Sleep affects every part of our lives. Just one night of sleep deprivation affects the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and growth axis. Sleep deprivation for one night results results in significant changes in adrenal secretion the next day.
More or less, this means that in healthy people the sequence of sleep stages progresses in an orderly pattern. But in fibromyalgia, the stages are fragmented. Our rhythms are out of sync and this contributes to our daytime symptoms. Since I started with fibromyalgia so long ago, insomnia has been a serious problem. It is not now since the doctor has me on the right regime of medications. That is such a blessing!
The literature talks about, "if you start yawning and need to rub your eyes, these are the early signs of approaching sleepiness. Go to bed at that time and settle in your preferred going-to-sleep position. Many times if you don't get right to bed, the reflex arousal will put you into an alert state again. Avoid arousing situations before you go to bed.
Forget about tomorrow. Yeah, right! Turn your brain off! Yeah, right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When a person is experiencing a bad bout of insomnia, sleep can be viewed as the enemy. For myself, that requires a doctor's intervention.
According to a Cornell University Medical Center Study, by Daniel Wagner, M.D., it takes four to six weeks of getting enough sleep to fully recover from prolonged sleep deprivation. If, like many folks with Fibromyalgia and chronic pain, you have had years of sleep deprivation, you have a lot of catching up to do.
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