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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 16:49:10 GMT
Do you handle being woke up in the middle of the night, well or badly?
I handled it badly. I scream and then I shake all day.
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Post by mimi3566 on Jun 10, 2016 16:51:34 GMT
I think it depends on the manner in which I was woken up. If it's a loud, sudden, panicked wake up, then yes...I handle it badly. If it's my hubby for a little, you know...then MOST of the time, I'm okay with it.
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 10, 2016 16:56:02 GMT
ha, I would be the opposite of mimi. for nookie, I'm almost always pissed because I'm tired, I want to sleep, let's do it in the morning lol. i have hit him in my sleep when he's tried to wake me up, and i have no memory of it.
but abrupt waking up, like kid throwing up, or screaming, or once a tree fell against our house- man, I'm in the zone. calm, cool, laser focused. I wish I had that clarity at any other point, not just when it's a result of being shocked awake or in an emergency situation.
ETA sorry you're having a rough go of it.
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Post by scorpeao on Jun 10, 2016 17:01:40 GMT
It depends on the situation. Once when my dd was about 4 she was waking me up every night for about a week...I lost my shit!! It happened again about three years ago, but instead of my dd it was my dog. Just being awakened here and there doesn't bother me unless I'm awakened in such a way that I think my life is in danger; in that case I cannot go back to sleep.
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Post by scrappyesq on Jun 10, 2016 17:11:40 GMT
I'm shaky for a little while at first but it goes away after awhile.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 10, 2016 17:17:06 GMT
I'm a light sleeper. I get woken up at least once a night the majority of the week. I just roll over and go back to sleep.
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Post by gar on Jun 10, 2016 17:20:32 GMT
Considering I had to wee 4 times (yes!!! 4!!!) last night, thankfully waking up for that reason isn't a problem. I'm pretty sure I've never shaken the following day!
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Post by melanell on Jun 10, 2016 17:28:37 GMT
I was going to say "badly", but then I saw your reaction, so I guess mine isn't so bad after all.
It scares me, and my heart will race for a bit and it takes me awhile to get back to sleep, but the rest of my day is fine, and I don't recall ever screaming.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 10, 2016 17:34:33 GMT
Rarely do I have a problem going back to sleep, so getting woken up doesn't bother me. I have a kid that used to crawl in bed with me most nights and it didn't phase me a bit. There was one night though-a terrible thunderstorm where the lightening hit a transformer right out side of my bedroom and sounded like down town Beirut. (My son said I need a more current reference ) Scared me to death-that horrible noise coupled with the subsequent fire starting in a tree kept me up for a while. But beyond that, I usually have no trouble getting woken up.
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 10, 2016 17:38:44 GMT
Do you handle being woke up in the middle of the night, well or badly? I handled it badly. I scream and then I shake all day. Were you able to go back to sleep? DH has sleep apnea and used to have a horrid time getting back to sleep when he woke up (due to the apnea). During his sleep study it was explained that his body was responding with an adrenaline rush which woke him abruptly when he stopped breathing. Your shaking could be a response to excess adrenaline triggered when you woke up.
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Jun 10, 2016 17:53:01 GMT
ha, I would be the opposite of mimi. for nookie, I'm almost always pissed because I'm tired, I want to sleep, let's do it in the morning lol. i have hit him in my sleep when he's tried to wake me up, and i have no memory of it.
but abrupt waking up, like kid throwing up, or screaming, or once a tree fell against our house- man, I'm in the zone. calm, cool, laser focused. I wish I had that clarity at any other point, not just when it's a result of being shocked awake or in an emergency situation.
ETA sorry you're having a rough go of it. If my DH wakes me in the middle of the night, it better damn well be for a real emergency!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 17:58:52 GMT
When we moved in to our new apartment there were some problems with the fire alarms, we got woken up four nights in a row by really loud screeching and had to evacuate. The first time I handled it ok the forth time I refused to budge and had an under the duvet temper tantrum. I didn't shake the following day I was just incredibly grumpy.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jun 10, 2016 18:06:38 GMT
I can usually go back to sleep unless it's an earthquake. That adrenaline surge keeps me awake for hours.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 10, 2016 19:26:29 GMT
I'm a very light sleeper, and pretty much everything wakes me up. I generally don't deal with it too well because I almost always feel sleep deprived and tired. It's bad enough when random things wake me up (noise, light, pets moving around in the room, too hot or cold, having to pee, etc.) so if someone is waking me up for any reason at all on purpose other than the house is on fire, it had better be a darn good reason! (And no, nookie is NOT a good enough reason if I'm actually sleeping!)
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Post by disneypal on Jun 10, 2016 20:07:16 GMT
It depends on why I was awakened.
Someone banging on door, scaring the life out of me - I wake up jumpy but if all turns out to be okay - no problem. A dog barking - ugh - no big deal, just try to go back to sleep.
Just depends on the cause.
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Post by snappinsami on Jun 10, 2016 20:09:11 GMT
It depends... If I wake up on my own (let's face it... at a certain age, you gotta go when you gotta go), I'm fine. I may have trouble falling back to sleep, but the waking up part is fine. When it's *NOT* on my own - like if DD comes in for something or, like last night, we have an earthquake at 1am - not so fine. I usually jolt awake with a start and a gasp. And then I can pretty much guarantee that I won't be able to fall back to sleep easily, if at all. (Yeah, I'm kind of running on fumes this afternoon.)
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 10, 2016 20:10:05 GMT
It depends. If I'm home and it's the phone then I immediately expect the worst. Which it usually is since it's the middle of the night. Thankfully this has only happened a few times. If I'm woken up suddenly by something else -- like a fox crying outside our window (omg you'll think you're in a horror movie when you hear that!), or some loud noise from outside or something like that, then I wake up suddenly and then lie awake for awhile cursing foxes or police helicopters or whatever. Okay, not really cursing police helicopters, I know they're doing their job. But we had one a few weeks ago when some guys broke into the elementary school two blocks from my house and I seriously thought that helicopter was going to land on my house! When I'm on call at the hospital it's my pager that wakes me up, and I wake up suddenly and completely. It only takes me another minute to get dressed in whatever clothes I've laid out, and then get to wherever I need to be at the hospital. (I sleep there when I'm on call.)
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 10, 2016 20:13:29 GMT
I usually wake up to the sound of my son screaming. So, I roll my eyes and get up for the day or deal with him and lay down on the couch. When I had a knock on the door at midnight, it took me a couple of hours to get back to sleep. Other minor things I can go back to sleep easily.
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Post by mellyw on Jun 10, 2016 21:07:50 GMT
Took me years to handle it well. Couple weeks before our first Anniversary, we were woke up in the middle of the night with the phone call that DH was deploying in 2 hours to then Desert Shield. No one but the 82nd Airborne had been called up yet, it was a complete shock. Having my DD a couple years later certainly helped. Can't get the shakes every time your woke up with a baby, you'd never stop! Now I just get grumpy, cause it's usually a cat waking me up.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 10, 2016 23:03:25 GMT
After raising two boys, I have adjusted much better to it. If it is one of the dogs dry heaving, I don't think my feet even touch the floor as I travel 50 feet to the back door. My husband's snoring wakes me up most nights.
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Post by anothermom2two on Jun 10, 2016 23:11:40 GMT
My 17 year old DD woke me up last night a little after 1 am. There was an earthquake and she didn't want to sleep alone. Got I'm bed with us just like when she was little. I loved it!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 11, 2016 1:19:40 GMT
Wow, that's quite a severe reaction, to scream and then shake all day after being woken in the middle of the night. If it's my hubby for a little, you know...then MOST of the time, I'm okay with it. If DSO were to wake me IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKIN NIGHT for a little, you know..... he'd be left without the bits required for said "you know" !!!
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Post by lovinlife on Jun 11, 2016 1:37:20 GMT
Usually I handle it fairly well. One night one of my dds flipped on my bedside lamp and it was aimed right at my face...I came out of the bed screaming bc it looked like a flashlight. She never did that again and poor dh about fell out of the bed. Another instance the cat jumped on the remote in the living room. TV started blaring and it scared me so bad I immediately went into labor with 3rd dd. I was 38 weeks so it was all good lol
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Post by hop2 on Jun 11, 2016 1:50:59 GMT
Well, I'm the go to parent for the kids in the middle of the night. That stuff I usually handled ok. Except the one time the were both barfing anf I flipped out at DH that he wasn't helping at all. But generally I can do what they need quietly and quickly and everyone sleeps. DS didn't sleep well until he was about 6 he had night terrors and sleepwalking so I was up often.
Freaky scary things will shake me up. And it depends on the resolution wether or not it will bother me the next day.
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Post by Drew on Jun 11, 2016 2:35:26 GMT
I wake up many many times in the night. It's like I take a series of short naps. A long time ago I loosened the screws on my son's bed frame so I could hear when he was seizing. I now wake up every time he rolls over. His bed makes a lot of noise. I can tell when it's a seizure though, so I always have an ear on it.
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Post by mallie on Jun 11, 2016 11:33:54 GMT
You shake ALL day? That's a long-term startle reflex, you poor thing.
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Post by supersoda on Jun 11, 2016 11:49:19 GMT
I am very cranky in the middle of the night. I honestly don't know how I survived infants. I guard my sleep diligently because I'm just no fun without a decent night's sleep.
If I am startled, my adrenalin gets going and I have a hard time going back to sleep. Never had any next-day consequences except tiredness, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2016 11:50:59 GMT
The only time I've been awaken at night and still shaking the next day was once when we lived in a trailer park. A domestic altercation from down the street came, punched out our picture window and kicked in our front door in an attempt to come in to use our phone (she thought we were the park's office). It seemed to take the sheriff an eternity to get to us.
Other than that I"m not normally still shaking the next day but I also can't recall any other situation that was that scary. He was swinging a large machete type of knife and had cut her several times with it.
Normally if I get awaken in the night I'm back asleep in about an hour. No screaming involved. I'm not a screamer.
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Post by Karmady on Jun 11, 2016 14:55:50 GMT
Oh my, that's a terrible response from your body For me, my autistic son wakes me up all night, every night. It's absolutely exhausting and I get up and go to work. I can't even "hide" at work since I lead workshops in elementary schools. I keep searching for respite and camps so that I can get more sleep. Ds is in respite this weekend and I feel exhausted.
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Post by Chips on Jun 11, 2016 15:05:23 GMT
I am a light sleeper so I tend to wake up a few times a night. This started when I my son was born, so now kids, dogs, bathroom stops and just gut instinct will all wake me up.
I do remember before kids that I would get angry if dh woke me up. Guess i was a pretty deep sleeper than.
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