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What Happens When I Can't Sleep
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Benedryl in low doses, very low, can work pretty well, take a half, and use ear plugs - silicone. One of the problems with not sleeping is it's possible to start having hallucination-like symptoms and mood swings; the problem with napping is it's going to mess with your sleeping, vicious cycle. You want to make sure that you aren't exercising close to when you sleep or you'll be revved up and not able to sleep. Also think about turning off the tv and computer before going to sleep, listen to music. (Of course, I don't do this well, I put on an old movie or comedy and put in ear plugs because things have been bothering me, flashbacks ;) so this works better at times like this for me...I don't eat 2hrs before sleeping either, this seems to help with the meds working.)
I would see a doctor if this continues because it is serious. I hope you like your tdoc and it works well. Whatever happened seems serious and needs to be dealt with.
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I have gone 2 months like this. I do not know why. I had an MRI on my brain and it seemed to mess things up. Everything seems to work opposite. If I take Ativan then I am wide awake. I can go fours days on no sleep and still not ever feel tired. It is very scary to me.
I did have hallucinations. Like REM ing but no sleep,.......I did not sleep last night until I took a handful of things. Valerian, 2 tabs, Benedryl, 2 tabs, Melatonin, 2 tabs and then only got 4 hours.
I am going to try a new thing. I will open windows and use to artifical light for a while. Also try to tone down social activities for a few weeks to see if I can get stable.
Has anyone used Neurotin?
I did have hallucinations. Like REM ing but no sleep,.......I did not sleep last night until I took a handful of things. Valerian, 2 tabs, Benedryl, 2 tabs, Melatonin, 2 tabs and then only got 4 hours.
I am going to try a new thing. I will open windows and use to artifical light for a while. Also try to tone down social activities for a few weeks to see if I can get stable.
Has anyone used Neurotin?
Hi Ramsey
I well remember the months of surviving on 2hrs sleep a night, please talk to your doc, its important to get more sleep. After a while of doing this my GP prescribed Amytriptyline, its non addictive & you can take them for short or long periods. They are not sleeping tabs but help to reset your body clock, they do make you feel a little drowsy in the morning but it wears off after a few hours.
I well remember the months of surviving on 2hrs sleep a night, please talk to your doc, its important to get more sleep. After a while of doing this my GP prescribed Amytriptyline, its non addictive & you can take them for short or long periods. They are not sleeping tabs but help to reset your body clock, they do make you feel a little drowsy in the morning but it wears off after a few hours.
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I slept a little last night, I don't know how much. Got woken up every hour or two, been fully awake for a few hours now. I'm still on edge. I need to get my own place. My roommate makes too much noise. I've been looking at places online this morning and I've found a few that look pretty promising that I'm going to look at on Tuesday.
I've had weird little hallucinations the past few weeks. Nothing major, but various things will briefly look pixelated. It's only happened a couple times.
I haven't used Neurontin myself, but I have heard good things about it (I work at a place where I interact with patients). It sounds like you do exactly what I do when I can't sleep, with the valerian and melatonin and things. Yeah, it doesn't have a prolonged effect for me, either. I always seem to wake up after a few hours no matter what I do.
Yesterday I found blood all over the house. I went to the police and they came and looked at it, took one look at my roommate's dogs and said "There's your problem." They said these lab dogs are known for wagging their tails too hard onto hard surfaces and getting splatter like that everywhere. And it's every godamn where. The walls, the TV's, the floor in the kitchen. Tiny little droplets at about knee-high so I can see how I would have missed it (I go straight to my room when I get home, never use the kitchen, always buy food I can eat in my room.) I had to do all this, go to the police stations (got sent to another one, the first I went to I guess was out of jurisdiction), and deal with the embarrassment of it being nothing with the surreality of three hours sleep.
I have to go to a meeting with some co-workers, but after that I'm coming home and washing all this shit off.
I've had weird little hallucinations the past few weeks. Nothing major, but various things will briefly look pixelated. It's only happened a couple times.
I haven't used Neurontin myself, but I have heard good things about it (I work at a place where I interact with patients). It sounds like you do exactly what I do when I can't sleep, with the valerian and melatonin and things. Yeah, it doesn't have a prolonged effect for me, either. I always seem to wake up after a few hours no matter what I do.
Yesterday I found blood all over the house. I went to the police and they came and looked at it, took one look at my roommate's dogs and said "There's your problem." They said these lab dogs are known for wagging their tails too hard onto hard surfaces and getting splatter like that everywhere. And it's every godamn where. The walls, the TV's, the floor in the kitchen. Tiny little droplets at about knee-high so I can see how I would have missed it (I go straight to my room when I get home, never use the kitchen, always buy food I can eat in my room.) I had to do all this, go to the police stations (got sent to another one, the first I went to I guess was out of jurisdiction), and deal with the embarrassment of it being nothing with the surreality of three hours sleep.
I have to go to a meeting with some co-workers, but after that I'm coming home and washing all this shit off.
I am so sorry Ramsey :( If you don't mind me asking, what do you think is keeping you from sleep? Is it the nightmares or is it just an inability to sleep...? I have bipolar disorder and when I'm manic, bendryl and all that does nothing for me, so I can't help but be curious.
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I don't know at this point what it is. It's going to one of the major points I bring up when I see my therapist Friday. I think I should mention that this is the first time I'm seeing my therapist in about a year. I went a while thinking I could just beat this. It's only this past month that I've been run so ragged that I think I need to start reaching out.
The dreams I have, weirdly enough, are worse when they revolve around the person apologizing to me. I dream about that and I dream about a lot of things that went along with the situation I was in, but it's all cast in this pleasant light. But it's also not pleasant, too, there's that undertow. It's like having a tea party in Hell while people are being endlessly tortured and killed outside the windows and everyone makes small talk.
I've been told a few times that I might be bipolar by two different professionals, but it's never been official and I doubt that particular disorder for myself. I don't think my highs are high enough, or my lows low enough.
How long have you been diagnosed bipolar?
The dreams I have, weirdly enough, are worse when they revolve around the person apologizing to me. I dream about that and I dream about a lot of things that went along with the situation I was in, but it's all cast in this pleasant light. But it's also not pleasant, too, there's that undertow. It's like having a tea party in Hell while people are being endlessly tortured and killed outside the windows and everyone makes small talk.
I've been told a few times that I might be bipolar by two different professionals, but it's never been official and I doubt that particular disorder for myself. I don't think my highs are high enough, or my lows low enough.
How long have you been diagnosed bipolar?
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I'm thankful I got some sleep tonight. About four or five hours. Not enough, but more than I've been getting. I'm posting and then I'm going to try to catch a nap before my alarm goes off.
It's this stupid pain in my gut. I think I forget it's what wakes me up, but it's still fresh and it's not fading at all right now. It's not even a fraction of how sharp and painful it was a few years ago, when I was still going through it. I used to have to keep constant tabs on it and mentally keep it away, like playing a mental tug of war with a spring loaded knife in my gut.
I'm feeling a little better now. Gonna try to sleep now.
It's this stupid pain in my gut. I think I forget it's what wakes me up, but it's still fresh and it's not fading at all right now. It's not even a fraction of how sharp and painful it was a few years ago, when I was still going through it. I used to have to keep constant tabs on it and mentally keep it away, like playing a mental tug of war with a spring loaded knife in my gut.
I'm feeling a little better now. Gonna try to sleep now.
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I take quetiapine to help me sleep. A pretty low dose - 50mg at bedtime but it works like a dream :).
Last night I decided to see if I can do with just half the dose, but I didn't sleep at all well. Just like napping throughout the night; doze for a bit then wake then doze then wake. Really didn't feel at all refreshed.
So I will be back to my usual dose tonight. I have been taking it for about 18 months now, and it really has helped. I barely have any dreams or nightmares. My T and my GP have no concerns with me continuing to take it, I just would like not to need medication any more. But sleep is so important, and I know how much worse I feel after a late night, so in the long run I would prefer to take meds and sleep than not.
Ramsey I do hope you find something that helps.
As for the possibility of Bipolar - my T was telling me how many people are diagnosed with bipolar by mistake. That really it is the mood swings of PTSD and just has not been recognised.
Last night I decided to see if I can do with just half the dose, but I didn't sleep at all well. Just like napping throughout the night; doze for a bit then wake then doze then wake. Really didn't feel at all refreshed.
So I will be back to my usual dose tonight. I have been taking it for about 18 months now, and it really has helped. I barely have any dreams or nightmares. My T and my GP have no concerns with me continuing to take it, I just would like not to need medication any more. But sleep is so important, and I know how much worse I feel after a late night, so in the long run I would prefer to take meds and sleep than not.
Ramsey I do hope you find something that helps.
As for the possibility of Bipolar - my T was telling me how many people are diagnosed with bipolar by mistake. That really it is the mood swings of PTSD and just has not been recognised.
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