Re: More problems with sleep

Kelley,

Thank you so much for your insight. I think there is truth to what you said. When I am at other's homes, I am relaxed, having fun, not under stress, and NOT LONELY. There is no time for my head to swim with "to-do" lists and/or thinking about what sort of stuff I HAVE to get done.

When I am alone, all I think about is what I have to get done next and how I am going to do it. I have a really hard time sitting still and just letting things go. I think if I had a more active social life, my energies would be concentrated on others instead of on myself and what I need to get done.

I have also been tracking my sleep patterns with what I eat during the day and have found that if I do not eat any refined sugar or carbohydrates, that I do not sleep well--in other words, my body seems to need some form of refined sugar to fall asleep. So if my head is swimming with thoughts, or if I am restless, eating sugar seems to calm my nerves. It's the same thing as with my caffeine/coffee problem. If I don't have it, I physically go through some sort of "withdrawal."

These are just some of my thoughts right now.

Thanks for reading this.

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