I am so tired. Last night Mags was up and up some more and still up again. She was having really vivid dreams and driving her parents straight up the wall.
She went to bed fine. Then, sometime around 31, she starting kicking the crap out of my back. She was sideways in her bed for the best possible angle for the kicking. As she was giving me the beating, her little arms were flailing and she was yelling that she didn’t want to go. Usually when she gets like this I am able to calm her pretty quick. I would just tell her something like “That’s fine, honey, you can stay home” and she’d fall peacefully back to sleep. This time it didn’t work.
I tried rubbing her, singing to her, giving her water, begging her to please stop kicking me. She’d fall back to sleep for a little while and then I’d feel the kicks again. Then the yelling and the arm thrashing. It was so very frustrating. It’d take a while to get her back to sleep and then she didn’t stay asleep. Grump was not very happy with it. He didn’t get home until after 1am and wanted to sleep. Mags figured if she couldn’t sleep then neither could we. I don’t blame her. Insomnia is quite lonely. I just wish she could’ve found another way of waking me up.
With my FM, those little kicks were extremely painful. She’s got some power in her legs, my little angel. She seemed to hit all of my backside tender points. It was excruciating. At one point I got up and went outside for a little while. I think that was around 5am. Already my legs were aching and my feet were stiff. Because when I don’t get adequate amounts of sleep I go into full episode mode. This means the fatigue and the debilitating pain. I’ll be miserable for the entire day. Thankfully Pee Wee doesn’t have to work so I won’t have to watch KJ. Miserably, Pee Wee doesn’t have the wherewithal to help care for Mags.
We’re leaving in an hour to take Mags to the doctor for her yearly checkup. I’m going to mention these dream states she goes into. I’d like to know what’s causing them and how we can help her get more sleep. As long as it doesn’t involve needles- which would probably make her sleeping issues that much worse. We’ve got to figure something out because she starts school soon and not getting enough sleep really isn’t a good thing for her.
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Have you ever considered acupuncture for your insomnia? Acupuncture is a wonderful treatment for insomnia. You should look for a good acupuncturist in your area.