My wife has been experiencing depression. I'm not sure if the depression is caused by lack of sleep, or whether the lack of sleep is caused by the depression, but it all seems interconnected in her case. She started losing sleep when my friend from out of town came to visit us. That was May 8. That weekend was a bit busy for us, as we had 2 Mother's Day dinners to attend, one with my family on Saturday night, and one with my wife's family on Sunday night.
When the work week started on Monday, my wife took the day off on May 11 to help recover from a sinus cold that was plugging up her ear. She kept complaining about how her plugged ears was waking her up in the middle of the night. Despite having the day off, she continued to lose sleep. It got progressively worse.
I seem to be affected by her depression as well, as it has affected my sleep patterns as well. My memory of what has happened in the past week or so has been fragmented and spotty at best.
When the work week started on Monday, my wife took the day off on May 11 to help recover from a sinus cold that was plugging up her ear. She kept complaining about how her plugged ears was waking her up in the middle of the night. Despite having the day off, she continued to lose sleep. It got progressively worse.
I seem to be affected by her depression as well, as it has affected my sleep patterns as well. My memory of what has happened in the past week or so has been fragmented and spotty at best.
May 11: she took the day off, used the humidifier to resolve her blocked ear. She did some chores around the house. Nothing exciting happened that day. But that night she lost sleep and stayed up all night.
May 12: She went for a massage, which seemed to help temporarily. However, it did not seem to improve her sleep. I notice her personality started to change. She was more subdued and quiet, she didn't yell or get mad at anything anymore. We decided to head to Walmart to pick up some Melatonin. I did some research online and read some good things about melatonin, how it can help restore your sleep cycle. However, we probably did not understand enough about how melatonin can help or harm the body. She took 2 tablets, for a total of 10mg of melatonin. She didn't feel drowsy right away and the anxiety came back.
May 13: She woke up complaining about being drowsy. It would appear that the melatonin that we bought was not instant release, even though the label described it as instant relase. I had left early from work to help out with chores around the house. My wife had gone to see an acupuncturist about her condition. After her acupuncture session, the acupuncturist prescribed some chinese herbal medicine in tablet form as well as some Cal-Mag and B-complex vitamins. I'm not absolutely sure, but I believe my wife had around 3-4. Hours of sleep. However, she feels she had only 2 hours of sleep.
May 14: I had left work early again, although this time, my project manager asked about me leaving early. I was supposed to take my son to gymnastics, but he was complaining about knee pain as he had hurt his knee from a fall earlier in the day. As a result, he convinced me not to take him to his weekly gymnastics lesson. We went to a western restaurant near our home. My wife went for a walk by herself. She did not sleep well that night.
May 15: We went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner, and after dinner, we went to the park nearby to throw the boomerang around with the kids. It was the first time that I had thrown a boomerang, and it was interesting to learn the proper technique for throwing a boomerang, mostLY through trial and error. While we were throwing the boomerang around, my wife went to walk around the track a few times, occasionally joining us to throw the boomerang. My wife decided not to take any melatonin that night. She slept well that night.
May 16: We didn't go for any walks after dinner. Tried to sleep at 11pm, but was not able to. I wound up sleeping at around 220 am after watching the moview "The Day After Tomorrow" online. My wife tried to sleep early, but could not fall asleep. She eventually did fall asleep shortly before I went to bed. I went to bed after I finished watching the movie.
May 12: She went for a massage, which seemed to help temporarily. However, it did not seem to improve her sleep. I notice her personality started to change. She was more subdued and quiet, she didn't yell or get mad at anything anymore. We decided to head to Walmart to pick up some Melatonin. I did some research online and read some good things about melatonin, how it can help restore your sleep cycle. However, we probably did not understand enough about how melatonin can help or harm the body. She took 2 tablets, for a total of 10mg of melatonin. She didn't feel drowsy right away and the anxiety came back.
May 13: She woke up complaining about being drowsy. It would appear that the melatonin that we bought was not instant release, even though the label described it as instant relase. I had left early from work to help out with chores around the house. My wife had gone to see an acupuncturist about her condition. After her acupuncture session, the acupuncturist prescribed some chinese herbal medicine in tablet form as well as some Cal-Mag and B-complex vitamins. I'm not absolutely sure, but I believe my wife had around 3-4. Hours of sleep. However, she feels she had only 2 hours of sleep.
May 14: I had left work early again, although this time, my project manager asked about me leaving early. I was supposed to take my son to gymnastics, but he was complaining about knee pain as he had hurt his knee from a fall earlier in the day. As a result, he convinced me not to take him to his weekly gymnastics lesson. We went to a western restaurant near our home. My wife went for a walk by herself. She did not sleep well that night.
May 15: We went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner, and after dinner, we went to the park nearby to throw the boomerang around with the kids. It was the first time that I had thrown a boomerang, and it was interesting to learn the proper technique for throwing a boomerang, mostLY through trial and error. While we were throwing the boomerang around, my wife went to walk around the track a few times, occasionally joining us to throw the boomerang. My wife decided not to take any melatonin that night. She slept well that night.
May 16: We didn't go for any walks after dinner. Tried to sleep at 11pm, but was not able to. I wound up sleeping at around 220 am after watching the moview "The Day After Tomorrow" online. My wife tried to sleep early, but could not fall asleep. She eventually did fall asleep shortly before I went to bed. I went to bed after I finished watching the movie.
May 17: I woke up at around 630a and listened to her complain about lightly sleeping the night before, and then not being able to sleep at all after 430a. We started late (at around 130p), but headed up Mt. Seymour for a hike to Dog Mountain. This was the hike that I wanted to do on May10, but was not able to do so when my friend came into town. We took a bath together at her suggestion. I had never done this before, so it was a bit strange to be showering together. she took some Melatonin and advil and was able to sleep
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