# Oh, my fucking gawd does insomnia suck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378 "2020-08-18T06:25:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/102 "2020-11-07T13:35:59Z")
I have bad sleeping problems in summer, especially whenever I’ve lived far north. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/103 "2020-11-08T17:33:56Z")
It’s odd. Now that I’m working from home, I get up around 3:30am even on weekends. And so can’t stay awake past about 8pm. My Wife is on this schedule too (she kinda started it). And now the dogs are as well. It’s ok, I get enough sleep, but that’s a little bit early for me. When I used to go into work/office, I would get up at 5:15am. That was ok, but always liked to sleep in a little bit. I did not expect this at all. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/104 "2020-11-08T22:30:05Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I don’t know anyone as old as me who still has a regular period, and lots of women significantly younger who are safely on the other side of menopause. FWIW, I still had regular periods until about 55. Then, they got a bit irregular, and for fewer days, but (not to be too graphic) chunkier than usual. I don’t think I completely stopped my periods until 57-58. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/105 "2020-11-08T22:34:38Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > This might help just a little…I used to get horrible migraines in my younger years. Haven’t had a single one since I went post menopause. I do get mild ocular migrains, but those are a walk in the park compared to what used to happen. I know other women who had migraines stop or lessen and one other woman who no longer has RLS. Oh, I sooooo hoped for this when a supermarket clerk told me that her migraines stopped post menopause. Especially since I had had a migraine that day and had just barfed in the parking lot. No such luck. I still get migraines 10 yrs past menopause, but they’ve mostly been a little less severe (I haven’t barfed in years). But. I still get them when I’m under a lot of pressure, and I still need to keep my sumitriptan prescription up-to-date. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/106 "2020-11-10T02:37:10Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > For quieting my mind I just try to daydream. Anything but thinking about real life. Yeah. I’ve said for decades that the brain is a MORON. Pity we can’t bottle the driving-hypnosis thing. Since I’ve learned to use audiobooks etc. as a sleep aid I don’t usually have that much trouble falling (or staying) asleep, but if it were not for Modern Pharmaceuticals, I wouldn’t be able to drive more than an hour safely no matter how much sleep I’ve had. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/107 "2021-03-26T06:08:09Z")
Urgh. Insomnia does indeed suck. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/108 "2021-03-26T06:18:02Z")
My fall-back is just watch TV or read till I pass out. I figure if I can’t sleep I may as well be entertained. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378/109 "2021-03-26T06:21:50Z")
Good tip. Browsing a message board on my phone is probably a mistake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-gawd-does-insomnia-suck/918378.md?page=5)