Sleeping

[scott_1971_h]

I usually don't dream. certainly not lately, but while I was 'using' I would have vivid, technicolour dreams. And usually wake up after them, the dreams were so real i would check to make sure everything was OK and the dream had not actually happened for real.
Scott

 

[Bordo66]

Yeah I also have to check where I am after a dream or nightmare but its so annoying to wake up so many times in a night

 

[Reclusive]

I always have to check where I am when I wake up, regardless of whether I dream or not. I'm no longer surprised by my bedroom, but I have to sit there and try to remember my address and what my house looks like, what the floorplan looks like, all that stuff. And when I dream it's even harder for me to do these things. My dreams are so vivid they seem like real life. I had a dream about my mom saying how proud she was of my brother and I'm up in the air on whether or not I think I should even tell him. It seemed SO real.....

 

[hazen]

I wish I had some good suggestions for you Bordo but my PTSD mainly effects me by not letting me relax into sleep... its my biggest hurdle. I have done things to my bedroom to make it more relaxing and calming, and I even removed the door and replaced it with a curtain (doors are a huge problem for me).

I do feel that our sense of smell can have a big impact on how we remember certain situations, and I have become attached to incense. I light some incense next to my bed every night before I go to sleep; its become almost a ritual for me. I now associate the smell of incense with MY home and it helps remind me of where I am... and that I'm not in my childhood room anymore.

Also I pop sleeping pills... although most nights it feels like I wish I could take a horse tranquilizer to knock me out.

Anyway, I recommend some good scents to help stay calm!

 

[scott_1971_h]

Also I pop sleeping pills... although most nights it feels like I wish I could take a horse tranquilizer to knock me out.

Hopefully not benzos. They work really well for me, at night but during the day make it worse (Temazepam) but after a fortnight they wear off at night as well. They've been a problem before for me.
Scott

 

[Reclusive]

I had that problem with Temazepam, too. I would sleep SO long and then be a zombie all day, it was awful!

 

[Bordo66]

Still have Temazepam but there is nothing els at the moment, i wake up so many times a night for 2 weeks that my brains are just tired:(

I guess ill take my medication early so I can sleep

 

[Bordo66]

Between us...
What will happen of i take 12 temazepam pilles at the same time?

Will it be enough to kill me?

 

[scott_1971_h]

Between us...
What will happen of i take 12 temazepam pilles at the same time?

Will it be enough to kill me?

Sounds like you are in a similar position to mine when I was popping them. Cant sleep with them and fall apart without them. You really need to see something like a sleep disorder clinic. In answer to your question it depends if you wash them down with bourbon or something like that, and how much tolerance you have built up. Are you suicidal? If so stop reading the board and ring a hospital.

Scott
Scott

 

[Bordo66]

Sounds like you are in a similar position to mine when I was popping them. Cant sleep with them and fall apart without them. You really need to see something like a sleep disorder clinic. In answer to your question it depends if you wash them down with bourbon or something like that, and how much tolerance you have built up. Are you suicidal? If so stop reading the board and ring a hospital.

Scott
Scott

My psychiatrist told me I had to be careful with mixing medicine with alchohol.

 

[Gamereign555]

This past couple of weeks, my dreams usually involve somebody getting hurt or killed. So far this year none of the dreams that I can recall involve me getting hurt or killed though. My days are going well but I tend to be anxious when I wake up which is kind of unusual for me typically.

I take a 15mg temazepam once every 3 or 4 days to give me some kind of relief through the week.
I'm afraid to take more than that or more often because I think I'm going to have to have them to sleep and I'll end up taking more and more... generally I'm not an insomniac so far anyway.

 

[Bordo66]

Dont know if Im suicidal but I just had enough of it, same shit every day, same shit every night