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Default Aug 09, 2021 at 07:25 PM
 
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Originally Posted by rechu View Post
When I went through a horribly stressful time at a previous job with bullying included, there were times I didn't sleep for four nights. My husband saw how bad it was and convinced me to see a pdoc. He gave me leave from work and put me on low dose seroquel to help me sleep. Now I read that prescribing it for sleep is a bit controversial, but at the time I was ready to try anything. I couldn't function. The first nights I slept, but strangely, like my body was asleep but not my mind. Then I started to sleep better.


These days I alternate between insomnia and sleeping okay. I was laid off from that job when I came off my leave, which was for the best.


We are in winter in the Southern Hemisphere and I sleep better. Lots of blankets and a mattress topper create a cozier environment. The summer heat here makes it all worse, for sure.
I been under a lot of stress lately and my nurse practitioner thinks the stress is causing me to have sleep problems. I just had an allergy test done to see what might be messing with my allergies.
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