Re: [QUAD-L] sleep

[Viamar64]

Hi, Dana           I'm writing this at 7:15am after being up all night, I did take a couple of power naps last night, though and usually do on the nights i'm up.  I take amitriptyline on the nights I go to bed, I get to sleep around midnight and sleep straight thru until 9 or 10am and yes those are GREAT sleep!  I type with a mouthstick, I've been I.M. a girl in Chicago with no arms (types with her toes) for about 4 months so, I've been getting pretty darn sore lately.  I've had friends smuggle me some prescription pain patches and boy do those work great!  I can be narcoleptic during the day, go out for 10 or 15 minutes (sometimes in the middle of a movie, lol!) and wake up a little refreshed.  I HATE being in bed, unless I'm sleeping, bed is like prison to me otherwise.  Yes, I work on music at night, surf the net, watch TV, have HBO, and Comcast On Demand is cool.  I have a reading stand, I get paperbacks spiral bound at Office Depot to flip pages with my stick.  Life would be very primitive without computers for sure.  Hey, I'm really enjoying this board folks, blessings!   Greg c41991, 41   www.3-7-12.com   In a message dated 9/17/2005 2:58:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greg, Fellow insomniac, I liked you, stay up at night, I usually don't go to sleep until after 6 a.m. just wondering why do you only take amitriptyline three nights a week (you don't recommend amitriptyline for sleeping?).  Last year when I had a sore I was stuck in bed, so my brother got me a laptop. They year he put a computer behind my bed and I have swing arm monitor holder that the monitor sits on.  My laptop barely works as it has dropped to the deck twice.  How do you get through the day after staying up all night in your wheelchair? I bet you really sleep the next night after being up.  I know I would be unable to do that as I do need some sleep in the morning and early afternoon.  I'm so glad you have no problem with pressure sores.  I have such a strange schedule, but it is difficult to change sleep patterns.  I don't usually get sores unless my roho loses air.  The longest time to be in bed was the six months last year.  We think that sore was caused by actually laying on the cord of the laptop, it was getting hot and burned out.  How do you type?  I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7.0 professional.  Do you work on your music when you're Up all night. Last night I couldn't go to sleep until after 11 a.m. but then I did not get up until 430. I'm having to write this in Notepad, because Roadrunner is off again tonight and it was off all morning also. Can you imagine what our lives would be like without the computer and Internet?  I will close for now. Dana (C4-5, 31 years post, 52, KC)