Oh, how I wish I were a bear! I could hibernate all winter and no one would think it was strange. First of course I would eat double my weight in food in the fall, and then find a nice cozy cave and warm blankets and just drift off into wonderful sleep.
Back to reality. I'm not a bear! I only have Chronic Fatigue with Fibromyalgia so I just WANT to sleep the whole winter away. The one big problem is I don't sleep at night! So I've come up with a good solution. Sleep when I feel like it.
So far it looks like this:
The day begins (not really) at 5 in the morning when I stiffly get off the bed, grab a pain pill and allergy pill, get the heating pad and put it on my back. Fall asleep till 7 or 8.
Get off the couch, go back to bed. Sleep until 11.
Force FORCE myself to get up and get a shower. Get dressed. Feed the cats. Fall asleep on the couch sitting up till 1.
The afternoon is BEARABLE until about 4:00. Absolutely can't stay awake so I crawl back into bed for a couple hours.
Eat something for supper. Stay awake until 9:00. Fall asleep unable to keep my eyes open until-what time is it now? 11:00pm. Awake, don't feel too bad.
Now the question, should I take this wonderful feeling that I have for the first time today and take a sleeping pill or muscle relaxer to force myself to go to bed at what society calls a decent hour? Or should I try to accomplish everything I couldn't do all day so I can catch up. If I force myself to sleep, I will still be the same way tomorrow. If I don't, I will still be the same way tomorrow.
I would like to know what you would do!
"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone." — Audrey Hepburn, actress and philanthropist
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