - it's been so long since I woke up feeling good that I waited for awhile for the pain to hit, but it didn't. I had to take cold medicine that night because my sinuses were stuffed up because of allergies - it has some anti-histamine, the bottle warns that it causes drowsiness so I took a children't dose. I had only been getting 4 1/2 to 5 hours a night. I'm trying to get more. I'm not going to make it tonight, it's 1:13 and here I am ... but I'll keep trying and see if it's consistent. Do any of you find that sleep or lack of sleep affects your pain level? Peggy
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That's a big YES from me @pfbacon . Yay for your good nights sleep Peggy! My so called better days are typically driven by a solid nights sleep. It rejuvenates the nerves and allows for some body healing. For the most part I can sleep through the night now, it's getting to sleep with pain that's the problem, then waking up in pain. I take an extra strength dose of THC in chewable form, before bed. That and hydrocodone usually work to settle it so I can fall asleep. Here's the catch though...if I'm in my bed...I know I'm waking in terrible back pain thats why I'm back and forth between my recliner and bed. My husband says to just sleep in the chair but I keep trying the bed...it's been 3 years of this now. My psyche needs a bed but my body doesn't. Weird.
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@pfbacon Same here when I get a good full 7-8 hrs I feel good and Benedryl will do this But burny legs and cold feet keep me up my legs ,feet need to be warm I will apply a cool washcloth to the burn helps alot This helps me .
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I go to bed very early every day, usually at 6PM. I am most comfortable when I lie down and get out of my wheelchair. I usually fall asleep by 7 and I wake up around 10:30 because my legs are on fire. I take off the covers and I lie on top of the blankets until I can take my next dose of Tizanidine and gabapentin and a dose of THC medical marijuana at midnight. The meds put me back to sleep by 12:30. I sleep until about 4:30 when the fire in my legs wakes me up again. I lie on top of the blankets and that makes the pain go away until I take my next pain meds at 6 AM. My legs don’t like to be touched by sheets and a blanket, but I need to be warm, so I try to sleep with covers. Right now, I am lying on top of the blankets and my leg pain is about a 2 on the pain scale. I wear shorts at home all day because my legs are on fire if I try to wear slacks. They can’t stand to be touched by fabrics.
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