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vanlassie

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2. Sleep may be your biggest issue. If you can't get enough sleep,
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 11:25 PM
Feb 2022

everything else is worse. I went through a similar set of circumstances last year. I was trying not to nap because I needed to sleep at night. But it ended up helping me to stop and drop if I felt drowsy at all during the day. Somehow this helped me start sleeping at night after a few good snatches of sleep during the day. I hated to take anything, but I did take melatonin (3gr) for a month or so which may be a placebo but falling asleep is sort of a ritual anyway. And pain killer for that shoulder is necessary if it keeps you awake- Seriously talk to a medical or psychiatric specialist about this. Take care.

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