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Originally Posted by cashart10
Thank you fern! I ended up telling my husband that my doctor said IF we thought I needed it I could take it. So, a little white lie I know but I hate to make him feel like he can’t trust me. He wanted me to take it but he was afraid it would make me sleep all day today. He told me to take it anyway.
Fast forward to today. I woke up at 7 to get the kids on the bus. At around 8:30 my mom (who is looking after me today but not home right now) told me I needed to go back to sleep for an hour and a half or so to ease into that Seroquel. Well, here I am, still laying here...my body feeling tired but my brain not shutting up. When I first tried to fall asleep, I saw these crazy looking men with gas mask looking things on their faces, almost like half fly/half men on the back of my eyelids. That went away without me even noticing but just a while later I started to see myself falling down a rabbit hole, like the one in Alice in Wonderland. And, you know the invigorating feeling you get when you go over a hill too fast in your car? It just kept on and kept on. I may have fallen asleep and slept 15-20 minutes after that because my playlist from this morning stopped and I don’t remember that happening. But after that little bit, no sleep will come...and I didn’t sleep great last night either.
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I'm glad you were mostly honest with him
I know the feeling of the intrusive images when you are trying to sleep. I also sometimes get songs playing over and over in my mind. It definitely makes it hard to sleep. I often try prayer. That helps sometimes.
Maybe try a few things today to get your brain to focus more on the present moment and less on the racing thoughts. I know it is hard. Maybe something with your hands and your mind like baking or gardening. Cleaning or art projects. I'm sure you'll find something.
I truly hope the Seroquel helps even things out soon! Hang in there. It sounds like you have a lot of good support.