Posted by lc bob (159.199.101.1) on June 29, 1999 at 13:38:36:
In Reply to: Earplugs 2 posted by Bob Kingsley on June 29, 1999 at 01:46:13:
you guyz are speaking my mind.
Paul ... i found a way to regulate my tossing is to fold the pillow in half, then put it so the ends face down toward the bed (actually, i've been sleeping on the floor - harder surface seems to help) and lay my head on the "fold" ... this puts my head in a "valley" if you will ... where the pillow sort of ends up folded in thirds - one fold in front of my face, the other behind my head. hard to explain - hope this can be understood.
i would venture to guess that you guyz, like me, lay on your side with the CH side up ... that's what gets me most sleep. it doesn't always work - but the nights it does are godsends. i've been averaging about 50/50 - one night without a visit, and one night of dancing. i seem to be able to sluff the bastard faster when he comes when i sleep this way. slugging water before hitting the rack helps lotz, too!
still not much rem sleep - either my bladder or my brain blisters prevent it - but painting the porcelain is much preferable to the brain bake.
at the risk of incurring wrath, i must say that when i host the headaches, i've also been trying to relax my ch side shoulder to abort - i've noticed a definite tension difference between my ch side shoulder/neck and my other side. i seem to naturally tense up the bad side - to the point that i have to concentrate to relax it. i sit on a step and fold my legs on the lower step (i can't do lotus on a flat surface) and grab my ankles to pull my arms down. then imagine the neck relaxing, relaxing, relaxing. i really have to concentrate - dare i say meditate? - there seem to be stages of relaxation ... first the obvious muscle tension release - then i sense it's not completely relaxed yet, and close my eyes to relax more (my shoulder usually comes more forward as the "secondary" relaxation occurs) ... then even another third level - where no physical manifestation of the release could be seen, but i feel tension go out from just under my skull, right behind my ear - as if my brain was swelled or something - and i'm letting the "air" out of it.
i swear to God i AM going to do this without drugs.
please, no hate mail ... this is what's been working for me. your posts were a good forum to dump my recent progress to the board.
i want to be many again ...
-lcb