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…if only I could.

I’ve been having a really terrible bout of insomnia lately, and I’m not sure why. It started a couple of weeks ago, when I was having some medical issues (turned out to be nothing urgent, but it took a little while to find that out.) It made sense that I wasn’t sleeping then, because I was worried. I’d crawl into bed, willing sleep to take me, but it always drifted just out of reach.

Once I found out I was okay, though, I thought the insomnia would end. I had nothing else on my mind really, so why wouldn’t it? But here it is, more than 2 weeks later, and every night’s still a battle to reach the land of sleep. I’m staying up later, until I’m exhausted, which seems to be the only way to minimize hours of tossing and turning. The down side is that I don’t want to wake up from the little bit of sleep I do end up getting. *sigh*

It’s now 2:31AM. I have to be up for work in about 5 and a half hours, six if I can rush myself while getting ready tomorrow. I seem to be getting through the days okay, but these nights are brutal! I’ve got to figure something out.

What do YOU do when you can’t sleep? Do you have any night-tine rituals? Any special remedies that seem to do the trick? Drop me a comment and let me know what works for you!