I took an extra dose of my amitriptyline last evening. It was surprisingly helpful. I slept a lot better, and I woke up feeling less depressed.

If I want to continue doing that, I'm going to need a psych consult. My primary doesn't want to increase my antidepressant (amitriptyline) on her own, except just by 10 mg. She's a P.A.

This thread has gotten stale and uninteresting, but I'll probably continue journaling here. That way I have some kind of a record of my ups and downs, while I'm getting through this bout of depression. I need to start a record of my sleep/wake pattern, like some kind of a log. It's the best way of establishing that I've got a serious sleep disorder, which has worsened over the last 10 years and really become chaotic over the past few weeks.

I need to get into some kind of a daily routine that includes exercise and doing something in my community that gets me both out of the house and around other people. Irregular sleep makes all of that harder to do.