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[valkryor]

My secret joy in life is a miserable night: tossing and turning, unable to get comfortable, unable to regulate my temperature, anxiety spiked, intestinal distress compounding everything.

For those new to the channel, that was sarcasm.

I am EXHAUSTED. Hours of hot flashes and anxiety, something I indulged in wasn't sitting quite right, and time steadily marching on without the mercy of sleep. At one point, I contemplated getting up to either work on my novel or watch YouTube videos until I passed out. I didn't because I didn't want to wake up any more than I already was.

I eventually did drop off, as I don't remember seeing a time between 3am-ish and the alarm at 6:30. I shouldn't be, but I'm shivering and cold. While that could be my tired jumping up and down and waving flags, it's no less distressing. So, yeah, miserable fucking night. And I promised my mom that we would go over and help winterize her grape vines today. I'm going to promise myself a nap after that, because I need one.

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[clawfoot]

Yes, a nap is definitely in order. I have a morning full of errands tomorrow: taking Luna to the beach, grocery shopping, a stop at the drug store to pick up prescriptions, but then? I NAP.

[valkryor]

I am taking Ativan before I go to bed tonight. I can't handle another night like the last one. The anxiety is the worst part of having a hot flash. Sure, the heat blossoms in my chest suck, but coupled with anxiety? That's a recipe for never sleeping again.

I did try to have a nap, but it was...not great. I managed about 40 minutes maybe, which is certainly not enough to wipe out the sleep debt.

[shanmonster]

I don't know if it will help you, but once I started taking magnesium supplements regularly, my hot flashes went away. When I stopped taking magnesium for a week or two, they came back. I looked it up, and it seems that magnesium helps a lot of people with temperature regulation.

[valkryor]

I will certainly look into this. I have no idea how it will interact with my medication (antidepressants are contraindicated with fucking everything, I swear), but some relief would be awesome.