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Originally Posted by tmac87
Okay I have tryed the meditation, bought the Johnson and Johnsons baby lotion even the body wash....and still cant sleep. I was admitted to the county hospital for a few days because I was cisplaying some psychotic behaviors from NOT sleeping. They ended up giving me some Versaid to try n' help me relax enough to sleep. Which worked but you're not suppose to take alot of that when you are pregnant (it slows down the babys heart rate). So they discharged me with taking a 175mgs of Benadryl at night before I try to go to sleep and its just NOT enough my body doesn't fall asleep with it. AHHHHHH....I'm seriously running out of options. Its extremely simple if I don't get my sleep I WILL have hallucinations and those aren't fun by no means. Does anyone have any other ideas. I NEED sleep.
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Dear tmac, I heard you loud and clear. Do you know that there are actually, otherwise very bright, psychiatrists who do not realize that sleep deprivation, in sufficient amounts, actually causes delusions and/or hallucinations? You got lucky in being treated with Versaid. I'm not sure what that is, but it doesn't sound like an antipsychotic. I was treated with an antipsychotic when I went in with simple sleep-deprivation-related delusions. And, Oh, the side effects! Unnecessary. Perhaps this didn't happen to you due to the pregnancy [which I infer from your post]. I could respond better to you if not for the pregnancy, since I know that many drugs are dangerous during this time. Try lying on one side, propping up a book with the downside arm and reading until you stop being preocupied with not sleeping. That worked wonders for me until I was required to get reading glasses. Lying on one side in reading glasses, causes them to become too askance for reading, and the constant readjustment throws off the sleep-reading technique. There are reasonably good sleeping medications - don't take around time of meals - such as Ambien CR and Lunesta, but I don't know if your baby doc would approve - probably NOT! You might also try Melatonin. If this hasn't worked for you in the past, simply increase the dosage. It's a nutritional supplement. You might also ask baby doc about this, though. At this point, everything about you seems like primarily a problem for the baby doc. You might tell him, though, that a psychotic state is not good for the baby, either. If you would like to discuss the nature of your delusions or hallucinations further, perhaps I could be of some help if you pm me. Johnson and Johnson's Baby Lotion?? What do you do, drink it? Caring About YOU and BABY ~ billie