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xxWant2Escapexx · Jul 01, 2009, 06:08 PM

Just hoping to get some insight and or advice on ways to possibly combat this overcoming need that i have to sleep,sleep,sleep my life away.I am not even 40 yet and i feel like if i allowed my self i would have no life and my bed would be the only place i ever needed to be and i could quite possibly die very happy there.I have kids,who yes,test me and my patience but i know they need a semi productive mom (a completely "normal" mom would be excellent but i know that will not happen

) i have an amazing man who i feel very sorry for cuz i know how frustrating it is to have a SO who does nothing but sleep,so it seems.He has spoken with professionals(my pdoc and a therapist he was seeing )and they have told him and i think he realizes to a point that my sleep habits are and will always be crazy like this.He tolerates it but i know he doesnt like it.I dont feel as if i am overly depressed or anything.I was at that point in 2006(severly depressed with SI) when i was first dx. but i dont feel anywhere close to that.I mean,i have my sad days and my better days but no matter what i could still sleep sleep sleep.I am in the process of a divorce but me and the ex seem to get along pretty well and are ironing out our problems pretty amicable.A few other things that probably dont help the situation.....i have DDD along with chronic back pain which is currently back in the acute state.I take pain meds one being a narcotic and one a muscle relaxant,but even with several hours in between doses,i am still very tired and dragging when i go to take the next dose......sometimes even up to 12 hours later.I work part time midnights,i have always done better working that shift for lots of reason but i know that alone is one of my biggest problems.I work a day,sleep almost the entire next day away(my day off),get up around 6 or 7pm,then stay up til midnight or so and am able to go back to bed that night and i could sleep in till 1pm the next day.When my kids are in school i get up with them in the morning then go back to sleep til 3pm when they come home.If i work that night i will lie back down around 7pm till 9pm.Are you getting the picture???That is an insane amount for a person to be sleeping!!!I had a sleep test done a few years ago,it mostly showed some light snoring,i didnt sleep my best that night during the test but i did sleep some.The results werent even abnormal enough for the doctor to recommend anything be done.I am a chubby girl,so i know that doesnt help matters at all. Maybe its just a bit of everything and its all just enough to add up to me never being able to stay awake enough to be any kind of productive person.Help.....anybody

My list of meds:
Lamictal 100mg daily(trying to go every other day for the past 2 weeks now...to stretch my pills out and cuz i think they might be causing an unpleasant side effect)
Celexa40mg daily
Provigil200mg(another one i try to stretch but i am not so successful with skipping a day with this one...i know it is the one that should be helping me stay awake)
Mobic15mg(for Degenerative Disc Disorder~DDD)
Birth control
Ativan 1mg PRN
Tramadol 50mgPRN(take 2 first thing when i get up so i can move,back and right leg chronically in pain with first thing getting up out of bed being the worst)
Vicodin5/500mgPRN( take one first thing upon arising also,than maybe one or two during the rest of the day)
Flexeril10mg(take first thing also when i get up,than maybe one or two again throught out the day..depends on my pain that day)
Vitamin B complex daily as long as i remember
MultiVitdaily" " " " " "
Biotin1000mg once or twice a day" " " "
Folic acid 400mg,once a day" " " " "
Again...any help or advice to help me improve my quality of life would be greatly appreciated