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    Sleep problem cured with cbd ?

    CBD Oil For Sale | Buy CBD Online | CBD For Your Every Need - Endoca is where I ordered mine.
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    Wake Up Choking

    I've been roughly treated by the medical community and nobody should put up with it. My advice, don't think twice and find a new doctor. Anybody worth their salt would listen to their patients.
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    Terrible insomnia

    Did you ever hear the old joke (back when people compulsively smoked cigarettes): Q: What do you do when you smoke after sex? A: Slow down and use a lubricant. You're a brave person to move back to your hometown. I've learned to live far away from home where life activities don't trigger...
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    Sleep - both mesmerizing & terrifying

    I find writing to be cathartic. My dreams are like a sketch that has been drawn hundreds of times over itself. Sometimes, the trace is exact, but other times, they following a slightly different track. It's hard to keep straight which one is accurate. But, when I write down my dreams...
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    Sleep problem cured with cbd ?

    Start small. I bought the large size pill and it's probably enough for a week if spread out. I was taking them everyday and although not horrible, I was definitely starting to have problems with dizziness standing up.
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    Adrenals - insomnia - advice?

    I have an auto immune thing going on, so I had a theory that I had hyperthyroidism. It lined up so neatly with my symptoms, but alas, my doctor ruled it out with an easy blood test. Despite my mind being perfectly calm and at ease, my doctor said that I was describing a perfectly a panic...
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    Confusional arousals/sleep drunkenness

    @KwanYingirl - wild. Valproic Acid was my kryptonite.
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    Confusional arousals/sleep drunkenness

    That should help your sleep. Hypnotics (which pristiq is not) can give you that drunken, underwater feeling. You might want to ask about seroquel. It really helps me sleep and get back to sleep during these episodes. YMMV. I remember the wonderful way my anxiety would melt away and I'd...
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    Confusional arousals/sleep drunkenness

    Sounds like an ambien state. Are you taking medications? When waking from night terrors/mares, it often takes me some time (up to half an hour) to get my bearings and ground myself back in reality. And, in a milder form, I travel so much that I often find myself waking in strange settings...
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    Dbt in fort lauderdale area

    It also needs to be in Spanish, French or Italian. It's for a suicidal friend that doesn't speak much English. Any ideas?
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    Sleep apnea / cpap?

    Whinge away.... It's good to vent and I can always skim a post. It really sounds like your mask isn't working for you. I'd hunt around. I had similar difficulties when I first got my machine, but I hacked the machine (google for it) and started to adjust the pressures and such until I...
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    Is it unusual? ptsd interaction with amount sleep needed and reliance

    lamotrigine - I started at 25mg and I've been making a great recovery. I've tried 50mg and 25mg/day, and both times, it didn't work out. The only time my PTSD comes back right now is when I'm drinking alcohol. I think it is the effect on my sleep, but thankfully, I've lost any desire to...
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    Is it unusual? ptsd interaction with amount sleep needed and reliance

    I'm with you guys. I used to describe my monster sleep schedule and being completely unable to sleep without some fairly heavy drugs. Nightmares, night sweats, shaking in the morning so bad, that I had difficulty with balance. Then, I found an antiseizure med. I slept 15 hours a day and...
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    The line between real-world and nightmare-world is getting so blurred

    Yes and Yes. I think it's referred to as a cognitive distortion. However, when I'm having horrible PTSD nightmares, it distorts my reality and I often don't realize how badly. Relationships with coworkers and people really suffer and people start to interpret my actions as angry and...
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    Sleep apnea / cpap?

    Uninterruptable Power Supply - often used for computers. It will keep your machine running during an outtage.
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    Exhausted...but afraid to sleep. help

    Same here. What can you do to make yourself more comfortable? Locked door. Dog for a thunder buddy. Meds. Physical exhaustion.
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    Childhood Can a flashback be made up ?

    One of my flashbacks/nightmares are to a time when my family of origin would plug the vacuum cleaner into, well, me and I'd have this horrible feeling of sickness or being drained of power. Obviously, it's impossible to be true as I don't have any electric outlets on my person. However, when...
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    Sleep apnea / cpap?

    I'm a side and stomach sleeper, so the hard plastic dig into my skin and I wake up looking like I had been in a cat fight as I'd litterally have bloody scratches on my face. I ended up with a cloth mask by sleep weaver. I took to it like a duck to water. The odd part was that it didn't...
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    Night terrors and the morning after

    Prozasin moved my night terrors to night mares. Instead of just waking in a sweat with my heart pounding, I'd actually remember what it was that had my so upset. For the OP, I recommend waking yourself up completely and try to break out that dream. I take daziapam and propanalol. Turn on...
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    Not fired yet

    Yeah, I'm "atypical" when it comes to meds and such. Or, so a neurologist told me. I suspect that I have an auto-immune problem of some sort as a vegan diet and meds that control auto-immune can help me greatly. Or, maybe, it's just a straight up sleep issue which has caused my immune...
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    Worthless

    You need to become your own parent. Think of a mother taking care of her child. How should she treat the child? How to respond appropriately to her hurts, fears, nightmares, etc. How would you like to be treated? Parenthood doesn't come with an instruction manual. You need to learn...
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    Not fired yet

    Well, that's the irony of getting laid off/fired now: I'm so, so much better. I've been literally dragging myself out of bed for months to go to work because I was so tired and exhausted, but I'm feeling fine right now. I mean, I really wish I wasn't having to do this, but I have...
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    Not fired yet

    Thanks. It's just not worth the effort to cry over spilled milk. I feel stupid, but that was a very different person. I'll just roll forward, but be extra careful to avoid a repeat performance. Has anybody had luck with declaring a disability. I mean if I'm being an a-hole, I should...
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    Not fired yet

    It was framed as a redundancy, but it's pretty obvious they are letting me go. I think you're right. Learn from my mistakes and move on.
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    Not fired yet

    I'm fishing for ideas. I've been PTSD'ing badly for the last year and it has really affected by work relationships badly. Looking back, I hardly recognize myself as I was argumentative and, well, difficult. I found a new medication and I've been sleeping like a baby for 3 months where I...
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