*makes deborah a delicious hot cocoa with coconut cream*

I always have this when I wake up at some ungodly hour and can't go back to sleep. Hey, it might not cure the insomnia, but you might as well enjoy something delicious during your bleary white night. Kisses.

... and you know what really sucks about insomnia? If you go to bed at, say, 11am or mid-afternoon, you will conk out in minutes!

Oh yeah, I'm playing the insomnia game right now myself.

deborah, you could come hang out in IRC for a half-hour or so....

Not so much insomnia, but a nice bout of baby-induced sleep deprivation. Thanks, son. I'll get you for this.

I've had a week of insomnia myself. It happens every year right around this time -- with the change from winter to spring (and change in length of day, etc.).

I call it the 3:00 a.m. speedbump myself. If I can't sleep, I can't sleep. Eventually I just get up and watch the Conan reruns.

(Some antidepressants can do this, by the by... maybe check with the doc?)

Thanks for the responses, bunnies. And it was fun spending some time in IRC with mudpuppie and sysinfo. I haven't been there in months!

It could be the Effexor, Pips, but I don't think so. If anything they make me sleep a lot. Between it and one of my diabetes meds I usually sleep about 12 hours a day. I've been afflicted with insomnia for years, long before anti-depressants entered the picture. But thank you for the thought.

What makes it especially frustrating is that I've been trying to sleep less (down to about 10 hours) and insomnia kicked in. I can't win for losing!