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(Message started by: chris_a_tn on Mar 19^th, 2005, 11:51pm)

Title: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by chris_a_tn on Mar 19^th, 2005, 11:51pm

Does napping during the day (especially the day after a long, long night of pain) tend to help or worsen things for the next night? Just curious as to what others have experienced and how their sleep patters have affected things.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by E-Double on Mar 19^th, 2005, 11:57pm

When peeking....a nap will definitely welcome an attack!

NEVER nap and stayed awake as long as I could until I started taking melatonin.....helped wipe out the night visitor.

Still try not to nap though it doesn't guarantee a hit anymore.

All different my man!

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by PCMCCK on Mar 20^th, 2005, 1:10am

Another one of the great mysteries of CH life-one tends to get an attack after a nap.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by boogs on Mar 20^th, 2005, 7:36pm

my name is boogs, i"m new here but new to the
demon. ive had then since i was in 9th grade, im now
38. i just woke from a 1 hr nap by the phone and i was going into an attach. i know that when i'm deep into a cycle naps will bring on the ch.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by purpleydog on Mar 20^th, 2005, 7:42pm

I sleep for 3 1/2 to 4 hours a night. If I sleep longer, I'll wake up with a hit. If I take the rare nap, I don't sleep longer than 1 hour, less if I can, or sure as shit, I'll get hit after I wake up. Naps don't interfere with my nightly sleep cycle, but I hardly ever take one. They don't cause me to get hit more at night, and I still get the old 5:00 am one most mornings.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by BobG on Mar 20^th, 2005, 7:55pm

Stay stressed. Never relax. Never sleep. Ever.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by TxBasslady on Mar 20^th, 2005, 8:27pm

on 03/20/05 at 19:55:29, BobG wrote:

Stay stressed. Never relax. Never sleep. Ever.

Amen 8)

J

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by maffumatt on Mar 21^st, 2005, 6:08pm

Nap = CH for me plain and simple.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by toolong on Mar 27^th, 2005, 11:15am

NEVER I SAY NEVER TAKE A NAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :PDAVID

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by Renee on Mar 28^th, 2005, 4:38am

When I nap the nap must be for 2 or more hours uninterrupted. If I get woke early then I get hit bad.

As for nights....I wake between 0230 and 0300 each and every night whether getting hit or not. If I fall back asleep then I'll get hit for sure. If I get up and drink some coffee and watch some tv, visit the boards, etc. and then catch a nap later my odds of getting hit are far less.

Anytime in the night if I get woke I have to get up instead of falling back to sleep or I will wake to a hit. :-/

Now DD, you know why I am awake so early each morning.... ;;D

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by aj8694 on Mar 28^th, 2005, 7:28am

napping or sleeping of any time hurts me bad esp during peak.........soooo afaid of sleep .....napping ...and at this point even resting.... bbut thats just me .....

baby in training....lmao :o

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by De_Minimis on Apr 2^nd, 2005, 1:08am

This week, 1 1/2 hours of sleep and I get one. If lucky, 1/2 hour attach. Back to bed, cycle repeats like clockwork. Four per night this week. Tried a nap today and made it short (3/4 -1 hour) enough to hopefully avoid REM (trying to find my happy place). Well, got to enjoy a two-hour CH for that effort (although only a roof-raiser for about 1/2 hour). Naps are now off my diet.

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by jokrs2 on Apr 2^nd, 2005, 2:04am

I just say NO to naps. Not good for this guy, causes big hits just before my wife gets home from work and I am supposed to be able to get dinner ready with a high kip? :P 3-4 hours of sleep sittin up in a recliner at night is it for me. PFD&N's, Joe

Title: ViRe: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by violet on Apr 7^th, 2005, 2:24pm

wow, this really amazes me...I get Ch's about 5 hours into my 8 hour sleep cycle. If I get up, then try to go back to sleep, I'm in HUGE TROUBLE. No napping during the day, either, that's just lethal.
How or why does this happen? Does anyone know?
Vi

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by mynm156 on Apr 7^th, 2005, 6:25pm

Naps dont seem to cause a hit on me, but I get to dance everyother night with the beast

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by Marta on Apr 18^th, 2005, 7:58am

You should be on tv, The CH Dance Show. I'd watch it. Show it over night, you'd get loads of viewers!

Marta

Title: Re: Sleep patterns and napping
Post by mcf69 on Apr 19^th, 2005, 11:38am

When I'm in cycle two things will always bring on an attack, sleep and alcohol, so no naps for me. Besides, the naps never seem to help with the next night except make me take longer to fall asleep, so I get hit later at night, making me more tired the next day, kind of a vicious cycle.