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Jan 22, 2014, 01:58 PM
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Grand Poohbah
Community Liaison
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Member Since: Jan 2011
Location: Surrey, SE London, UK
Posts: 1,628
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Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear! I identify with EVERYTHING that the good folk have said before my post here. Since becoming 'ill' some 30 years ago (yeah, ok, the dark ages!) (PBD) I've gone through all manor of issues/problams regarding sleep and lack of it. I too have spent days on end wide awake, but also days being in a debilitated stupor - the lack of sleep and just lately I've gone head long into big problems yet again. It's driving me and my family I still live with MAD! I'm not working at the moment so my pattern is now that I CAN'T get to sleep, or even feel tired, before 4 to 5am. Then I do sleep until around 7am, then fall back to sleep until 10 to 11am ish. Sometimes after a bad depressive spell (as now) I can still be holed up in my 'safe' bed until miday. I DETEST this, for the more disrupted my sleep, the more depressed I become. My Psyc Dr refuses to prescribe any antidepressents, stating that they do not work (?) strange why they are made then isn't it? However, I do take Depakote and Seroquel, the latter normally has as strong sedative effect - though not on me! These meds are for mood stabiliser. I also have a severe eating disorder (part of BPD) and most annoying in the early hours as it's the time most difficult to fight the urge to eat again. All extremely hard to come to terms with, plus the Seroquel has caused weight gain UGGGGGH. In the UK Dr's hardly prescribe sleeping meds now. I'm not even finding alcohol makes me sleep anymore, so that's out. My ''burning the midnight oil' is not appreciated by my elderly father who I live with, causing me MORE anxiety. I just don't know what to do. I see I'm not alone though.  I only wanna be NORMAL!!!! AND 
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