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I have much the same problem and it's very crazy making. Not getting enough sleep interferes with every area of my life, from moods to being able to type or remember how to spell the most smile words. I've wondered about having a sleep phobia where I'm just too scared to allow myself to fall asleep. I've been on everything for sleep and get used to it very quickly too. I'm now on 15mg of ambian and I have lunesta to alternate with, and still I have to skip both for a few days or they will stop working.
Recently I had a sleep study. It was the regular night sleep study, then they kept me there for additional study where I was awake for 2hrs, then I was suposed to try and sleep for 20 min. Then I would be awake for 2hrs and again try to nap for twenty. I didn't think I had slept at all during the "naps" but according to the machine hooked to my brain I was sleeping for almost 5 minutes each time. I haven't yet seen the doc for the results but I'm hoping there is some kind of help for my insanity. But (((Thunder))) could be right. When I talked to the doc before the sleep tests he questioned whether or not I could have narcolepsy. I didn't see how thats possible but the mind will get sleep, here and there if it doesn't get a long enough period at one go. That doc also gave me Neurontin to try, it has a more calmer less harsh way of working to get a more natural sleep than the other drugs.
Best of luck w/ your sleep.
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Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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