Hey all havent been on this forum in a while. Wanted to get some opinions. sorry if this gets a bit long. If this gets confusing feel free to ask any questions.
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First in sept 2010 I took a job in home care by oct 2010 I was working full time on midnights. Over time my sleep gradually decreased to about three hours a "night" by nov 2010. All this time there has been no signs of mania or depression. I have remained on the sam med and dosage since mar 2010.
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Then went on vacation over my bday in early march this year. I slept 12 hours a night for 8 out of 9 nights. Chalked it up to exhaustion. Betwen the lack of sleep and the stuff that was going on with grandma from christmas day through mid feb. Then grandma moved in with me and my parents and 2weeks later took vacation in early mar.
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Instantly after going back to work my sleep went back to 3 hours, or a little more very broken or very light.
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In the last month or so T and I have started to deal with the loss of my sister 20+ years ago. Saw Pdoc on mar 15 and she doubled my original med(on very low dose) and gave me Ambien 5mg. Im not totally sure why she would up original med when no other signs of mania or depression. The ambien I get with the insomnia as she called it. I really dont like this as last time I saw her i want to try going off meds but she was resistant though had been symptom free for 6 months.
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So all that was background to ask do you this was a good move on her part? prevention maybe???
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she has also asked me about switching from midnights. I have told her multiple times I wouldnt get enough hours. Do you think a good compromise would be going from 5 nights to 4 nights? or should I seriously consider looking for something else?
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Thanks for bearing with me any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.