Post-op insomnia?!

[CocoNina 210]

Hi,

So I'm a week post-op now. I'm still sore on my left side because the big incision hurts like hell. But I'm fine, I felt better after day 5, post op.

I basically slept all day post-op days 1-3. Slept like a cat post-op Davy's 4 & 5, meaning I slept light & woke up from any noise. Day 6 & today, I can not sleep!! Last night I went to bed after 1AM, woke up at 3:30 AM to pee, & woke up & stayed awake at 6:30AM. So, that's 4 hours of sleep total. I thought I'd be tired tonight so I did not take a nap today. Right now it's 1:30AM & I've been up since 6:30AM with only four hours of sleep!!

I'm still on pain medication & it used to put me to sleep. It doesn't do it anymore. I'm wide awake. I also walked for 45 minutes outside to try to get my body fatigued. It didn't work.

Has anyone else had post-op insomnia? Is this normal? Why? Because this wasn't one of the side affects I've heard about. I mostly read people have no energy for weeks after surgery.

Height 5'0"

Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs.

Surgery date: 2/13/17

Goal: - 71 lbs for healthy BMI (about 145 lbs).

My profile picture is not me. It's my "FitSpiration" body.

[orionburn 1,023]

My sleep cycle was all jacked up for the first week once I was back at home. I had a prolonged stay at the hospital due to some complications so the continual wake-up calls every 2-3 hours for 6 days wrecked me. For the first few days at home I would wake up at 2 a.m. and then just be up from then on.

I didn't do anything special to get back on track. Just took my body some time to get back to normal, but it did after a few days. It can be frustrating but it'll get better!

[Middus 491]

Surgery disrupted my sleep cycle till I returned back to work. I slept only when I felt like it. I was afraid pain killers would mess up my sleep pattern so I took them sparingly..

[AnneElliot 79]

Oh my yes! I was close to mental breakdown! Couldn't figure out why I couldn't sleep my second week. Slept a total of four hours in 5 days!

I finally went to the hospital, the gave me ativan which did nothing and went to my family doctor and got some sleeping pills. After using them for three days I was able to reset my sleep pattern.

[CocoNina 210]

Thanks for all your input. My nurse said it's normal. She doesn't want me to take sleeping pills because it's too risky to over dose. I can't wait to get back to normal soon.


Height 5'0"
Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs.
Surgery date: 2/13/17
Goal: - 71 lbs for healthy BMI (about 145 lbs).
My profile picture is not me. It's my "FitSpiration" body.

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

You could maybe see if you can take melatonin Vitamins. I do that when I can't sleep, lately my mania (I have bipolar) has been so out of whack and I haven't been able to sleep but the melatonin helps. I'm not sure if you can take it so soon after surgery though! It's worth an ask though!