The cool insomnia club #2

I shouldn’t have said that in the last post. I fell asleep fast last night while looking at new therapists in the town I’m moving to. The whole process of finding a new one just stresses me out emotionally and physically. Then I woke up at 1:30. Better than 11 but still early. I took my Geodon at 1:30 and I fell back asleep around 2:30 and woke up at 6. So it still wasn’t the 4 hours I had been been up for before But taking my Geodon when I wake up is the only thing that makes it possible to fall back asleep. So by 10AM I was feeling my usual anxious self because of the med situation. When I take it even at 3:30AM I feel fine all day.

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Originally Posted by ~Christina 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 ?

Thanks for asking. Last night was good...you know how it is...some nights not too bad, other nights anything but great. One of these days I'm just gonna stay in bed and sleep all day.

With the new bed and all the crap I took I slept pretty good. I woke up at 1:15 because I wanted some pizza from dinner last night that I had slept through. There were about 4 pieces left. I don’t get why my mom and my brother have to inhale a pizza meant for 4-5 people. I had 2 pieces and then went back to bed until 5:30. I feel ok but my mouth tastes like cotton and I have a slight headache and I want a Coke just for the caffeine.

Flipped flopped alot last night .. Hope tonight is better !

I slept very good last night. That melatonin I took on the 24th did a number on my appetite for 2 days. I was wondering if that was the case when I started losing weight right after I stopped the melatonin. Now I know to really not take it anymore.

Well, I did a little better tonight. I was told to take 30mg temazepam every night until I chat with my pnurse next week so that's what I did. Four hours, from 11 to 3.

Holy ****, I fell asleep around 10:30, woke up at 1, went back to bed about half an hour later, and got up at 4! Best night of sleep ever!!!!!
Only thing is I'm gonna run out of temazepam before my pnurse appointment next week and it's something I have to fight for because insurance sucks.

I slept good last night. I fell asleep around 8 and I didn’t wake up until 5:30 and I took my Geodon and then I went back to sleep until 7. I’m still tired for some reason. Even though I got more sleep then I usually do.

Grrrrrrr......

Ive been sleeping too much but I go from one extreme to another.. Rainy snotty day..

Hope everyone is able to find sleep tonight

I was freaking out last night as usual. I went to bed around 7 and I fell asleep right away. I had a dream of water and not being able to get my thirst under control. I woke up and felt really thirsty. So I chugged 32oz of water. Then I woke up again at 12 and chugged another 32oz. I had some type of nightmare. Then I had this dream where I was in Spain trying to find a therapist. Then suddenly I was in London. I woke up at 4 thinking I’d rather move to London then the town I’m moving to. No idea why. I’d be so out of place across the country and most likely scared out of my mind.

no sleep but did snuggle my stuffies. yays

I've been sleeping and it seems that's mostly what I do. Here it is, tomorrow's February...I'm going to start cutting down on the for-sleep Seroquel.

Wishing everyone more optimal sleep

(good idea, if I do not sleep tonight I might snuggle a stuffy)

Last night was rough for about 15 minutes. I just waited for the feelings to pass. The whole “a thought is just a thought” type thing. I do this type of breathing where I breathe in, hold it for 3 seconds, and then breathe out for 3 seconds. It really helps clear my mind and it also helps me fall asleep pretty fast.

I will try this tonight, thanks for posting this!

Last night it took me until almost 10 to fall asleep. My room was so cold. It seems the whole house has gotten much colder since we got the new carpets in. My mom says it’s just in my head. Then I woke up at 12:30 for a couple minutes. I took my Geodon at 3:15. Then I got up around 6. I feel rested though.

I wasn’t feeling good last night. My moods were ok though. I took a couple Tylenol, a couple Pepcid, and also a couple Xanax in case it really was just anxiety. Then I was able to fall asleep from 9-5:15. I took my Geodon and fell back asleep for another hour. I feel pretty rested. I slept under my sheets and my king size blanket and then I just used my 8 pound weighted blanket instead of 12- 37 pounds. It was just enough weight for how I was feeling last night. I need various weights every night depending on what’s going on.

Exhausted this morning. It's going to be a very long day. Some wrong number called and woke me up at 2am. Who on earth calls people at 2am?

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Originally Posted by scatterbrained04 Exhausted this morning. It's going to be a very long day. Some wrong number called and woke me up at 2am. Who on earth calls people at 2am?

Someone calling from a bar at closing time, maybe? That's horrible...2a.m....sheesh.

I fell asleep fast last night. I woke up half awake at 10:58 to finish eating dinner. I consider this kind of sleep eating. Not totally though because I remember eating and Jimmy Fallon was on. But I don’t remember what he was saying. And I don’t remember walking down the stairs or going back to bed.

Hey fellow sleepers and non sleepers,

My Sleep is just off and on,, We are snowed in so I have to drag myself out of bed and take the dogs out.. So that is a plus

Who is sleeping an Who isn't??????

My left side pain was bad last night. It felt like I was sitting on a pencil or something. I couldn’t get comfortable even with Tylenol. By 10 I hadn’t fallen asleep so I decided to take my Geodon I’d usually take around 1-3AM at 10PM. I had taken 100 around 5. I was a bit worried about taking 180 milligrams in 5 hours. But I just wanted to sleep. I think the better choice would have been one melatonin. Now I’m off with my Geodon since I didn’t take any this morning. So I have to wait until 4PM to take it again. But yeah last night was strictly just so I could sleep because of pain.

It's a good thing you have dogs, Christina. If I had to live in snow I think I'd stay rolled up in a cocoon of blankets.

My sleep has been the same for ages. I take 12.5mg Seroquel and either 10mg melatonin or ZzzQuil to help me fall asleep. It still takes me about an hour to fall asleep, which is annoying. I sleep for about 5 hours, wake up, stay up for about an hour, go back to bed, sleep for 2 hours. Wake up, eat breakfast, do a few chores and check my email and sometimes the forum, go back and sleep for another hour or 2, then wake up for the day. So it's 8 to 9 hours, broken. Pffft, no wonder I'm sleepy all day.

Last night was terrible. I lay there waiting for sleep to come, instead the clock shows the minutes turning into hours. About 7am I got up to go the bathroom then went back to bed and blessedly slept for two hours. So that was it for the night! Hmpmpf oh well today is a snow day and I don’t even have to get dressed.