Why are you up?

[BaronessOrczy]

Jet lag plus mosquito bites driving me crazy. Got back from the US yesterday late morning. Am being tortured by my 48 bites, the itching woke me up. Damn s’mores round the firepit on the last night of hols.

Now I’m in an oatmeal bath fully antihistamined up but still SO itchy I can’t sleep.

why are you up? And what’s your top mosquito bite cure <scratches>

Baby. Toddler. Useless husband

Whirly tummy - And Post viral insomnia i think

I'm back. Given baby calpol he must be really suffering with his teeth. Dp is up for work now too. So
. Tired

Always sleep badly or lightly during period, wrong temperature , anxious etc, also in peri. On HRT and magnesium etc. MIL (dementia) also woke me up at 4am rattling around her room sorting through drawers with her v noisy en suite fan going. Got her back to bed now wide awake. Work will be fun later 😩

Still awake. Still itchy. Just had a cry. It fucking hurts, my legs are a blistered mess.

Leg pain. It keeps waking me if I move in my sleep. I’m exhausted.

Sympathy to all the rest of us up for less than good reasons.

Hope you're ok @Feelingstrange2. You sound lovely and your dad is lucky to have you 😊

Ouch @BaronessOrczy do you have any sudocrem? Ice pack?

I can't decide what to have for breakfast, there is eggs, baked beans, sausages, tomatoes, potato waffles. Yes I should have porridge with berries and nuts and seeds but want some stodge. I can have fruit afterwards.

Cat.

Set the alarm for 5am so I could get onto my GP surgery's online consultation system about neck and shoulder pain which has been disrupting my sleep for 3 weeks. So now wide awake and Mumsnetting

Ive got terrible period pain so I've taken codeine and it's just starting to kick in now. My tip is Eurax cream, it's expensive but some places stock the smaller tubes which is all you need. Also geemaline dotted on the lm as it is anti inflammatory. Calamile lotion is also meant to work but I've never tried it x

Can I ask what magnesium do you take? Is it just a standard one from the supermarket or is it a special type from somewhere like Holland and Barratt? I'm going to get some today x

Up for work. That was a horrible alarm after 3 days weekend!

@EmeraldRoses careful, you need a good bioavailable magnesium like glycinate and not one like magnesium oxide

OK thanks Calico, do the ones you've recommended come in a tablet form?

Had a nightmare over an hour ago.
Now body all tense and can't go back to sleep.

Oh bless you.
I always find this sort of pen helps: see pic
My sister swears by anthisan to the extent that I have to take her a tube if I visit her in Australia.

Try Eurex for bites.

@EmeraldRoses I currently have tablet biglycinate but was interested in trying the liquid floradix next, need to look into it more.

Leafy greens, seeds (pumpkin in particular) and nuts are good sources of magnesium

Zambuk is the only thing I've ever found that stops bites itching, it's brilliant.

Cat woke me at 2.30, now I’m up after barely sleeping since as we move house today!

Fenofexadine is my new go-to antihistamine for mosquito bites - just back from holiday and usually react badly to bites, but a tablet a day has kept the itching away almost entirely. Game changer!

Worrying about same plus my face is spotty cos I'm skin picking again.

I wish I found this thread 3 hours ago!

Also anxious that I suggested to an old friend to meet up but I think he thinks it's a dare. I knew I shouldn't have put kisses at dvd end of my messages. Maybe separate thread.

Up since 5 and at the gym.

Up since 4:30 due to next door dog barking. He’s generally very quiet so assume he needed to go out but they didn’t get up so he kept howling. Hoping it’s a one off. Can’t go back to sleep as just got my period and I’m in agony. I took norethisterone for first time as was due my period on holiday and really regretting it now. I was an emotional mess these last few days. Also, the stone I lost over the 2 months before holiday is now back 🙁 ffs. Only took 2 weeks and I know some of it is water weight and retention but still.

Lets hope the day improves for everyone

Need to wash up after breakfast and get ready now. I'll try not to doze off in the meeting room.