Can I just say I’m getting so sick of Paul being tired all the time. Over a year ago (more like 2) I finally got him to go into the doctor to see why he was always so tired. They ended up sending him off to do a sleep study and while he has a mild case of sleep apnea they didn’t think that was what was/is causing his lack of sleep.

Since then they have put him on every sleeping pill possible. Only one really seemed to work (Ambien CR) but once he said something to the doctor about how he was making food in the middle of the night and not remembering it, that his doctor took him off them and told him he couldn’t be on them anymore. (Guess to many people were cooking/driving while on them and getting seriously hurt) ;

It just stinks because that was the one pill that was able to shut his brain off as that’s why he doesn’t get a good nights sleep. He always has 2002 things going through his mind and he just lays there thinking about them all. Then when he does get to sleep, he can’t seem to get into a deep sleep.

I keep wondering if there is anything else that could help? I know he complains about the mattress so I wonder what if we ended up buying a sleep number bed if that would help him? I remember my old sales rep at Kent Rubber Supply had one and him and his wife swore by them, but at the time we didn’t want to spend that much money on a mattress. Now I wonder if we should of.

Of course I think sometimes he doesn’t get a good sleep is not only the hours he works (2pm-1am) but by the time he does get to bed the kids wake up a few hours later and it’s so hard to try and keep them quiet. I couldn’t tell you how many times I say “Shhh Daddy’s trying to sleep” ever morning!

If you or someone you know works 2nd shift, do you have a secret on how to get to sleep once you get home?