2nd day

Took 1 Lunesta 1mg about 9:30pm and awoke about 1am, tonight I will try 1/2 of 1 10mg of Ambien to see if I can sleep through the night at least till 5am so as to get back to work routine. Since my new shift starts at 9am.

2nd update

I am still having issues getting my sleep routine back to a working routine, it seems that at this time I'm awake from 1am to about 9 or 10am and then passing out and sleeping till 6:30pm or later and staying awake till later. If I take sleep aides like Lunesta 1mg or more, Ambien 10mgs - which really puts me out. I am still working on regulation of these meds while trying to put my back (sciatic) into a manageable state without over sleeping.
Today or should I say last night I took 1mg of Lunesta about 2am and awoke about 7am, I will try and stay alert till about 10:30 and try 1mg of Lunesta to see if I can sleep through to about 7am without waking up around 2am or so, this seems to be the pattern. Sometimes when I take 1 or 2 Lunesta, I awake not knowing what time it is although I do have a clock by my bed and then can't remember what I was doing prior to sleeping.
Hopefully I can get this right and get back to work (9:00 am to 5:30pm with Sat.&Sun. off).

Insomnia continues

After my surgery for ulnar nerve my sleep has been askew ed. I have taking 1mg of Lunesta and can't seem to get more than 2 hours of sleep. After taking the med I'd awake about 2am and stay awake until about 9 or 10am. Got to get my sleep regulated to normal patterns. Monday after taking 1.5mg of Lunesta on Sunday night about 10:30 I awoke about 1am and stayed awake until about 9am, then went to sleep and awoke about 6:30pm. I awoke disoriented and anxious, but knowing that God is the potter and I am the clay, I gave him the anxiousness and trusted that He would work it out. So from 6:30 pm on Monday until 11:30 am on Tuesday I stayed awake to clear the Lunesta from my system and then went to sleep to see what happened. I awoke about 6:30pm and stayed awake till about 10:30 when the storms came in and turned off the electricity and read the 3rd book in the series of "Game of Thrones" and again trying to find the right formula of med to put me in the right pattern for working sleep I tried and again and am awaiting the outcome.

Insomnia and RLS

It seems that when I have any opium based drug - synthetic or other wise my sleep cycle is messed up. So in hopes of getting in line for the start of my new shift June 19, 2011 I went to the doctor and got Lunesta 1ml., at first it seemed to work but then I would only sleep soundly for about 4 hours and awake with out being able to return to sleep until later. Sunday came and I took 1 and a half hoping it would help. It didn't' I slept for about an hour and a half. I will be calling in sick again to work and contacting Met life to extend my outage. I would like to get sleep preferably from about 10pm to 7:30 and then be able to go back to work after a elbow surgery and time off since about May 5th. I will try again tonight with 2 tablets of Lunesta - 2ml gs., and will see. Along with this I have gotten RLS (restless leg syndrome).

Recovery

My elbow is still hurting something like a pinch, but I reckon its the clamps the doctor put in to move my ulnar nerve. Here's a picture:

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I awoke yesterday with the same feeling in my right hand, the pinky and ring finger feeling of a half numb. I think this is part of the bulging disk I encountered in '07. But will leave till or if it gets worse.

I received a call from Metlife, that my return work date is now June 20 2011, and the claim is approved, hopefully I will receive a check.

out of surgey

Had surgery Thursday June 2 and had to stay until Friday due to no one to take me home. Got home and then for pain medications Hydrocodone 10mgs, seems to work doesn't kick in for about an hour or so, but with coffee faster is better. Got a return appointment Friday June 10, but will call to check on the time.

Will check with Anthem and Met life for short term policy, so I can get paid.

Got new shift at Verizon for 9am to 5:30pm with Saturday and Sundays off, will look forward to that. I just hope there is another ISP which I will be signing up for. Hopeing