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May 04, 2012, 11:39 PM
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Member Since: Aug 2009
Location: Fringes of the bell-shaped curve
Posts: 779
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Yeah - this old body seems to be pretty set in its ways - it doesn't matter what I do, I sleep when it lets me sleep. Period. When I was working, I used to get so frustrated - went to bed at the same time every night, but it didn't matter - 2-3 nights a week, no sleep at all - and by 3PM the next afternoon, I was pretty much useless. I finally learned not to get upset about not sleeping, though, because that would only pump adrenalin into my system and make things worse. I just made sure that my body at least relaxed and rested a certain number of hours each night even if sleep never came.
Probably the most significant adverse interplay has been between the sleep problem and the depression/anxiety - they really, really feed into each other! And depression's mental fog combined with sleep deprivation is a toxic mix = zombie - a hyper zombie, at that! Ah-haha!
Anyway, I feel for ya, guy! I guess at least it's comforting to know that there are others who can relate.  lynn09
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