Sleep Problems - Not enough sleep

[Auro1]

I've started to have problems sleeping. I usually wake up 1 or 2 times a night. However, over the past few weeks, I've been getting 1 to 3 hrs of sleep.

I don't know what to do. I fall asleep ok. After sleeping for approx 1.5 hrs I wake up. I go to the bathroom then as I try to go back into bed and sleep, i cant. I have the urge/drive to sleep but a couple of items stop me. First i cant get comfortable. As such i have to get up and reposition myself over and over again. I repeat for hours. Second, since December, I've had right shoulder pain and a stiff neck. That is part of my discomfort. I"m doing physio for it and posture exercise.

I'm a side sleeper (either right or left). I can't sleep on my back. Really uncomfortable.

Last night i slept on my left side. And after 4 hrs of repositioning, I was able to sleep another 2 hrs. However, I woke up with tingling along my whole left side.

I've tried magnesium and melatonin. How do I get back to sleep after waking up?

[MBAnderson]

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[justhavefun2]

Hi Auro1,

I have the same issues you describe as of the last few months. I had resorted to getting up and doing something productive instead of wasting time moving around trying to get comfortable. Then, when I feel extremely tired, I either go back to bed or I have a "theater sofa" with recliner/lumbar support and I will sleep on that.

I brought this up with my MDS who is in charge of my medications. He gave me some pain medicine (pain was one of the reasons I woke up) which also works as a sleeping aid. I was reading that lack of dopomine in our brains can cause sleep disturbances so, sometimes, if I really need to be functional the next day, I will take one C/L (my usual dose is 2) in the middle of the night and that combination seems to do the trick for getting some solid sleep. For me, poor sleep quality equals an increase in symptoms the following day. No fun!

If you come up with any great solutions for sleeping that work for you, please post them or send me a PM. I am all ears! Thanks for your post!