Having trouble sleeping with wedding about 2 weeks away

Original post by springsandra

Jun 30, 2009 10:20 AM

Does this happen to anyone else (or did it happen to prior brides)?

As it gets later and later at night, I just don't get tired anymore. It's not like I feel anxious or anything, I just can't seem to get tired enough to sleep at night.

I lay in bed a few hours tossing and turning then I get up and do stuff. I finally go to sleep around 1:30 or 2 am (VERY late for me -- I used to always go to sleep at 10:30 pm) and wake up at 6:30 and feel fine.

Even now I'm at work and I'd think I'd be exhausted but I feel just fine.

Is there something wrong with me? How can I fix it?

TIA for any advice anyone has!

MLAngelo Posted: Jul 01, 2009 01:27 AM

Re: Having trouble sleeping with wedding about 2 weeks away

I am back on a weird schedule. When I was student teaching I was sleeping normal 8 hour nights, but that ship has sailed. When I was in production this happenned to me all the time. Whenever we were approaching a shoot, trip, event... I couldn't sleep for about two weeks before. The worst was when I ran Kid Fitness Day at Shea Stadium. I didn't sleep for a month. The best thing I find when I have something coming up and can't sleep...

1) Keep a pad by your bed - if you do think of things you need to do or ideas you can write them right down rather then worry about whether you will remember in the morning.
2) Shut your computer off at 10pm or 11pm
3) Avoid caffeine in the evenings, any form of it.