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Old Apr 01, 2020, 08:13 PM
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I'm going to pop a klonopin tonight to see what it does for me. I'm not sure it'll help with my anxieties and stuff, but we'll see. can't say something doesn't work if you don't try it.

I'm just trying to ground myself and remind myself that s*** is happening, and that it's okay to take a klonopin.

I normally take my meds at 11pm nowadays, so it'll be a while before I even try klonopin. I've got a whole 2 hours. and then of course I don't fall asleep until 12am... figures...

I just wish I could sleep more than 7 hours (well, sometimes not even that if I'm constantly waking up). I think 7 hours of sleep is just bad for me. I need 10, but my body is saying, "no no no no no. NOT going to happen."
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Old Apr 01, 2020, 09:06 PM
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I had broken sleep too. I had the homelessness dreams again. I was homeless for years and it's a fear of mine so these were anxiety dreams. But it this one I was homeless with a baby and trying to find shelter. I was at a y but it was geard towards children. Sort of like a science museum. Had bright primary colored metal curved seats on which to sit and watch a movie. I needed a shower but those were for kids only. And there were lots of priests in long black dresses judging me for being homeless. And room after room of teen kids that were faintly theating . Some kids followed me from one Y to another. And there was some garage place where I tried to get a car. They were laughing at me. At the end the baby was in a back pack and I was jumping from a ledge to a bus stop so I could take a bus away from there. The dream ended when I landed in some bushes in Times Square ( although I don't think there's any bushes there in real life. ) in front of a buss.
Yikes a scary ending LOL
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Old Apr 01, 2020, 09:07 PM
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Got my medicine for narcolepsy today. Really hoping it helps me not nap so I can sleep better at night and have a normal sleep schedule again.
I hope it really helps you out
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Old Apr 01, 2020, 09:12 PM
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I think I feel asleep for about an hour last night, then pretty much nothing. Flip flopped .

There will be no sleep tonight. I plan to be at Hellmart at 630am
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 06:15 AM
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I got "6 hours" of sleep last night, but with multiple awakenings. I don't even want to think about how much sleep I actually got.

I technically fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 6am because I finally gave up on sleeping. Klonopin did nothing.

Time to call my pdoc's assistant to tell her about all this crap that's going on with me. I sorta wish I could've slept more...
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 09:21 AM
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I ended up with just three hours of sleep last night. Not good. I need to get up early tomorrow morning for work,
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 09:38 AM
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I had a strange night. Fall asleep wake up, all night. Raggedly bits and bites of dreams. Was in a cave and milling around with a ton of guys we were gonna dress up in black sweatshirts with sculls on them and start a band. But there wasn't enough sweatshirts and I ended up with some cute shirt. Then I was gonna go out trick or treating with a bunch but that ended up with a G rating too. I pointed my finger at a little boy and made a gun noise. He loved it but I got chewed out by another adult. Then I was in a fake river with lots of fake junk like flowers. Lots of books along the walls. I found a book I wanted to read. When I woke up the last time my right arm was asleep and dead.
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 10:10 AM
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I had a strange night. Fall asleep wake up, all night. Raggedly bits and bites of dreams. Was in a cave and milling around with a ton of guys we were gonna dress up in black sweatshirts with sculls on them and start a band. But there wasn't enough sweatshirts and I ended up with some cute shirt. Then I was gonna go out trick or treating with a bunch but that ended up with a G rating too. I pointed my finger at a little boy and made a gun noise. He loved it but I got chewed out by another adult. Then I was in a fake river with lots of fake junk like flowers. Lots of books along the walls. I found a book I wanted to read. When I woke up the last time my right arm was asleep and dead.
you could legit write a book using your creative dreams. lol.
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 04:48 PM
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I ended up with just three hours of sleep last night. Not good. I need to get up early tomorrow morning for work,
Hopefully you will be able to sleep tonight.

My state just went on a Stay at Home order.. so only Grocery stores , pharmacies will be open.... Do you work at a store that is considered essential?
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Old Apr 02, 2020, 04:52 PM
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I had a strange night. Fall asleep wake up, all night. Raggedly bits and bites of dreams. Was in a cave and milling around with a ton of guys we were gonna dress up in black sweatshirts with sculls on them and start a band. But there wasn't enough sweatshirts and I ended up with some cute shirt. Then I was gonna go out trick or treating with a bunch but that ended up with a G rating too. I pointed my finger at a little boy and made a gun noise. He loved it but I got chewed out by another adult. Then I was in a fake river with lots of fake junk like flowers. Lots of books along the walls. I found a book I wanted to read. When I woke up the last time my right arm was asleep and dead.
I am soooooooooo damn jealous of you having such interesting dreams LOL

I so seldom have dreams.. Im just doomed to have trauma/ptsd nightmares. Altho one day last week after watching 13-14 episodes in a row of ER I had a dream that I was hanging out with all the Doctors and nurses.. My favorite show of all times.. Never gets old
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Old Apr 03, 2020, 06:26 AM
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Another day of three hours of sleep.
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wow, I managed to fall asleep from 9pm until 7am, and I only woke up once instead of 3-5 times like I have been!

only downside is that I missed my meds, because I have been taking them at 11pm and I fell asleep before that could happen.

I must've been really tired? it's a miracle!
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Old Apr 03, 2020, 11:47 AM
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I had some sleep, but a nightmare woke me up. I wasn't thinking of that (person) at all during the day.
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Old Apr 04, 2020, 10:32 PM
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Im getting some sleep , Its the sucky broken kind but I think that is my "normal"

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Old Apr 05, 2020, 08:18 AM
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Im getting some sleep , Its the sucky broken kind but I think that is my "normal"

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That's great you got sleep! How much did you get, even if it was broken up?

Mine was broken up too last night. Woke up 4 times. But it sounds like yours is much worse than mine. Sorry you have to deal with that.
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Hey Blue I dont know for sure how much, Im awake more than a sleep tho.... Hope your getting longer sleeping that awake.... This is so exhausting isnt it
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Hey Blue I dont know for sure how much, Im awake more than a sleep tho.... Hope your getting longer sleeping that awake.... This is so exhausting isnt it
I don't think I'm at that point where I'm awake more than I'm asleep like you, but it seems like I'm sleeping 60% of the time and awake 40% of the time.

I hope you get better sleep tonight. I can already sense that I'm not going to get much. But I'm going to contact my psychiatrist (again) tomorrow to see what we can do. For now, I will just try another klonopin and call it a day.
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Hope K works good for you tonight Good luck on your phone call
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Old Apr 05, 2020, 08:58 PM
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Hope K works good for you tonight Good luck on your phone call
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what have you been taking to fall asleep lately? I know you mentioned that you don't want to get dependent on meds, especially if they tend to conk out on you after a while (or at least that's what I think you said? sorry if my memory isn't serving me right...)
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what have you been taking to fall asleep lately? I know you mentioned that you don't want to get dependent on meds, especially if they tend to conk out on you after a while (or at least that's what I think you said? sorry if my memory isn't serving me right...)
I usually take just a xanax at night. Any actual sleeping meds over the years stop helping within a few weeks.. I use to really panic about not sleeping nightly. I have life long insomnia. If I go passed 5 days awake then I have to knock myself down, usually I use a heavy Zyprexa , Haldol or Thorazine dose. .

I have just gotten mostly use to not sleeping
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I've been having anxiety dreams lately. Had a very emotional one that woke me up. My father who went blind in his early 60's was instigating on driving.
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Old Apr 05, 2020, 09:30 PM
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I usually take just a xanax at night. Any actual sleeping meds over the years stop helping within a few weeks.. I use to really panic about not sleeping nightly. I have life long insomnia. If I go passed 5 days awake then I have to knock myself down, usually I use a heavy Zyprexa , Haldol or Thorazine dose. .

I have just gotten mostly use to not sleeping
Sorry to hear that your body adapts so quickly to sleepy meds.

Glad you're no longer panicking about the sleep though. At least you have Xanax and other meds to take when you need something.

I start to act wonky when I don't sleep well... I don't do well with insomnia.
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Old Apr 05, 2020, 09:33 PM
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I've been having anxiety dreams lately. Had a very emotional one that woke me up. My father who went blind in his early 60's was instigating on driving.
I hate anxiety dreams. Sorry that you had an emotional one. Those are always rough.

Hopefully you will go back to having your fancy dreams. I enjoy reading about your escapades.
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I've been having anxiety dreams lately. Had a very emotional one that woke me up. My father who went blind in his early 60's was instigating on driving.

Oh yikes that is a awful dream
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