Diffculty getting any sleep...I'm disturbed

**Anaida** · 09-17-2011 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by CHANDLERS WISH

Definately a "nap" is good for you..The Europeans close shop at 3am in the afternoon and re-open at 5am or at least they used to, people would go home and get a short nap, and refresh and go until 10pm.. I remember feeling so refreshed I spent months over there.

Having said that, 2 hrs or 3 hrs is not a nap and it definately puts your sleeping pattern out of wack.. A nap is 20 - 30 minutes tops, you are not supposed to go into a deep sleep, it's a bit like meditation, you drift to a comfortable spot but awake fresh.. I would honestly suggest you don't do this anymore , 20 mins to 30 mins tops

Having cravings for fast food usually equates to needing comfort. It's comfort food to replace the "down" feeling you are having however, everything you stated you ate in one day? Is all rich in spices and fattening

I would agree with Mes that your body's screaming for nutrition and can no longer take the spicy foods, you more than likely have developed a weak stomach, therefore this tends to bring on IBS which can last a month, and all of that is bought on by too much stress...

Re:- the lump I would get that checked out, any lump is not worth ignoring.

What can you do to relieve the stress factor?

Try thinking positive and give yourself one week to eat only good things, even if you have to prepare it yourself, salads, vegetables, avoid cheese, dairy for that week, avoid oil and fatty foods, and only eat a small portion of red meat, white meat, fish is fine...Sleep only for that 20 to 30 minutes during the day, and see what comes of that.

Imagine, sleeping 3 hrs is almost half of the night sleep, so your body has had enough that's why you can't sleep until wee hours and only for short periods...

What you say just might be the case. Well, the nap of 3 hours hasn't really affected me all that much so far, although its usually 1 and a half hours.

Yeah, I was feeling down and out for a few weeks , starting from the last week of August, I don't know why. I just moved around feeling down and disinterested without any particular reason, and you're right, I'd developed a crazy craving for fast food, including junk food. I remember I stuffed myself with all sorts of tangs, before I started getting gas attacks two weeks ago. I still can't say I've gotten out of it completely. For some reason, I feel like coiling up to myself all the time.

PS: I'm sleeping fine at night, like before, though the trauma of that sleepless night just refuses to leave me! :'(

**CHANDLERS WISH** · 09-17-2011 04:37 AM

Ask yourself what is the stress you are feeling?

You are sleeping again, that suggests it's not a disorder rather, a shirt load of un-happiness, pacing, worrying, needed comfort food but you've settled as you are sleeping again.

What is the trauma?

**Treatments** · 09-27-2011 12:56 AM

Try to think positive and give yourself one week to eat only good things, even if you have to prepare it yourself, salads, vegetables, avoid cheese, dairy for that week, avoid oil and fatty foods, and only eat a small portion of red meat, white meat etc. Sleep only for that 20 to 30 minutes during the day, and see what comes of that.