Things that frustrate us all
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Poised in contempt and waiting to sleep where nothing ever worked to get me to sleep and nothing will put me out such that sometimes I create sounds that have so much energy and I don't sleep for days... ;( poised in contempt of sleep ... my shattered dreams await me in the deeper hells that I have never known... no one can cause my hell worse then me and this mind of mine. on the lighter side it is close to normal sleep time again= like 9pm or something like that ....
At some point later in the wait to be tired enough to sleep and to sleep.. usually over 1.5 days awake which it has been now .. I get the little bugs on the skin biting me - hallucinations which does not help to fall asleep yet the longer I am awake the ... more I hallucinate the little bugs to where I will not only feel them but see them .. ahhh and then to sleep ... mmm yet so what ... I get more done and the bugs that bite are not real ... all in my mind,,. ever get that? no never heard that happening across the board or across the planet so mmmmm soo so so what i find my uniqueness appalling somehow.
I've been having trouble sleeping for the last few months. Something happened that started the problem but that situation is better now yet I'm still not sleeping well.
I've found that sometimes it seems to take the body longer to realize things have settled down than the mind. It's odd and unfortunate. Sorry you're dealing with this.
That sucks,man. I've been there--been a life-long problem for me. Have you tried looking at your nighttime habits--diet, activity, etc? When I've had troubles, sometimes a hot shower before bed, or soaking my hands in warm water before bedtime would help. I also have to be mindful of when I drink caffeine or how much sugar I have at night.
I've tried a bunch of things. The only thing that works a little is if I take 2 Benadryls. If I'm not thinking too much and actually getting some sleep then I sometimes have nightmares. I used to lay down and be asleep when I hit the pillow.
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Benadryl puts me out at night, too, but it raises my blood pressure so I stopped taking it.
It's always something, isn't it? I didn't know about it affecting blood pressure.
Doh. I meant LOWERED my blood pressure. Freudian slip. I'm reviewing some work right now and THAT raises my blood pressure. 
Lower it with some Benadryl! 
Dealing with a nearly intolerable co-worker. Yesterday, she so thoroughly enraged a patron (with inexcusably rude and condescending behavior) that it was about to devolve to physical violence, no exaggeration or hyperbole on my part. I had to stop what the Branch Manager had told me to work on, intervene, handle the patron's VERY simple request, calm her down so that she wouldn't do something stupid and get herself arrested, explain to the supervisor of another department why the woman was screaming up at the Circ desk that my co-worker is, "an evil piece of shit who needs to be fired, or killed," her words, and somehow manage to get her to leave without having to force her or get law enforcement involved. She hugged me before she left. I really hate physical contact from people I don't know, but I was so relieved she wasn't ranting and leaving the building furious that it didn't bother me as much as it might have otherwise.
I then had to write up a very detailed incident report at the request of the Branch manager. The really sucky thing is that as much as I dislike this co-worker, I have been watching her swirling the drain of self-destructive behavior at work for some time now. The departure of our direct supervisor has sent that waaaay into overdrive to a distressing degree. I hate to see anybody self sabotage like that, regardless of personal feelings. If she wasn't the sort of person who pretty much does the exact opposite of sensible advice anybody gives her, I'd take her aside and say something. As it is, that would only escalate the problem. I really hope they settle this staffing situation soon. I have put out more dumpster fires caused by my various co-workers in this past month than my entire year and a half there prior to this, and for the crap icing on the crap cake, because of all of that foolishness, I didn't have time to finish my own task before my shift ended.
I then had to write up a very detailed incident report at the request of the Branch manager. The really sucky thing is that as much as I dislike this co-worker, I have been watching her swirling the drain of self-destructive behavior at work for some time now. The departure of our direct supervisor has sent that waaaay into overdrive to a distressing degree. I hate to see anybody self sabotage like that, regardless of personal feelings. If she wasn't the sort of person who pretty much does the exact opposite of sensible advice anybody gives her, I'd take her aside and say something. As it is, that would only escalate the problem. I really hope they settle this staffing situation soon. I have put out more dumpster fires caused by my various co-workers in this past month than my entire year and a half there prior to this, and for the crap icing on the crap cake, because of all of that foolishness, I didn't have time to finish my own task before my shift ended.
Wow, that's got to be frustrating for you but I guess it was good that you were there to defuse the situation.
Sadly, that is true. Had it been the other person who usually works that shift, she would have started crying and fled to the Reference office instead of dealing with it.
I take good care of my teeth mostly, for one reason. I hate that dentist chair. I mean it is like my arch enemy! I really hate it. I get sick when they lean it back too far. And too fast. They are really good about making it not so bad for me at the dentist. They have me sit up while they lean it back and other things. Really, super nice. But that chair is so uncomfy and whoever made it I think used to be in the torture business! Anyone else hate that chair or does it make you sick or feel like you will fall out? I hang on for dear life. It is amazing my nail marks are not embedded in the chair arm rests!! I just came from the dentist today so it is all so fresh in my mind, sorry...
I don't mean to make light of this experience, but... I'm picturing the character Garak calming the patron down, getting hugged etc.
Kor
And that's the day he decided having an employee at his shop just wasn't going to work out.
Do you have vertigo?