Conference hydra::dejavu

    >> Does this happen to anyone else???...MWR	
    
    Wish it happened to me...    (8^)
       
    
    Great, thanks, Dave.                

    
    Well, working nights plays HAVOC with the biological clock and when
    I have a night off I naturally find myself waking up (becoming alert)
    around 23:00. 
    	I find myself sometimes sitting on our deck making sure the
    sun comes up OK on Sunday morning. (It has so far! I must have good
    supervisory potential?) Yet most of the time I watch the late movie.
    due to the number of skunks in the neiborhood I am hesitant about
    walks. My wife and I have had a number of close calls with these
    friendly fellers but I dont wish to press my luck. The quiet time
    is very nice though and listening to the birds wake up around 4ish
    the little skunks ect waddle across the grass in the early light.
    (there is also a neighborhood Screech Owl that always seems to catch
    me off-guard and startles me a tad.) all these little things along
    with a clear sky, soft wind, lounge chair, bottle of cheep wine,
    3 cats, (Howard, Crystal, and Muffin) and we have the makings of
    a relaxing day (or for you folks, "night") on the deck.
    
    Thanks for entering that!
    
    Craig-whose-tending-to-the-metal-gods-needs
    wish to press my luck! 

    RE: Insomnia.  
    
    	I too, woke up around 3 A.M, and continued to toss and turn.
     unfortunately I didn't have any lake to walk out by.  Then again
    insomnia is nothing new to me. Particularly if I have a lot on my
    mind.  That often occurs mafter 3 hour meetings like the one I had
    last night.  
    	As a result, I was a half hour late this morning.  Why is it
    that it's always easier to go to sleep after the alarm goes off?
    
    Dan
    
    P.S.   does anyone have any quick and simple cures for insomnia?
    

    re .3 (Dan):
    
    >P.S.   does anyone have any quick and simple cures for insomnia?
    
    I've had pretty good luck with Vitamin B1 (thiamin) -- _not_ as
    part of a B-complex pill, but by itself.  Tastes, well, not so good,
    but it's a sort of natural sleeping pill.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Re .3
    
    FWIW, Mark Twain took to sleeping on the bathroom floor as a 
    cure for his insomnia.  Just imagine his wife Livy's surprise 
    upon blearily venturing, in the dark, to heed the call of 
    nature...

    RE: .4  Vitamin B1, Thanks Steve i'll give it a try.
    
    RE: .5  Get your head out of the toilet.  
    	Sorry, I just couldn't resist.  It's no sicker than your reply.
    
    Dan

                               
    You can also try tryptophan (l-tryptophane or whatever).  It's the
    amino acid naturally found in turkey meat (which has been cited as 
    the reason for the post-Thanksgiving meal naps).  It's expensive
    though - around US $7.00 for 30 500mg. tablets.
    
    Recommended dosage is from 500mg. to 2000mg. (2 grams).  What I do 
    is take one, try to sleep, and if still awake in 15 min., take 
    another....and repeat if/as necessary.   This was recommended to me
    by my family doctor. 
    
    Cindy            

    
    Oops - forgot - it is recommended that you not take tryptophan 
    with milk as it tends to counteract the effect of the tryptophan 
    (from what I can recall, though it's been a while since I read 
    this so cannot remember exactly why this is the case).
    
    Cindy

    re.3
    Geez Dan next time you can't sleep you can always come in and keep
    me company and maybe take a couple of calls 8^) 8^)
    
    -j

    RE: .9  
    
    	Nice try Jerry, but I rather suffer at home!
    
    Dan

    Dan,
    
    I find that warm milk "really" does work for insomnia.  Also, reading
     a few pages of a book helps.  
    
    Suz
    
    P.S.  I am not new to reading dejavu but am new to replying/writing
          so please disregard note 821.
    

    RE: .1  SORRY SUZ but warm milk, YUK!
    
    I do often drink a glass of cold milk or a bite of cheese accomplishes
    the same thing, but it takes time for the actual effect to set in.
    
    Dan

    And I understand that from 1 to 4 grams of L-Tryptophan will help
    you get to sleep too.

    
    Somewhere around the 6 gram mark is the cutoff for the effectiveness
    of Tryptophan...or at least this was what was mentioned in 2 studies
    that I've read.  This is also where some people have noticed some
    side effects (nausea being one of them).
         
    Just as a caution - if you notice *any* side effects whatsoever,
    then stop taking whatever it is you are taking with regard to
    vitamins, minerals and amino acids.                          
    
    Cindy

    I have read (Rudolph Steiner, I think) that one good way to end
    your day is to replay it backwards in your mind.  Try to get to
    the smallest detail.  
    
    Many times we end up thinking about the 2 things we did not get
    to finish on our "list" - but have totally forgotten the 47 things
    that we did accomplish.  This is a healthy review to sense all that
    you truly do complete every day.  This works for me, in fact, I
    have never gotten beyond lunch in my re-take.  Hope this helps.
    
    Dawna

    Check out 545.22 in this conference.   
    
    Doug

    
    It's the ritual of preparation that probably provides the best aid
    for sleep.  The actual getting up and warming the pan on the stove.
    

	Old Ronald Regan movies or George Bush speeches usually work...

	Terry    

    re-.1 Or the 'duke' whenever he opens his mouth.