Have you all found your sleep has been disturbed? I find I keep waking many times during the night. I used to be such a sound sleeper and now I am really tired. At first, I found I was panicking, but now I just keep waking up and going back to sleep. I think it is every time I turn over. As I have recently stopped HRT, I am not sure if that is the reason, or if it is simply the stress of having bc! I seem to alternate between being hot and cold, but not hot flushes exactly. I had another biopsy on Monday, but I don’t think that is the reason. I have more results tomorrow and surgery next Wednesday. Writing this down makes me think, well, it’s not surprising! (My typing is getting dyslexic too!) Anyway, any thoughts?
Bad sleeping patterns eh? I’ve had the same since I got diagnosed in June. I think its a combination of several things. The chemo drugs, the mind not wanting to rest because it’s anxious. I wake up with hot and cold sweats, or i fall asleep in front of the tv on the sofa at 10pm then wake up at mid night, go to my bedroom and then 'm wide awake! The Marsden have been great and have given me tablets to help me sleep if I need them and they really do help. I try not to take them all the time though. I got to the point where If i didn’t get any sleep I was going to go bananas and had to ask for them.
I wake up at funny times - the latest being 2.35am - then again at 5.40am - then I somehow manage to get back to sleep until about 8! I’ve not had a full proper night’s slip since June if i’m honest!
Sorry i’ve not been much help to you, but you aren’t alone with the sleeping problem. Maybe got to your GP and ask for some tablets or something to help?
Ann - I think it’s a combination of the trauma of the diagnosis, the effects of Arimidex, the immediate coming off of HRT and physical and emotional stresses as a result of these things.
I have had various sleeping pills, etc, but they make me feel worse the next day so now I just live with it and hope that after I have finished the Arimidex I will return to ‘normal’.
As soon as I wake in the night, and after a trip to the loo, I immediately get back to sleep, so I still get the number of hours sleep in the end, but disturbed. I just live with it. The dogs aren’t even surprised to see me in the middle of the night now! XX