The cool insomnia club

I’ve been falling asleep between midnight and 2 with this new lithium and waking around 4 am. It could also be caused by stress and anxiety. I’m not tired during the day so it’s not really bothering me yet.

I hope everybody here gets some quality rest soon.

Hope you were able to get some sleep

Well I got zero sleeps again.

There’s a definite patten tho. I sleep 4-6 hours at most then 2 days of zero sleep then I’ll get my big ole 4-6 hours. Wash rinse repeat

I’m not enjoying this particular Merry Go Round and would like to get off.

Christina, I am so sorry to hear you could get any sleep. It really wears you down mentally and physically. I wish I had a great idea that would help you. You are very knowledgeable so I am sure you have tried everything.

Going on the last three nights I think I can join this club. Seroquel seems to put me to sleep for around three hours then I struggle to get back to sleep as I wake in a panic and struggle to calm down enough to sleep more. At least I am getting 3 hours sleep, and sometimes more. I have struggled with insomnia all my life. It comes in waves. It just seems a pointless thing for my brain to do (or not do). It is early days so I am not desperately sleep deprived like many of you are. As much as I love you guys I think I would rather exit the club soon.

I was really tired last night so I happily went to bed hoping for a long sleep. Here I am 2.5 hours later wide awake.

Sorry for anyone else that's awake at Thurs time too. We'll get through this somehow.

It's after midnight and I'm totally wound up from work. It's going to be a while. I also took some melatonin - I'm unsure if that really works but might as well try

If my pattern holds true I’ll get zero sleeps tonight lol

Well dang how'd I miss this thread?

I'm definitely a member, hope ya don't mind I picked up 4 stars?

The ambien didn't help me sleep at all but it does seem to relax me or something cause my bed isn't so hard. So I stay in bed, I toss and turn less too. Keeping my eyes closed( with the help of my sleep mask) seems to help too, my eyes aren't falling out of my head. The older I get the harder on my body this insomnia is.

Honestly you are a 5 star winner lol

Yes insomnia is much harder on me physically the older I get..

up for another night in a row.

starting my day now and it isn't even 8 A.M

Would you believe I slept all night last night? It was a long *** day yesterday and I was exhausted

Up all night last night - pdoc is having a fit - saw him today. He increased my seroquel. Hopefully this is just a temporary patch.

I pretty much collapsed this afternoon after the insurance fiasco and got some sleep.

I will try to get more sleep tonight but it’s doubtful.

It's time to turn off all the toys and take my book to bed. Hope, every night I hope to sleep,....am I insane for trying to do the same thing every night?

No ... not insane at all. My husband 98%of the time , goes to bed, scrolls Facebook for a few mins. Puts it down and he’s asleep in 1-2 mins. He has a semi regular bedtime and he is setting alarm to get up 6-7 am. It mostly works for him.

People like us??? Well we can try our best to find a night “routine “ for sleep but with life long chronic insomnia it’s just an enormous struggle that we might sleep well for a few weeks maybe longer but it doesn’t last long.

I was maybe 6-7 years old and my mom found me awake in the middle of the night, by today’s standards I got a “ beating “ but after that anytime I heard a noise I’d literally play dead. My sleep was always poor.

So when your a child and have insomnia it’s very likely you will never sleep “ normally” and pile Bipolar or other illness into the mix ? Yeah suckville

I hope it’s a enjoyable book

using ear plugs has made a big difference.
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I’ve had life long trouble with ear infections and rupturing my ear drums , last one I ruptured was my left not even a year ago.

I totally freak out about anything in my ears, I can’t really handle headphones either, I do have to wear those a couple times a year for target practice.

My husband snores really loud, partially because of weight gain which will be changing in January.

He always tells me to just make him so sleep in his recliner . I laugh because he snores just as loud out here as in bed. He’s like Fred Flintstone lol

Well, I actually slept last night (on 200 mg of Seroquel) so I think my membership has now been cancelled.

Ha, one night of drug induced sleep doesn't cancel your membership.

As a child I had a horrible time sleeping, I also had night terrors. I was screaming in my sleep once, a volcano was erupting in out back yard, it was so real. Mum slapped me awake then dismissed the dream as silly cause Minnesota doesn't get volcanos. I spent a lot of time waiting for my parents light to go out then giving them time to fall asleep. Then I read under the covers.

Last night I finished my book, so it was early am when I turned out the lights. But I did sleep. The dream was weird, I was locked up in a cage preparing to be blasted into space. I was a chimp!

Omg I slept 12 hours.

Your mom yes I hide under that sheets reading too lol

Ahhhh fun dream !

Ohhhh you so needed it!!! Happy for you

I had a year of my sleep being a complete mess. It seems the Zyprexa allows me to sleep for up to 5- 6 hours. Then I get up, do a few things for an hour or two, then return to sleep for about an hour (if I'm lucky). Since I definitely need a full 8 (at least) hours, but never get that, I think I'm qualified to be a member of the coolest club on PC

Well I was horizontal for about 3 hours ... I didn’t really “ sleep” it was more of just a daydream but it did allow my body to rest.

I'm still up - it's about 2am - it's not helping make the case to pdoc that I am not manic. LOL