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Old Sep 14, 2009, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by PJ176 View Post
Well it seems I'm the opposite of most people. I am always sleepy.. always.. I just can't get enough sleep. I do wake up often during the night but this doesn't happen every night. But I walk during the day like I'm in a daze. Every day for me is wake up at 6:30am and it's hard to get my self out of bed cause I'm soooo sleepy.

Then I walk through out the day half asleep, hard time concentrating, until about 3pm or so when after quite some cups of caffene I finally wake up fully. It's annoying because I'm always tired and sleepy & it takes a lot of energy to pay good attention at everything specially at work. Ugh and when I'm driving home I have to have a soda with me with plenty of caffene just in case.

ALSO dream wise.... I have a question... "all my dreams are dark. no matter what I dream about even if it's a happy dream it's always dark. I never see daylight in my dreams and generally they are like puzzles and don't make a lot of sense. Rarely can you really follow them" Any ideas???

THx...
Try doing all your caffeine in the morning, even if you have to go to bed earlier and start drinking coffee at 5:30 AM. Dowse it with cold chocolate mild and chug it down. Ask your doc about medication for narcolepsy for during the day. My pdoc gave this to me. It wasn't effective for me, because I am not sleepy, just fatigued/lacking energy. I'm wide awake, just can't do anything about it. But I think narcolepsy meds, such as provigil - there are others - are quite effective for actual sleepiness. Re: your dreams: most dreams are like puzzles. I'm no expert on why the darkness, however. At least you have some happy ones! Concentrating on the Positives, I am ~ billieJ