My body has not caught up yet from being so busy the last two days. I am not sleeping as well as I should. My energy is still low. Even though, I slept like a rock with only waking up twice last night. I still woke up feeling low energy even though my blood sugar was 122. I usually wake between 3 to 4 times a night in a 5 through 7 hour period. Getting out of my routine after getting up around a certain time in the morning to drive my daughter to and from work at her new job. She is working various hours during the Thanksgiving break from school plus being home and wanting to go places together shopping.

It is hard to balance my home life and business life this week. I feel out of whack physically and mentally being tired. My plans to continue to work on organizing and getting started on my time management seem out the door at the moment. This is causing me to be stressed and depressed a little. I have realized that when my life is starting to feel out of control and helpless, I experience depression.
Having trouble sleeping soundly through the night is definitely a problem for me. I probably wouldn’t sleep as well as I do if I didn’t take the melatonin.

Women are twice as likely as men to have difficulties falling asleep or maintaining sleep. Hormonal changes can affect sleep in women. As well as, women coping with work as well as with their roles as mothers and wives may cut back on their sleep, ignoring signs of fatigue and other effects of insufficient sleep. Getting enough sleep has an enormous impact on a woman’s life as it improves general sense of well-being, concentration, job performance, social interaction, and driving. Sleep deprivation has been proven to affect driving ability in three areas:

• It impairs coordination
• It causes slower reaction times.
• It impairs judgment.

It has been estimated that between 16% and 60% of all accidents have sleep deprivation as a cause. I do worry about driving with having sleep dysfunction. Sleep dysfunction is associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Pain, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD), Narcolepsy, Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), anxiety and depression.

Praying that I sleep better tonight. So I can get back on track tomorrow.