It's 5:00 am and I've been awake for hours...anyone else losing sleep over this damned election...?

[Rowdyboy]

[Cattledog]

1. Naw, I always get up early!

[dennis4868]

2. yep...

I cannot sleep, eat or function as I usually do until Obama is announced the 44th president of the USA....2 more days to go....

[sickinohio]

23. I'm not seeping very good,

but, unfortunately the eating problem for me is the opposite of yours!! :crazy:

2-days til we have President Elect Obama!!!

[Jackinbox]

3. I haven't slept good in 2 weeks.

And on Tuesday night I plan on being up until dawn. The problem is that I want to be awake during the day on Wednesday to listen to Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin etc to hear the devastation in their voices and to hear their excuses for why they lost. Plus, I want to watch Faux & Friends just so I can laugh at Gretchen Carlson while she cries in her coffee. So I don't think I'll be getting much sleep until late Wednesday night.

[Rowdyboy]

6. Rush Limbaugh is absolutely HILARIOUS after a big loss!!! I remember 1992 very well....

He's much nastier when he's on the outside....

[Jackinbox]

24. I remember it too....

"Don't worry folks...liberals still can't get elected. The only reason these two got elected is because they disguised themselves as conservatives!"

[MichiganVote]

4. Somewhat. I just want the election over and see some work get done.

Our government, our tax structure, everything is just in such a shambles. I'm looking for pragmatism.

[vi5]

5. I've been sleeping o.k. but very stressed...

..when I'm stressed I usually can't sleep. When I'm depressed I sleep very deeply and a lot. Right now I seem to be doing the latter, but not for only election related reasons, although that's not helping.

But similarly if we win on Tuesday it's going to really help my mood and my mental state.


But I am very worried. I've started panicking.

[The Wielding Truth]

7. me

[grandpappy]

8. I'm old, don't sleep anyway.

[K Gardner]

9. I'm working 12-hr nights this week, so thank goodness it keeps me occupied at

night. But now during the day, I sleep a couple of hours then turn on MSNBC and just halfway sleep. I'm afraid I'll miss something. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Wednesday morning works for me....

We can make it!

[K Gardner]

27. I feel like we're all staying up, sort of "standing guard" over Barack ! I know that's crazy, but

he's had our back all these months.. we can have his now.

I wonder if HE is sleeping !

[slor]

10. I have had low level...

anxiety since it was all stolen from Gore. Seriously. But it has been worse in the past few weeks. LOL I just woke up, and I live in northern California, and I went to bed around 11:00.

[liberalhistorian]

12. Yes.

[Rowdyboy]

14. It's almost over....

And we're winning.....finally

[liberalhistorian]

33. LOL, actually that was hubby

posting; when he was up in the night, he forgot to log me out and log in with his username.

Not that I'm not getting anxious and worried myself and just want this to be over with already!

[irish.lambchop]

13. I started using

'Rescue Sleep' - a homeopathic remedy for sleeplessness. Works like a champ! :)

[Jackinbox]

22. How do you use it?

The website says it's a liquid. Do you mix it with something?

[irish.lambchop]

25. Four drops either on or under the tongue.

Make sure you don't have any strong tastes in your mouth (toothpaste, etc.) as it counters the remedy. It usually comes in a bottle with dropper.

[irish.lambchop]

26. Sorry - and 'Rescue Sleep'

is a spray - spray twice on the tongue. The other I described is 'Rescue Remedy' for anxiety.

[Jackinbox]

31. Thanks...

I'm going to try it. I would sure like to get off of Ambien.

[irish.lambchop]

32. Ambien - pretty potent stuff from what I hear and

not so nice side effects sometimes. Hope you are successful with homeopathy!

[izzie]

15. I always get up early but my peace of mind is shot

I will be glad to vote and be done with this part of it. I now wish I had voted in the mail as I bet there will be a long line and I have to get a ride to the polls since I gave my car away. I will stay and vote if I have to walk the 3 miles home believe me.

[stolivodka]

16. Save your sleep for wednesday.

You might need a lot of awake hours for when you go to Washington.

[Schulzz]

17. 2 1/2 days to go. It will be over soon. Can't wait. nt

[fasttense]

18. Since you are up, I will bore you with my theory of sleep cycles.

This may even put you to sleep.

Have you noticed how older people tend to go to bed early and get up very early? Have you noticed that teenagers prefer to stay up late and sleep in?

I'm not talking about stress induced insomnia or sleeplessness caused by shift changes. I'm referring to those times when there are no controls on sleeping patterns, most older people will fall asleep early and get up early, while teenagers and twenty-somethings will stay up late and sleep in.

I think this is an adaptive behavior developed when we lived in small tribes. Think about it. Is it wise to have the whole tribe asleep at the same time? If tribal members developed different sleep patterns where the young and older members rotated in shifts, then this would provide more protection and security from attacks. And if the younger members were awake during the most predatory active periods (nighttime) and the most difficult to protect times, it would make sense.

But thanks to massive farming techniques and the industrial revolution, humans have changed their sleeping patterns to adjust in unnatural ways.

Ok, go back to sleep.

Obama is going to win.

[K Gardner]

28. You almost put me to sleep. And I'm at work. :-) J/K.. good theory !

[safeinOhio]

30. Can I add some of my theory?

After a year of stress from a terrible divorce and little to no sleep for a year, I figured it was adaptive for early man to not sleep during stressful periods. If there was a lion around, you might survive better by staying awake. Even thought I was only sleeping an hour or two at the most, I was functional and awake during the day. As the stress was reduced, I started to sleep more. I hope I don't offend anyone here, but, never marry a cop.

[Starry Messenger]

19. I woke up 2 hours ago.

I'm on the west coast so this is definitely the middle of the night for me. I'm usually an insomniac but it's been really bad this last week. I'm not worried but I still have anxiety...if that makes sense. LOL.

[lady raven]

20. Definitely!

I look forward to my first good night's sleep in awhile on Wednesday night. Maybe Tuesday if it's called early.

[progressiveforever]

21. Same here--really did not sleep at all

Been up for about four hours--went to bed at 1

[and-justice-for-all]

29. I feel like I am going to vomit....

nerves:scared:. I took the 4th and 5th off from work..:puke:

[Fluffdaddy]

34. I have not got a good sleep in days. I dream about the election

[mod mom]

35. Try taking calls to a voter protection line during your waking hours. Nights I lie awake

and hope the Dems will fight for our votes and expose the vote flipping, tainted machines.