I feel really depressed and low today.
I've been signed off work for another 4 weeks. I know this is for my own benefit, but I also feel useless. Work is the only thing I'm any good at. But I know that I can't be there while my sleep is so erratic. I also know that I'll be in the s*it at least, if/when I get back to work. I'll probably be lucky if I still have a job, and that causes me a great deal of anguish.
I've also been trying to sleep without sleeping tablets, as per my Psych's instructions. But the nightmares are horrific, worse than ever. I don't know if the sleeping tablets stop my dreams / REM phase of sleep and now my body is trying to play catch up, or whether I still dream but just don't remember it because of the sleep meds. I know the meds do cause me a small amount of amnesia, so I don't know which it is. Either way, it's horrible, but if I'm going to get back to work, I need to be able to sleep, without meds.
Urgh! Even typing about this crap is making me feel more depressed. I'm off for a walk...