Help, pulling all nighters!

I am having increasing difficulty getting to sleep, despite feeling very tired, eyes burning. Can't let go of consciousness somehow. I don't feel depressed, can't say thoughts are racing especially. Last night I was out in back yard at 4 a.m. with dogs. Since paper is delivered soon, and dogs are anxious to be fed, it seems more practical just to stay up.

I have prescription and non-prescription stuff to take. I'm trying to balance taking these and possibly becoming dependent against how terrible and non-functioning you are with 2 hours sleep. I notice when I do take things, they are less and less effective. As the hours go on, I start to think, "Did I actually take that or not?"

How do others feel?

You have to sleep. Without good sleep, our symptoms can quickly deteriorate.

Last month I ended up in the hospital for 8 days due to insomnia. I had been living on 2 or 3 hours of sleep for a couple of months.

Now I take meds to help me sleep (seroquel xr), and I also have lunesta to take if I need more than that. Sleep has to come before any worries about dependency. If you are building a tolerance to your sleep meds, talk to your pdoc about it. There are other things to try.

It would be a good idea to talk to your pdoc if the meds are losing effectiveness. It's happened to me many times and we just switch to something else for awhile. Right now my pdoc has me alternating nights with different sleep meds so they won't lose their effectiveness so quickly. It's been working fairly well for over a year now, a record for me LOL...

I hope you are able to get some sleep soon!!

Sounds exactly like me last night. Frankly I've had insomnia for as long as I can remember so I don't care about being dependant on drugs for it because my brain just does not naturally turn off. And if I don't sleep the next day is pretty much a total loss.