[BNLsMOM]

It is 1:30 a.m. here and I am wide awake. I tried to go to bed a couple of hours ago, but I just couldn't get to sleep. It is too late to pop a Seroquel because I won't wake up in the morning and my husband is leaving for work early so I am on kid duty starting at 7.

I despise nights like this.

[Amandas256]

I'm sorry that you can't sleep. As you can tell, I can't sleep tonight either! hate not being able to sleep. The nights seem so long. I hope you get some sleep soon. I'm gonna try it again. Nighty night!

[WendyAussie]

I'm with both you guys. It's 7.30pm here so not bedtime yet but I'm not looking forward to it. My sleep is stuffed because of Depression at the moment but I know it can also be because of elevated moods for me and others and just BECAUSE with Beepers. Sucks. I hope you guys sleep better.

[BNLsMOM]

I drifted to sleep around 4:30 or so and my husband's alar went off at 6. After he went to work, I had my son climb into bed with me and I slept off and on for another couple of hours. The sad thing is that I don't feel all that tired. My body is, but my mind is going. (which is what kept me awake in the first place)

Seroquel tonight at 8. No matter what.

[Amandas256]

I hate that feeling! Most people would do anything to be able to go without sleep like we can but, I think it's horrible! I would much rather sleep!

[BNLsMOM]

I just know that not sleeping leads to bad things with me and it can happen pretty fast.

[BNLsMOM]

A little worried because I am not tired.

I am not bouncing off the walls either, but after have little to no sleep last night, I should be yawning, at least. I am feeling my energy rev up as the day goes on, as it has done every day for a while now.

Does this mean I am cycling daily? No energy or motivation in the morning and so much at night that I am now losing sleep.

To top it all off, my insurance is no longer going to cover Seroquel unless the doctor says it is absolutely necessary and all other meds have been tried. This will start Oct. 1. It is bad enough that I pay out of pocket for my p-nurse, and the co pay for Seroquel was already $25.

[Bat Mom]

Have you tried meditation? I have some on my ipod and the breathing excercises calms me down some for sleep.

[BNLsMOM]

Originally Posted by Bat Mom

Have you tried meditation? I have some on my ipod and the breathing excercises calms me down some for sleep.

Yes, and it does work many times. I just go through these episodes where I can't sleep no matter what I do and Seroquel seems to be what takes care of it. When Seroquel doesn't work, I just have to wait till the cycle is over and I crash.

[BNLsMOM]

So I slept Monday night llike a rock on Seroquel but couldn't get up in the morning. Then yesterday I felt like I was tired and went to bed at 10:30. The minute the lights went out my mind turned on. I finally took a lower dose of Seroquel around midnight and slept fitfully the rest of the night.

What is going on with my sleep? Either I can't sleep at all or I could sleep forever?

My most recent labs came back great so I don't think there is anything wrong there.

[halfwaynormal]

I'm sorry. Get that way also, well most of the time. Take Zolpidem every night and sometimes need a seroquel. But, like you can't take one if I have to get up at a reasonable hour, like going to work or child duty :-) It is frustrating realising you have missed the time to take one.

[thinker22]

My sleep varies from night to night even when I take the exact same meds every night. I'll get 8, then 10.5, then 9, then 13 (including naps during the day). No real explanation except it does what it wants to (my body and brain). I couldn't fall asleep at all without diazepam. I need a refill on that soon. I did cut back from a full 5mg tab to just a half of one and it's still getting me to sleep before 11 most nights. I wish I could sleep without help, but it's good to know I can count on getting some sleep every night. You know how it is. We just need that secure feeling like we have some control over our racing minds.

[WendyAussie]

Oh Man, I agree all this sucks, my sleep has been a mess in the last few weeks - in my case it's because of deep Bipolar Depression - ironincally of course we have sleep problems due to mood elevation/hypomania too and also for me panic and anxiety. And I am on HUGE meds - as high as they go, including 800mg Seroquel. That's not a PRN, I must take that much each night. The only med of the variety I am on that I can use as a PRN and thus as required is 5-15mg Valium. Doesn't work that well to help me sleep though - like last night I had the full 15mg with my night meds and still woke throughout the night. But we had a big storm here over several days and it's gion noe (I hope - the weather here can turn that way again quickly). Now that's gone maybe my sleep will improve - although the problem was here before the storm.

[BNLsMOM]

Last night I slept well on Seroquel, but I couldn't get up. I didn't get up until 11. My poor kid has been in the house playing alone while momy sleeps. I feel so guilty. I dread when he is signed up for day care in September and I have to get up to get him there.