I just want to sleep. The kind of sleep where you close your eyes at 10pm and wake up at 7am.

No pain.

No vivid dreams.

No restless legs.

No bathroom trips.

No sweating.

No pain. (yes, I know that I already said that, but it bears repeating as it shouldn’t hurt to sleep!)

If I could buy it, I would gladly empty my wallet. In fact, I have! Melatonin, magnesium, cooling pillows, moisture-wicking pyjamas, linen sheets, and a variety of prescription and over the counter pain meds. I could write a book on the ‘sleep hygiene’ habits which I have tried to incorporate into my routine. Some items/ideas work briefly, but nothing has brought me that ‘knocked out’ sleep that I crave.

It is 3:10am as I write this post. I know…I know…screen time is hazardous to your sleep! I rarely turn to technology in the middle of the night, but sometimes I need the distraction and getting up helps relieve the pain and restless leg issue and it also rescues me from the terrors in my ‘oh so realistic’ dreams.

It shouldn’t hurt to sleep.

Learn more here: Good Sleep with Parkinson’s: An Oxymoron?

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