Panic after midnight
How often do you hear clock strike four in the morning? I have been hearing it quite often these days. Not long ago I boasted of an ability to fall asleep at any time at any place at will. There was a time I used to sleep fourteen hours a day, everyday!! Unfortunately things have changed now. Every other day I wake up in the middle of night, terrified that I won't be able to fall asleep. It's not that twisting and turning in bed for hours that bores me. What I hate about staying awake upto wee hours in the morning is that it spoils my day entirely. Sometimes even the entire week! When you doesn't sleep well at night, you are not enthusiastic during the day. It makes you tired, sleepy and dull. It lowers productivity tremendously. That's what has been happening to me frequently over the last two months. I try to recover the lost sleep on weekends but that's not always possible and often not sufficient.

I have spent as many sleepless nights in the last two months as I have spent twenty eight years before that. I hope this condition doesn't last for long. Insomnia is a big change to cope up with, for a someone like me who had the ability to fall asleep standing in a crowded local train!! Well, it's almost 11 p.m. right now, and the thought that's topmost on my mind is, "Will I be able to sleep well tonight?"

Good night. And best wishes!! :-)