Thanks for your reply Pure Bliss glad to see that you have made it through the program and, as always, I throughly enjoy reading your replies, not only to my posts but to others as well.
Part of my reason for not having much time for the boards is my workout routine, running takes up a lot of time. I train to run in 1/2 marathons, in fact the reason I'm up so late right now is I just got home from running the Las Vegas 1/2 marathon, yes they made it a night race this year and 44,000 participants ran the Las Vegas Strip under the glow of neon lights. So needless to say I'm not ready for bed yet, not until the stiffness in my legs subside. I also planned this to be my off night from BrainEv as I knew I wouldn't be able to stay focused with my sore aching body after a 13.1 mile run. Oh and add to that the mile and a half walk from where I parked to the starting line and the same mile and a half walk back to where I parked from the finish line, capped off with a climb up four flights of stairs in the parking garage to where I parked...OUCH!!!
As for the insomnia issues, I bought a book about sleep disorders and have devoured all the information I can get out of it, especially on insomnia and sleep apnea. I was amazed how many simple little things can contribute to insomnia. So I have been making some adjustments there and it seems to be helping some as I reported in my first post. I knew about caffeine and I consume very little caffeine anyway, just 3 cups of decaf in the morning and that's it. But one of the things was mentioned was even one little glass of wine in the evening can contribute to insomnia. So I reluctantly gave up my one glass of wine with dinner for more water. And another little trick I read about was having a cup of caffeine free peppermint tea after dinner before bed, so I started doing that. These little changes have helped somewhat with my insomnia, it's not completely cured but I have noticed some improvement since making those changes.
Well my legs seem to be loosening up, at least as long as I stay in my recliner, when I get out of it to walk across the room that may be another story, LOL. So I'm going to go slip on the sleep phones, put on a sleep CD and see how well running a 13 miler at night does for insomnia.