# Dealing with sleeplessness in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 12, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421 "2018-03-12T10:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/61 "2018-03-13T19:12:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Do you have any special techniques or tricks when you’re having trouble achieving slumber? Non-drug techniques, preferably. I don’t even know where did it end up, but a friend once gave me a (completely illegal of course) tape which always made me feel like I should apologize to David Bowie. The first song was some superlong, slow thing of his which did wonders for anything resembling insomnia. I could use it now that old age has apparently decided to mess up with my sleep rythms. I’ve celebrated the alignment of my being on this planet and more or less under my own power for 50 years, with St Pat’s, by having a honey-and-goatcheese flamenkuche and a glass of beer. Very nice beer and very nice combination, but since my tolerance for alcohol is below zero\*, right now my permanent earworm is a single song and that one my parents liked when I was little. [Very, very little](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvCiAAlhVs). I have to say, the LP I have in my house sounds a lot less scratched. - I drink alcohol about once a year, rarely more than a fifth+ of beer, and never when I have to drive, walk more than 100 meters, or spend time with people I dislike. - that’s metric, of course. 200ml. Don’t give a shit how much it’s in weird units. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/62 "2018-03-13T19:20:01Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > wallpaper is comin’ down and ceilin’s are bein’ painted. Are you using Michaelangelo’s Painting Co, or just going w/ a boring white? 😛 > [@Knight\_Of\_Few\_Words](#): > > Something that’s worked very well for me is that I try not to look at bright screens late at night. On my PC I run some software called f.lux which automatically makes the screen redder after sunset. Artificial blue light is particularly bad for [suppressing melatonin production](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/q-a-why-is-blue-light-before-bedtime-bad-for-sleep/). WooHoo! Fresh meat! Ummm, I mean, “Welcome, **Sir Monk** ” > [@Nava](#): > > - I drink alcohol about once a year, rarely more than a fifth+ of beer, and never when I have to drive, walk more than 100 meters, or spend time with people I dislike. So we’re **Flytrap** free for the day? :o Had NY Strip(per) steak for dinner last night; brought leftovers in for lunch, but forgot to bring the traveling steak knife in. The cheap-ass plastic knives we have here literally don’t cut it. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/63 "2018-03-13T19:21:41Z")
Dinner has been consumed; Amish noodles in garlic sauce. Not bad at all. Now for yet another romp through Da Jungle. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/64 "2018-03-13T19:50:37Z")
All the clothes are now in the closet where they reside. I even have ties, caps, and shoes organized and all neat. Wonder how long that will last. 😃 **Bumba** we are Whiskypalians. We would _never_ use a paper coaster. Why that’s right up there with eatin’ sallit with the fish fork! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/65 "2018-03-13T19:57:15Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’m also realizing I wake because I’m cold. Not shivering cold, just slightly chill, and often fetching another blanket and getting warmer puts me back to sleep. It’s a challenge though, as starting out with extra covers leads to night sweats, so it’s a fine balance. I’m still working at it, for sure. We keep an extra blanket flipped back on the bed, so we can just grab it if we get to cold, without really having to wake up. It’s already arranged lengthwise, if you can picture that, down the side of the bed. Poor Pooka Bear had a really rough night. He fell in the bathroom on the way to get some water, and could not get up. I was asleep, so it took me a few minutes to realize that the scrabbling noises were not him having a dream. He did it 3 more times during the night. ☹ This morning he seems fine, so I’m wondering if it’s a combination of low light and leg weakness. Poor guy. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/66 "2018-03-13T20:22:55Z")
Thanks. I’ve been feeling kinda depressed today because of the thumb tendinitis. Texted my conductor about it today, and asked if I could come to the rehearsal tomorrow anyway to help out, and he said yes. Was feeling kind of low-energy today because of the depression. Had a mid-afternoon coffee to see if I could reanimate myself a bit. As an aside, anyone else think the word “tendinitis” looks wrong? I want to spell it “tendonitis” because that has the word “tendon” in it. I should go grocery shopping so I actually have food for supper. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/67 "2018-03-13T20:40:44Z")
I think it looks wrong, too. You’re right - it does have tendon in it! Sushi for supper, strawberry cake for dessert. \*\*FCD \*\*took the truck in for a check engine light - turns out we had a stuck thermostat and some broken wires. So there’s $500 or so we didn’t budget for. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/68 "2018-03-13T20:58:50Z")
Evenin’ all. Not heard anything more about the soggy people downstairs, so I’m feeling slightly guilty about showering and stuff in case it’s just running down their walls. The NHS spells it tendonitis, my spellcheck disagrees. I know which I trust more for medical advice. So… should we be singing Feliz Navadad? I’ll get me coat. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/69 "2018-03-13T21:42:47Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > …As an aside, anyone else think the word “tendinitis” looks wrong? I want to spell it “tendonitis” because that has the word “tendon” in it. It us Latin, so someone will say we are spelling it incorrectly however we do it. Ixnay on the endinitisay. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/70 "2018-03-13T22:00:25Z")
**Midget** spell check sucketh mightily. Rest your hand now, and follow all recommendations. It’s not fun, but it prevents problems later. Do you have the option to visit a physical therapist and get some professional help on the tendonitis long-term? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/71 "2018-03-13T22:34:22Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > This is my non medicinal technique when I can’t get to sleep; > > First, lie NOT in the position you most comfortably sleep in. So, for me, I usually sleep on my side, so I start lying on my back. > > Second, fling off all the covers, except the sheet. > > Now, you lie in this, less than ideal, sleep position, without covers, until you are cold and feel you can’t lie in this position another moment! Then, in one smooth motion, shift into your preferred sleep position AND pull the covers over you. > > I find being in my fav position plus warming up from a chill a combo that usually sends me off to sleep very swiftly. Try it out! I gotta try that next time I can’t sleep! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/72 "2018-03-13T22:57:18Z")
We have supped. It was good. Tummies are happy. **Spidey** I opted for white ceilings. Frescoes are soooooo _passé_ for home décor these days. 😛 \*_Midget_ I agree tendinitis looks wrong. However, you take care of yours, OK? ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/73 "2018-03-13T23:58:36Z")
Take it easy on the wrist/thumb **emily**! {{{pooka}}} Fixin’ to play in teh studio and watch some NCIS. That is if a certain puppy will leave me rest from playing fetch. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/74 "2018-03-14T00:45:02Z")
Howdy all. Our new maid came today and did a great job. She is from somewhere in Yurp though hubby could not remember where exactly. Dang it, one must know these things. Anyway she will be coming every Wednesday. I just finally got laid down. Home at 6. Bratwurst cooked in beer cause tis easy. Not much cleanup. Tahred. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/75 "2018-03-14T01:27:20Z")
A little shopping and a hour or so coaching some 5-year old girls in soccer (they have so much fun but getting them all going in the right direction…). Not motivated to fix anything at home so I let the King of the Burgers take care of the evening eats. Relaxation follows. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/76 "2018-03-14T02:39:48Z")
Dinner is grilled cheese samichs & a 16oz [Bone Shaker](https://www.moatmountain.com/sites/default/files/imgs/BL16_BROWN_4pk-WEB.jpg) because I like big cans…& it’s something for our **Merging Mod**. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/77 "2018-03-14T02:42:02Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > A little shopping and a hour or so coaching some 5-year old girls in soccer (they have so much fun but getting them all going in the right direction…). Which is easier, herding small children or herding cats? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/78 "2018-03-14T04:18:34Z")
Canes blew a 3 goal lead with 10:00 left, Packers release Jordy Nelson, and worst of all, Stephen Hawkins has died.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/79 "2018-03-14T05:10:41Z")
I guess this will be a sleepless night. Tossing and turning. Dammit. Wide awake in the middle of the night. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421/80 "2018-03-14T09:52:34Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and clear (well, dark) with a predicted high of 59 and N.O.S. for the day. Highs will be back in the 70s by the weekend. Da cave remodel continues today. The measurin’ person from Home Despot will also show up to measure the floors. I need to go to the sto’ but that may or may not happen. Lots goin’ on! Tonight is soup 'n sammich over to the church house so that takes care of suppage. **Butters** hope you were able to get some sleep. Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, onward into the day! Happy Hump Day Y’all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-sleeplessness-in-the-mmp/810421.md?page=5)