tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post1350861836087051975..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : InsomniaMichele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-68629927003467376352013-09-25T19:33:54.928-07:002013-09-25T19:33:54.928-07:00Girl, you hang in there! And if you need to, sche...Girl, you hang in there! And if you need to, schedule some friends (or some widowed online friends!) to call you or long on with you at 5 am with real or virtual coffee at 5 am. Because we can do it together better than on our own. If you like, I'll set my alarm! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176756163206947291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-47773753007601586252013-09-24T13:18:03.908-07:002013-09-24T13:18:03.908-07:00I have sleep issues too. That's great that yo...I have sleep issues too. That's great that your doctor wants the two of you to really work on the sleep. I am training myself to sleep through the night with baby steps just like everything else on the grief journey.<br /><br />Let us know how it goes. <br /><br />Maria O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-7363709782678077532013-09-23T11:02:27.487-07:002013-09-23T11:02:27.487-07:00Hang in there. I hope this works for you. I didn...Hang in there. I hope this works for you. I didn't sleep for three months after my wife's death. I was following her when she had a motorcycle accident. I finally saw my doctor and he prescribed an anti anxiety. Whenever I tried to sleep I kept playing the accident over and over. Drugs did help and I slowly got off of them after two months.Over50Cyclinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16326906021817677829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-15787185875887321222013-09-22T23:16:40.555-07:002013-09-22T23:16:40.555-07:00I so relate to this, and yes, the WORST part is th...I so relate to this, and yes, the WORST part is that theres nobody there to say "come on honey, you can do this. WE can do this." Its exhausting doing everything alone, and Ive had medical stuff and massive insomnia since Don died too. Its bad. I sleep like crap. 2, maybe 3 hours most nights. Once in awhile, 4. I wake up over and over. It sucks. Let us know how your 6 week sleep experiment goes. We will cheer you on:)Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289972201201027609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-78320625190594254112013-09-22T19:20:13.375-07:002013-09-22T19:20:13.375-07:00I haven't slept through the night since my hus...I haven't slept through the night since my husband died. it is so frustrating to lie in the bed at night wishing sleep to come only to spend 3 hours staring at the ceiling and then having to be at work at 6:30 a.m. I'm usually exhausted by 8 a.m.. I pray that one day sleep will come and be my friend again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-53992140246300243662013-09-22T15:41:07.389-07:002013-09-22T15:41:07.389-07:00shit. not being able to sleep is just pure shit. h...shit. not being able to sleep is just pure shit. hope the six weeks works the magic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-27701220761786199092013-09-22T04:39:20.426-07:002013-09-22T04:39:20.426-07:00Melinda, you are not alone in the "not sleepi...Melinda, you are not alone in the "not sleeping" hell. My husband died of a heart attack beside me at 3:11 a.m. and I wake up almost every night at around 3:00 a.m. This has been going on for 27 months. I've been up since 1:30 a.m. today. Geez, there's Widow's Brain and Widow's Insomnia. What else do we have to endure in this hellish grief journey along with crying, the loneliness, loss of friends, fixing everything yourself, and the list goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com