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Did anyone else have a sort of insomnia post surgery? I'm not in pain or terribly tired I just don't seem to need to sleep at the moment, I've tried to be disciplined and go to bed at a sensible time, staying busy and not napping during the day but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It's not a huge problem to me and seems trivial compared to others troubles but I guess I'm curious if this is common.

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I have been wondering the same thing because I have the same problem. I am 2wks post op and I can't sleep, I don't nap anymore and I wake up at the Crack of dawn now. It's weird!!

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Maybe it's that there's no more food coma - that very well might be the case for me in 10 days. I know whenever I have fasted I would have lots of energy as none of it is tied up digesting my food I guess.

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The first week after surgery I slept more than usual. I think some of it was catching up from the pretty much complete lack of sleep the night I spent in the hospital.

Once I was caught up, though, I've found myself waking up earlier than before. I think it has to do with the fact that I was just on the edge of sleep apnea, and the weight loss from the pre-op diet program pretty much took care of that, so I'm getting better sleep, and thus waking up earlier.

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All I do is sleep if I'm not at work or eating... I can sleep 14 to 16 hours at a time and still take a nap. I'm pre op.

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I am hoping that once I am off liquids and move to food I will get a little more energy. But to be honest, as a single Mom it is nice to take care of just myself these past few days doing nothing but focusing on me.

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This no-sleep situation is typical low-carb side effect. I've done low carb on-and-off (mostly on) for 10 years.

Some say it raises cortisol.

I can't sleep when I go hard-core low carb, sleeve or no-sleeve.

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Thanks for the replies, guess I should make the most of the extra time ????

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being in Ketosis causes insomnia for some people - me included as do some painkillers, Tramadol makes many people sleepy but for me it keeps me wide awake until 4am!

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I'm having trouble with insomnia too. Reflux is also giving me a hard time. I have times where I feel exhausted but most of the time I'm doing ok. The reflux is driving me nuts. I'm hoping when I can sleep actually laying down that will be better!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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