Donut Sleep: Hole-In-The-Middle Insomnia

So virtually my entire family has sleeping problems that seem to commence in our early 30s. It happens so often we have a term for it: Donut sleep. Because there’s a giant hole in the middle there. Not to be confused with the inability to stop thinking so we can actually go to sleep. It’s an insufficient term, but whatever.

ANYWHO…to combat this, once upon a time, a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I took Benadryl. My motto was “One to go to sleep, two to stay sleep.” Sometimes I stayed asleep well into the next day. It was a flawed plan with serious drawbacks.

I don’t recommend this practice, mostly because it’s terrible for you, but I was desperate. If anyone IS interested in what has worked for me (and I’ve tried everything…one day I’ll tell y’all about my experience with Ambien – simultaneously hilarious and terrifying, but mostly terrifying), Thorne brand melatonin (I take 3mg) is for shizzle. I love that stuff. It contains none of the fillers present in most brands which inhibit their effectiveness. They’re welcome for the free advertising.

As a single mother especially, I’m a big fan of sleep. It’s highly underrated.