How Did You Sleep Last Night?

[Ocean5]

More exhausted than when I went to sleep....

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Fell asleep in the bus. Twice

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Broken sleep and kept waking up and slept only a little here and there. Exhausted today.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Wierd dreams and completely exhausted

 

[Heather]

Having horrible time sleeping. Spend most nights on the couch. I'm dreaming about Tina (daughter's abuser's mom). I wake up feeling yuck!

 

[Gadgie]

I wish I could have one night where I sleep through the whole night without waking up, in fact, I can't remember the last time that happened?

 

[hodge]

Me, either, Gadgie.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

WIIIIIERD dreams.

Slept okay. Quickly awake

 

[Heather]

Another yucky night. Having bad dreams again.

 

[hodge]

Heather, have you tried taking Prazosin or Clonidine? They both help keep you from remembering your nightmares when you wake up. They're actually blood pressure meds, but somehow they work in this way, too.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

I know that not getting enough sleep can create a problem for cognition. For the past week or 10 days I've been trying to get more sleep. It's been working and I've noticed it's a little bit easier to deal with cognitive distortions.

The only problem is my fear is validated again. More sleep means more nightmares. And that's been the case again. Every night I've had either nightmares or long disturbing dreams. Not only that I started waking up unexpectedly during the night. It became a choice between dealing with anxiety and cognitive distortions during the day from lack of sleep or anxiety from nightmares and disturbing dreams. Anxiety from the nightmares is a little bit easier to deal with than the anxiety and distorted thoughts from lack of sleep.

Last night I went to bed late again for the first time in a week or 10 days. I didn't have any nightmares that I can remember but I did wake up unexpectedly in the middle of the night again. And then I woke up earlier than I have been lately. It's made me feel anxious again. I'm starting to get mad at sleep. I can't even escape to it.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Had great sleep. Woke up after 6 hours. Energetic, but wierd as it was 5 AM