Not Able To Wake Up

[Binkie]

Just recently, for about the last 2 months, I found I have not been able to wake up even when the alarm goes off. It's not the same as sleep paralysis - it's like a never ended total exhaustion.

For the last two mornings, I have woken at about 9am after 6-8 hours of poor quality sleep (nightmares & sleep paralysis), fed my pets, had a bowl of cereal and fallen asleep on the sofa, waking at 1.30pm.

This morning, I was asleep on the sofa and realised I was crying in my sleep. I tried desperately hard to wake up but I couldn't.

Can anyone explain this?

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Can anyone explain this?

I have severe exhaustion that looks like an opioid addict. Falling asleep, head in lap even after 5 cups of coffee. It follows my stress cup after i looked at it close.

I also have been having episodes of confusion, dizziness, slurred speach, double vision, and MRI is perfect, neutologist today said its most likely a sleeping disorder & sleep deprivation which sounds odd but ok.

So, yep, follows stress levels for me for sure!

ETA: And sleeping issues

 

[Chiqui]

I have a much better sleep quality since I am taking melatonyn. Sleep paralisis, very poor sleep quality and nightmares where a constant for years. Hypervigilance and anxiety together. But this is working, even though I still have nightmares and sometimes I awake so dizzy that I only can do a little stuff and fall sleep again. But I see a big difference between before and after.
Hooe you find something that helps you, too.

 

[Kintsugi]

What you're describing sounds a little like my problem with hypersomnia. An elephant could trumpet next to my head, and I could try to wake up, but it's like I'm under heavy sedatives. Also, my hypersomnia is always accompanied by terrible nightmares. It's a terrible combo. It's definitely distinct from sleep paralysis. I tend to cycle between insomnia and hypersomnia, so I just lump it all in together as disordered sleep patterns. The only thing that seems to help is sleeping on a tight schedule and limiting my sleeping hours to 6.

 

[Changing4Best]

I found that one of my medicines was causing me to be too sleepy, so I cut back on it, only taking it at bedtime. I was taking one at lunch time, but stopped taking that one.

Then I went off my antidepressant and found that I was sleepy every morning for about a week, once I stopped it. Finally this morning I was not as sleepy, waking up better. I only take that antidepressant during the winter, stopping it as soon as Spring pops out. I think I will be OK now.

I have had nightmares in the past, but since I stopped yet another medicine about 6 months ago, I have not had them. That medicine was also causing low blood sodium, to the point that I passed out once in Walmart and had to be rushed to the Hospital. They discovered the low blood sodium, but not the reason WHY. My Dr. is the one that searched through all my medications and found out which one did it to me. We had to wean me of that one and I still have to drink half Gatorade mixed with half water to keep from getting light headed.

I don't know if you are on any medications, but it is possible that all of your troubles could be caused by one or more medications or some kind of inter-reaction to the combination of two of your medications. Have your Dr.or your Druggist (or both) check them for you thoroughly to see if there are any drug interactions or reactions or side affects that could be causing all this.

 

[Friday]

That's a facet of my depression :wtf: I will sleep for 20+ hours a day... For months. Many of those days? I'm only getting up to pee & drink, before it's "lay down or fall down". So we're really talking about being "awake" for maybe 10 minutes, tops. Other times? I wake -refreshed even- and am up for a couple hours... And it's very much like being drugged. Lay down or fall down. My bones just turn to water, and my world fades to black. Can feel it coming on maybe an hour before it happens. Other times it's the wake & go back to sleep thing for half a day before I can get up (exactly as you described). Then I'm fine, but once I lay down at night? Same thing the next morning. It's going to be days/weeks of waking up at 1pm-4pm instead of 4am-7am.

I HATE depression :wtf: Didn't have it at all the first times things got bad. It has been an incrediably steep learning curve this time around. There is one exception to when I "should" give into it & just sleep myself out. Every other time? I have to fight through it. Or mark your calendar, I am going to be f*cked up for months.

I also have a totally unrelated to depression version of this that's tied to nightmares & flashbacks :wtf: Sucks way harder, but is somewhat easier for me to break out of. Although possibly just via practice, I suspect it's because it's missing the depression "why bother, no point, I like sleep; it's like being dead without the commitment" component.

^^^ Seeing how you have half a dozen responses & ALL of our causes are different? :wtf: More fun & excitement of PTSD.

 

[Binkie]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I wasn't looking for everyone's experiences of nightmares or hypnogogic hallucination but whether you HEAR anything when going into SP.

 

[joeylittle]

whether you HEAR anything when going into SP.

Did you mean this post to go to your other thread? This one is about trouble waking up...

 

[Binkie]

Did you mean this post to go to your other thread? This one is about trouble waking up...

I think so, sorry. Don't know which way up I am today.

 

[joeylittle]

I hear you.

 

[Binkie]

Joeylittle, please delete this thread and all my others. I am going - permanently, and I want no trace of my account left on the site.

 

[joeylittle]

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