can't sleep...

[Latina24]

hey all! i haven't been able to get much sleep lately. ive been really tired and have been getting tired really easily during the day,but i still cant sleep. my back hurts, and my stomache is starting to hurt. i don't know if is just because im supposed to get my af next week or if i could be pg or just stressed. i usually dont get this much pain before my af. i guess im just restless and impatient. ive been having an extremely irregular af for the past five months and have gotten all bfn's. how long does it take for your body to go back to normal after getting off of bcp (patch)? ive been having light afs and some brown discharge. this usually doesn't happen to me and im confused and frustrated. i tried relaxing and still got an irregular af. my last one started and ended with brown discharge. any advice?

i guess im going to go now and try to get some sleep. by bf is bothering me about not being in bed since i have to work in the morning. looking forward to vacation next week!

[Jelee]

I haven't been able to sleep much either. I'm exhausted during the day and then when it's time to go to bed and sleep, I just lay there restless. As for the spotting-try taking an HPT. Spotting is a sign of PG. Good luck! :)

[JJJulie]

Sometimes all you need is a tylenol PM, and it's OK to take this in the first half of your cycle (before O). I rarely take meds but getting sleep is a serious issue. Sometimes you need to get your body on the right cycle and encourage it to do appropriate things, at appropriate times. Taking a tylenol PM for one or two nights just to get rested is my best advice, and next best advice, stop the caffeine. I just quit last week and although I had a few days of withdrawls, I found I feel much better anyways. Plus it's supossed to be better for fertility. Good Luck

[Latina24]

thanks for the advice! ive been charting my bbt on ff and it said that i o'ed on the 21st day of my cycle but im still having egg white cm. ive been really sick the past few days so i don't think that my bbt is very accurate. it was 98.1 for two days in a row then i took some theraflu last night(looked up meds i could take and said that it was ok) and this morning it was 97.1. im supposed to get my af this week so i guess its a wainting game right now. im not sure exactly when since ive been getting it at different times since going off of bcp.

JJJulie~i don't really drink coffee or soda, but i have been eating a lot of junk food lately like chocolate. i don't usually eat chocolate since i have a mild allergy to it, but ive been craving it lately.