This weekend I found out how important it is to keep yourself on a fairly strict sleep schedule. I normally go to bed between 10:00 and 11:00 (as late as midnight on the weekends) and get up around 7:00 durning the week, and about 9:00 on the weekend. Any way, this weekend I went to a bachelor party and was up until 4:00 am. No clubs, just dinner at a Hooters type resteraunt, and poker all night long.
I have been suffering ever since. Three days now. The day after felt like the day after a migraine, all mushy headed and hard to think. Yesterday was a case of the mild dizzies and today my balance is out for the count.
I will add in that the weather the last few days has been a roller coaster ride and that adds into it, but I think that the interuption in my sleep routine is the biggest factor the last three days. I think that this is one of the biggest bummers in the life style changes required in managing the symptoms. I’m always the first person to leave so that I can get to bed on time, and always getting razzed about it.
Oh well, next time if I have any idea of how long something will take if it is going to push me way beyond my bedtime, I won’t be participating, just observing until it is bed time.
It is amazing how lack of sleep can affect us. Looking back, for years before my migraine diagnosis I would have severe vertigo spells anytime I would go for long spells without sleep. For example, about four years ago I was part of an IT disaster recovery test that lasted 32 hours. After 24 hours, the room was spinning and I was nauseaus. Also, about seven years ago, I spent several nights in a hospital waiting room when a family member was passing away from cancer. The same thing happened with the vertigo and nausea. I had not idea it was migraine. I now realize that a good part of the hangovers from my younger days may have been from lack of sleep.
Totally agree. If my sleep gets messed up for just one night, I can pay a heavy price for it. This is why I think I get so trashed on trips to Toronto. Among others, the time changes and sleep disruption leaves me wrecked for about a week! Sounds like you guys in the northern hemisphere are all having a rough time with hayfever, and wild temperature shifts too.
I totally know where you are coming from! We have to live such routine lives these days. Well, at least you had fun, right? I have a hard time telling people that I need to be in bed by 11:00 at the latest. I dealt with a friend who stayed till 1:00 am the other day. Our husbands went out to see a local band and the band didn’t start till 10 pm. I thought for sure his wife would leave when they left (after all we had been with them all evening). Oh no, not with my luck. She stayed so late. I took my medicine 3 hours late, I was tired and cranky. The next day I felt off. Bad news…they are coming over tomorrow for supper! They are good people but stay sooo late. I need to tell them but I hate hurting people’s feelings. At least you were out and about having fun, Brian. You deserve to have fun. I am just sorry you are suffering from it now. It will pass. I have always taken your advice regarding the importance of sleep. Just sometimes it is hard when certain circumstances arise. Hope you feel better.
