Bit of a catch 22 position Alison. I stay up late as its quieter at night and to be totally frank it's nice to talk to staff who are for tense of purpose not suffering from mental health issues.... brings a bit of normality to my day.

With the adjustments my Nurse has made to my care plan, staff know now not to do chats with me that would be triggering due to mixed messages so it's very light hearted and just nice talking the crap kind of thing.

During the day, I stay well out of the way as noise and movement (can zone out to movement on the outside world... but in here I am very very aware of my personal space) keeps me on edge.... but I can't sleep.

On a plus note and I mentioned this to you in private chat, been able to get hospital wifi for my computer and it is fantastic to finally be able to browse the web and type (I touch type) properly.... almost all posts in this thread so far have been via a phone which is very slow and laborious :S