4 Days And Counting

[Rennie]

So today is night number 5 with zero sleep. Every time I close my eyes I dream, terrifying, disturbing dreams. Yesterday I drove 50km out of town, only realizing where I was one I was there, no memory of getting there. I am so tired....

 

[ashdawn8287]

I take quetiapine for sleep. Maybe try discussing this with your doctor. your mind and body does weird things when you have no sleep. Or try taking melotonine in the mean time. Its a natural sleep aid.

 

[Rennie]

Does it make you too drowsy to get up in the middle of the night if you have too? I have a 4 year old who still sometimes wets the bed.

 

[Chincho]

I'm weaning off quetiapine. It's a great sleeping aid.

In my case it did make me too drowsy to get up in the middle of the night. My teenagers made fun of me because some days they'd stay up late and came to say goodbye at 2 am and I would talk to them, but the next morning I wouldn't remember.

You might talk to your doctor about taking a lower dose. I was taking 50mg.

 

[rightkindofme]

I use Ativan because I can wake up and deal with the kids in the middle of the night if I HAVE to.

 

[ASHR88]

5 days with zero sleep...that would have me checked into a hospital for sleep exhaustion. I don't mean that sarcastically, I mean it literally. Any longer and the delusions start and the micro-sleeping. Your brain really starts to go haywire. I would go to the hospital.

 

[BloomInWinter]

It's time to call your doctor for help. Lack of sleep makes all symptoms worse, and everyday activities dangerous.

 

[rightkindofme]

I went eight days once. The human body is remarkably resilient.