The cool insomnia club #2

I’ve been up half the night for the past 3 weeks. It’s starting to get to me I think. Not in a terrible way. Just in a physical sort of way.

Almost 6:30am and I have not slept again. Just put some music and a cool light I have on and was vibing all night. I came up with some ideas I might try and sell to NASA. Second all-nighter in the past week.

It took me awhile to fall asleep but once I did I slept very good.

Oh boy. Up in the middle of the night because i have a headache and am thirsty. It must be the lithium.

2 nights in a row that I slept good. Last night was a struggle with SH thoughts. But I worked through them and then slept through the night. I wonder if the Geodon is kicking in.

I think my insomnia is finally breaking! I pray it doesn’t come back for a really long time or never ever again but with BP you never know!! I’ve been going to sleep around 10-10:30 and waking around 5 or after. I haven’t needed to listen to any meditation either!! Thank God I chose NOT to take sleep pills. They only ever helped me fall asleep but never kept me asleep. I think I just needed time to help my brain adjust. Fingers crossed my sleep remains!!!

I slept good for the 3rd night in a row. I woke up at 4:26 and I took my Geodon and I was able to fall back asleep until 6:30. I swear my PMDD makes it hard for me to sleep for like 10 days straight. Then after I sleep fine.

Hey Guys and Gals !

Sorry I have been MIA. My Sleep is okay for awhile then Boom its crap, Really no rhyme or reason .. A big fat I dunno..

Even if I dont sleep well I am spending more time in bed, I get nice and comfy and warm.. So often I have to drag myself up anyway.. New puppy wont let me stay in bed for long so there is that LOL

Hope everyone has some good quality sleep tonight

you too ~Christina.

Ugh. Insomnia all the way. I think I'm taking Seroquel not because it helps me sleep, but because it helps me not to lose weight .

Ooo no sleep last night. I went back to bed around 7 am but still no sleep. So I’m all draggy and out of sorts today. Ugh, we get two papers today but I don’t want to get dressed to go to the mail box.

4AM here I am again, no sleep and really no need for it. Night before I slept like five hours and had a dream I got busted by the cops selling drugs, but I actually got charged and locked up for having a fever.

I’ve had partial insomnia for days. It’s really taking a toll on my mental and physical health. I’m getting my moms old queen size bed and we are setting it up today. So I’m hoping a bigger bed will help.

My sleep number bed just sent me a message that said I need more rest. It must be pretty bad if robots are telling you you need to sleep more.

My sleep has been getting off schedule for a while now. I've been going to bed later and later and getting up later and later. Most nights i got five or six hours of sleep at least tho. But last night: BOOM no sleep. I napped for two hours around noon. I feel really sleep-deprived and unhealthy. I can't enjoy any of my regular activities. I'm a wreck.

The new bed did help. I slept right in the middle of it and I fell asleep pretty quickly at 7. Then I woke up at 1:39. I had been waking up at 11:30 for a number of nights in a row and staying up for a few hours. It took me about 40 minutes to fall back asleep. I had to grab my oral sensory thing from my dresser but after I used that I fell asleep basically instantly. Then I woke up at 6:30 feeling pretty rested.

Been taking 10mg. melatonin every night. So far, so good. Been falling/staying asleep easily.

Do you notice a difference in your appetite while taking the melatonin? I noticed on the nights I took it I’d be really hungry the next day. But the nights I didn’t take it my appetite was fine. Then when I went off it for good after Thanksgiving that’s when I started to notice legit progress in my weight loss. Maybe I’m just being weird though.

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed Do you notice a difference in your appetite while taking the melatonin? I noticed on the nights I took it I’d be really hungry the next day. But the nights I didn’t take it my appetite was fine. Then when I went off it for good after Thanksgiving that’s when I started to notice legit progress in my weight loss. Maybe I’m just being weird though.

Good question. I can't even tell if any other meds cause me to be hungry because the Seroquel (even a tiny dose) makes me want to eat everything I can shovel into my mouth. I hope to be able to stop Seroquel by spring.

Fell asleep pretty easily because seroquel at about 10ish, but it's almost 1AM and I'm up probably for the night/morning.

I slept wonderfully last night cool dreams and everything.

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Originally Posted by Nammu I slept wonderfully last night cool dreams and everything.

That's wonderful, Nammu!

I am bouncing between loads of sleep and terrible or just none at all.. Sigh ..

Hope everyone can get some sleep tonight

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Originally Posted by ~Christina I am bouncing between loads of sleep and terrible or just none at all.. Sigh .. Hope everyone can get some sleep tonight

Ugh. I hope tonight is a good sleep for you .

I was reading last night in bed. I didn’t finish the book and fall asleep until 9. I slept right until 5:30. I took my Geodon and fell back asleep until 7:15. The new bed seems to be helping a lot. I hope my good sleep continues.

Hey Beth ! Yes I was able to sleep but not until late and I had to be up this am earlier than I wanted too. Hows your sleep going lately ?