Why are you up ?

[sffreeways]

Poll question: Why are you up ?

I was just wondering what keeps you up on DU in the middle of the night.

I updated the poll for the folks that are in agony or up doing school work.

I'm in good company.

I have to work at 7 am. I'm going to be a zombie tomorrow.

[sffreeways]

LOL

you people crack me up !

[HawkerHurricane]

1. I'm on drugs.

Blood pressure meds. They make me dopey, but won't let me sleep.

[sffreeways]

4. I'm on drugs too

I have MS and the pain meds I take make me speed my brains out.

[yardwork]

25. I'm sorry to hear that, San Fran!

I hope you can get some sleep before work tomorrow.

[sffreeways]

29. I should really try

thanks. I'm painting an apartment tomorrow and I don't usually do that kind of work. It's not going to be a very nice job if my eyes are hanging out of my head.

It's an empty place too so I'm a bit worried I'll sit down and totally doze off. My partner will kill me. Fear of her wrath should keep me going. :scared:

[tjdee]

2. Watching Notorius on TCM.

Can't miss Cary, even if it is 2 in the morning and I have to get up round 7. Cary...cute.

[OneBlueSky]

3. because being up is so much more pleasant than being down . . . n/t

.

[HEyHEY]

5. Not ready for bed yet

[enigmatic]

6. 2 Reasons:

Insomnia, and programming my internet radio station..

[WindRavenX]

7. studying

Weeeee!!! The life of a biology and english double major :7

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Because my effing mouth hurts

They pulled a tooth on Friday. I think I've got a secondary infection in spite of the amoxycillin the dentist gave me. :(

[sffreeways]

13. I updated the poll

with other for people that are in pain. Sheesh I hate tooth pain. Didn't they give you anything ? Have you tried a rinse or something ?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. I'm doing the saltwater rinse religiously,

even though it's horribly painful to do so.
I had to work tonight, and couldn't take the Vicodin they gave me; so I took ibuprofin instead. I'm about to take a Vicodin now, since the ibus have probably worn off.

[sffreeways]

18. I hope you feel better

after the vicodin. That stuff makes it impossible for me to sleep. For some reason narcotics have the opposite effect on me. I can't sleep a wink.

I took a percosette at like 10:00 and I am wide awake.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Thanks.......

I'm sure I'll be fine once I call the dentist to get a stronger antibiotic.

I'm sorry to hear that your meds keep you awake. Do you need them all the time?

[sffreeways]

30. Not all of the time no

I wear a fentenyl patch that usually takes care of any pain I'm in but there is bad weather coming and it makes the MS act up. I get stiff and my joints ache. It will pass when this storm that's coming passes.

My dentist gave me an antibiotic called veetids for a tooth infection once and it was miraculous. It took the pain and infection away in a matter of hours and you don't have to take the entire presciption like most antibiotics. I think it's a relatively new drug. It's great and works much faster and is more effective for a tooth infection. Maybe your dentist will give it to you.

I hate the dentist. I don't know about you but I really don't like the dentist and I think dental pain is the worst.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Hope the storm passes soon......

I'm starting to feel dopey; so I should get some sleep before too long.

Never had Veetids before. Maybe I'll ask the dentist about it.

I was a little leery of getting Amoxycillin, because it's not very strong, and I tend to get secondary infections after heavy-duty dental work. My regular dentist usually prescribes penicillin; but he doesn't do extractions.

I should have told her on Friday. She was great otherwise...very fast, and not too painful, considering the nature of the work.

Ah well...

I'm fading fast. Hope you can sleep soon.... :)

[sffreeways]

42. Good night Goddess

glad you're feeling better and can get some sleep.

:hi:

[Kool Kitty]

9. Backache. Yeeeccchhh.

Hurts less to sit up.

[theorist]

10. Procrastinating

I should be doing my E&M Problem Set (Chemical Physics Ph.D. student, if you're wondering). Ever since I finished my B.S., I detest courses!

[Zomby Woof]

11. can't sleep

Clowns will eat me...

[sffreeways]

20. ROFLMAO

I never thought about the clowns or what's under the bed.

I wish I wasn't up my dog has gas and it's peeling the wallpaper off the wall.

[Zomby Woof]

47. Oh damn!!!

x( I am sorry about that, Sff! PHEWWWWW!

On a brighter note, seeing you posting these days brings back a bit of the old days at DU, and that is much needed in the nervous countdown to the election.

[arcane1]

12. damn I need all of the above..

drinking, smoking, smoking other things, thinking about my loved-one, and yes, thirsting for blood, too

[sffreeways]

21. Oh do I wish

I had something to smoke. I'm out. If I did I would be fast asleep.

[sandnsea]

15. Took a nap

I've had some sort of bizarre cold/allergy thing and feel like crap half the time. Took a nap... 6 - 10. I'm up for a while now I guess.

[LDS Jock]

16. Neighbors woke me up.. see my post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1748617

[sffreeways]

22. Any idea what started the fire ? n/t

[LDS Jock]

40. No idea.. no one I asked did either

I'm going to try to find out tomorrow when I complain to the office about the emergency access.

[PittLib]

17. I'm excited! I get to see John Edwards tomorrow ...

and have to get up at 6am to volunteer. I can't wait! Okay - to bed go I! :boring:

[LosinIt]

19. I work nights and I'm at work

slow night here tonight. Not much going on in Asia must be, Europe about to wake up.

[yardwork]

23. I'm procrastinating

At this point several apply. I was tired but I drank coffee so now I'm not tired.

[More Than A Feeling]

24. working on 8 pages about the water quality of China's Yellow River

Due at 1PM tommorrow. It's the third in a four paper cycle in the past two weeks. Next, I compare Common Sense to the Declaration of the Independence.

It's ok, I was fully prepared for tonight. I have peppermint gum and peppermint oil, 3 Starbucks frappucinos, its darn cold in my room right now, all the lights are on, I have set 3 alarms and then hidden my clocks, the TV is on the Home Shopping Network at low volume, and I periodically do deep breathing and stretching.

Thank you, Worst Case Survival Guide: College.

[sffreeways]

31. Peppermint oil ?

I never heard of that for helping to stay awake. Does it work ?

[More Than A Feeling]

35. Hard to say, given all the other things I am doing at the same time.

I think it is, but it could just be placebo. Either way, its useful, because I have more of it than I do coffee.

[ogradda]

26. it's only midnite

on the west coast.i dont go to work for 10 more hours! too early for bed!

[politicat]

27. Other: Working on the playlist for work for tomorrow.

The playlist I'd been using was really intrusive and not working. This one's better.

Pcat

[Fuzzy LaRue]

33. If I sleep more than 3-4 hours...

the demons come. Really bad shit plays itself back on the inside of my eyelids, so I just don't sleep. Have gotten used to it over the last 11 years.

[yardwork]

34. That's too bad. Post-traumatic stress?

[Fuzzy LaRue]

38. Yes. Sometimes not as bad as others.

I have a lady friend. She is single, so am I. We have a good relationship as friends and we fulfill our "physical" needs from time to time. Funny, but when I spend the night at her place, I sleep like a baby. Here I have to have my TV and computer on, because I cannot sleep in a dark room. Not a problem when I am with her, though.

[sffreeways]

44. I can't either

I've been sleeping with a TV on all night my entire adult life with the exception of a few years. My partner doesn't mind thankfully. She's gotten used to it.

PTSD too. I had a break for a few years until recently when some terrible personal stuff happened and I'm back to the TV on all night again.

It's company. I wake up and I know where I am, I know I'm okay. The electric bill is a bitch but outside of that I get a good nights sleep as long as it's on.

[Behind the Aegis]

36. out of work

I have no job (16 months and counting) and really bad insomnia, so I stay up and read (and play video games).

Brightest Blessings!

[sffreeways]

45. Being out of work

is definately a good reason for insomnia.

That sucks. I guess you have Bush to thank for no job and no sleep.

You'll get back to sleep in November when we have a new President.

I haven't been working full time for about the same amount of time. My small business went down the crapper after the coup. It's picking up again and I think it's because people see light at the end of the tunnel and a possible exit for the usurper.

Best to you for the future.

[maveric]

37. Viagra, and its been 4 hours. I may have to contact my physician.

:evilgrin:

[sffreeways]

43. hehehehe

I hope you're not alone

[TXDemGal]

39. Just another vampire

for Kerry/Edwards here! :evilgrin:

[sffreeways]

41. There sure are

alot more vampires than I expected. In fact... :scared: there are more vampires than people with insomnia.


:nuke:
:evilgrin:

[yellowdawgdem]

46. too much coffee again

Plus the reptillians are after me, they come after midnight. And my cats are running around in the night time sprinklers. And, reading the du posts has gotten me really keyed up. So there you have it, please send xanax asap!