I jinxed myself writing the last post; the situation is far from stable.

I hade a very important conversation the day before yesterday, one that lasted for 4.5 hours. It left me very excited and I also overstayed my bedtime, going to bed shortly before midnight.

I could not fall asleep on my Thorazine. I just could not. I then decided to take a little Zyprexa just one time, to get over one night.

2.5 mg Zyprexa, no help.

Another 2.5 mg, no help.

2 pills of Atarax, no help.

Finally, at 3AM, took another 5 mg Zyprexa, for a total of 10 mg (back when I was on Zyprexa for maintenance, I would take 5 mg nightly, so 10 mg was twice my maintenance dose), put on Mozard, and was able to doze off. Next day I woke up late, stayed in bed for another good 2 hours, but then was able to do a few things. My mind was much quieter.

Last night I went to bed at 10:20 PM. No Zyprexa. Thorazine 60 mg. This morning I was up at 7:30AM without an alarm, but I did take Provigil and now am still a little sleepy.

The lessons I am drawing from these experiences:

- for Thorazine to work, I have to be disciplined about bedtime. This is not the first time overstaying my bedtime makes it impossible to sleep on Thorazine
- Zyprexa once in a while is OK as long as on most nights I use Thorazine.