I'm amazed so many deafies have trouble sleeping. I had terrible insomnia during my high school years and through college, but nowadays I sleep like a baby. I take two 20-minute naps a day and they make me feel amazingly refreshed. I do not have tinnitus, but I can summon an episode, know what I mean? I can bring about tinniitus by willing it, and it gets so bad it almost makes me reel since it sounds like giant crickets getting hit by express trains over gravel, but it goes away quickly. I really feel for those who have this on a constant basis.
did you get the license number of the UFO that abducted you?Hmmm...it would seem that, like with so many things, this is something that depends entirely on the individual. I know when I had full hearing capability I had a "normal" sleep cycle and could practically fall asleep at will. I noticed I started having issues with sleeping when I started losing my hearing and developed a loud roaring sound in my ears. That roaring would drive me nuts. and it was always worse at night. Now that all the hearing in my right ear is gone I don't have that roaring in my right ear anymore. I get it in my left ear, but that is becoming less frequent as the hearing in my left ear goes the way of the dodo too. I told my hubby about this possibility that my nightowl-ism may have developed as a result of the hearing loss. He said that he could see how that might be. He thinks maybe because not being able to hear noise isn't an issue anymore and since the roaring problem is worse at night those could be contributing factors. He also asked me if I thought that because I am having trouble interacting with hearing people now that I might sort of subconsciously set myself up to be avoiding having to deal with the issues that causes. I'd love some insight on that idea.
did you get the license number of the UFO that abducted you?
I sleep maybe once or twice a month.
Im an insomniac as well but it is more related to bi-polar than anything else. Fortunately I am on medication for it, unfortunately the medication costs $400 USD/month and I have no insurance therefore I have stopped taking it. So far nothing major is out of rhythm other than my sleep patterns.
Sometimes some people cannot sleep because the bed's too close to magnetic fields.
I sleep maybe once or twice a month.
I sleep maybe once or twice a month.