Tired and Feeling it

I haven’t slept well since Thursday night for multiple boring reasons – traveling, the Kid, oh and in last night’s case, severe pain every time I tried to lay down. As long as I sat on the Throne, things where great. Felt great, if I had had a pillow, I might have been asleep. But as soon as I got up and went to lay down in bed I was in agony. At 11 pm, after an hour of running back and forth between the bathroom and the bed, that I took 2 gas pills, 2 Aleve and 2 bentyl. I am sure that wasn’t the best thing to do but dang it, I was desperate. Half an hour (and finally a little D) later I was able to lay down. Two and a half hours after I am usually in dream land. *sigh* I need to get more sleep. When I don’t get enough sleep it doesn’t matter at all what I eat or what else is going on. If the sleep is gone, the IBS is partying.  Add up four nights of not getting enough, I’m in real trouble. Especially because my body is starting to adjust and is foolishly believing that I may not need as much sleep as I really do. If I’m not careful, I won’t be tired when I have to go to bed and that won’t be good. I have always thought that the sleep aspect is an interesting connection. It is amazing how our body works but I wish doctors could explain what it is about the sleep that helps the bowels figure out what they’re supposed doing. If they could figure it out, maybe they could bottle it. I’d pay a small fortune for it.