The cool insomnia club

Thanks Tucson

Busy night at work but I'm home and ready to chill.

I am also binging on ER episodes

How about exercise before bed, like maybe a long walk. I walk the dog for about one hour. I also run with her.

It's a good suggestion but I get a ton of exercise at work (I'm a security guard that walks and/or runs my entire shift) and my legs and feet won't hold up to anymore. A lot of times I'll have a bunch of surges of adrenaline during my shift and them I'm awake for hours.

I'm feeling sleepy tonight so I'm hopeful I'll be out soon. Hope everyone else sleeps or at least finds something to occupy their time.

Well last night zero sleep but I literally accidentally fell asleep this afternoon. My eyes were soooo dry from binging Er all night . I put eye drops in and closed my eyes Boom ! woke up a few hours later.

My husband was outside doing something and apparently I scared him because I have fallen asleep in my chair only one other time. He said he rushed over to make sure I was breathing.

Hope everyone is catching some good Zzzzzz ‘s

So far no sleep herr

I have to admit...I don't have insomnia (at least, with meds I don't), but I tend to sleep (segmented) for 10 to 12 hours. I am exhausted. I'm in chronic pain, have been for months; I guess it's wearing me out.

The pain is from an achilles tendon injury that has developed a bone spur. I'm going fairly nuts from the pain. On top of that it looks like surgery is unavoidable. Uggggh.

I’m sorry your just unable to find any consistent sleep.. what is your Pdoc doing about it? It’s impossible to find stability if your just not sleeping much.

I’m sorry your facing surgery. But chronic pain is just awful

Interesting fact: People used to not sleep 8 hours at once. They would have "first sleep" and "second sleep". They'd go to bed when the sun went down, then several hours later get up and eat, or read, or have sex, or do whatever they wanted and then after a few hours, go back to sleep for "second sleep".

Very interesting ! Thanks for this

This is how I sleep these days.

^^^ I sleep that way too, but sex has nothing to do with it

Ugh. Slept for 12 hours Wednesday. It felt so refreshing. Paid for it tonight, can't sleep for sh it.

I have trazodone but some nights it just doesn't do anything. I also take Benadryl with it.

Ooo I slept so good last night. Dropped off and when I opened my eyes it was 9:15, just over eight hours of sleep!!!!!! The dream was all jumbled tho. Something about Holloween and putting up jelly like curtains that fastened to a shooting range and four wheels were mixed up in it too, and oh yeah something about a sheriff there were ghosts too.

Yay ! I’m glad you got some much needed great sleep ! Nice dream

Tonight is my first night totally off of Seroquel. I'm sure I won't sleep that much even though I'm now on Vraylar (we've been tapering down on Seroquel). Seroquel also gives me RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) and makes me eat - so I think this is a good move even if I don't get much sleep for a few nights

My sleep times are so crazy these days. Basically just a few hours in the early or late evening. I bought some melatonin. It says 3mg with 1mg of B6. Is that good? I haven't tried it yet. How soon should I take it before I try to go to sleep? Thank you for any suggestions you can give.

I always take 10 mg usually 30-60 mins before I head to bed.

Day 2 of no Seroquel and I'm wide awake at 3:30am.

I'm just chalking it up to a lost night and hopefully tomorrow night will be better

If you have another sleepless night is there a plan to make sure you sleep tomorrow?? Maybe a single dose of a sleep med like Ambein or something ?? Insomnia is expected when getting off many AP’s but a bridge is often needed to ensure sleep will happen or mentally you will just become more unstable.

It's a good suggestion but my Dr. won't prescribe Ambien (to anyone) and I'm allergic to Lunesta. I took a tiny dose of Seroquel and slept ok last night. I was up every couple of hours but I went right back to sleep. I work tonight so hopefully I'll be exhausted when I get home

Thanks so much! Hope you got some rest

I’m glad your getting some sleep.. sucks it’s broken tho

I know that providers are being pressured to get people off benzo’s and sleep meds but I’m not a fan of Doctors automatically reaching for a AP solely to sedate us.

There has to be a better way.

I didn’t sleep last night , Im not sure if I will tonight. Maybe ill get sleepy

You can always watch the wall reruns!

Last night was my toss' and turn'n night. I was so tired today that while looking for a can of soup in the store I saw double out of my right eye. Thankfully it went away before I checked out. Tonight I should get some shut eye.

A study came out last week showing olanzapine shrinks cortical thickness in all areas of the brain with just 36 weeks of taking ut,it's forcing doctors to start to think AP may do more actual harm then good . There whole biochemical imbalance correction theory has been disproved at least 8 times I know off ,yet they cling to it ? Despite years of research proving the only imbalance is the one the drug causes .

Psychiatry continues to cling to long disproved theories ,it's a wonder how they ever learned to stop drilling holes in your head to let the demons out .

They are dictated on using drugs to control people and make billions for big pharma ,but rarely do you hear them trying novel therapies ,unfortunately the status quo I'd drugs drugs drugs ,it's less work to push pills then to get to know the patient and what's bothering them ,15 minute med checks versus actually taking an hour to talk and learn, unfortunately few psychiatrist have actual training or skills in doing therapy these days . Talk therapy takes alot more skill and time then pushing pills , sure drugs are faster and cheaper for the "system" but not for the patient .