The cool insomnia club #2

I'm going to bed way too late for how much I have to do tomorrow.

Well Covid shot Thursday. Friday it hit me , SO I slept and slept slept..

I am worried tonight I will slip back into the struggle with insomnia that plaques my life...

Maybe ill get surprised ???

Sleepy cookies to all

There's nothing "cool" about insomnia in my book. This is night #4 or 5 with little sleep. I got desparate tonight & took 2mg Klonopin & 200mg Trazodone, but still nothing. I'm starting to feel mentally ragged. Not good.

Me too!......

Well last night was a wash. No dreams cause no sleep. But tonight is Saturday and I always take the full dose of ambien on Saturday night so tonight should be restful.

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Originally Posted by buddha1too There's nothing "cool" about insomnia in my book. This is night #4 or 5 with little sleep. I got desparate tonight & took 2mg Klonopin & 200mg Trazodone, but still nothing. I'm starting to feel mentally ragged. Not good.

I'm so sorry that you're having such a rough time right now. No, there's nothing "cool" about insomnia itself...the idea of this thread (as I understood it) was to make a place where anyone who couldn't sleep due to insomnia could come here in real time to talk to others who were awake, too. Hence the so-called satirical "cool" club.

I knew I wasn't going to sleep through the night...

Well I was sleeping really well in the last few days. Tonight ? Oh course not.

Oh a happy note I have gotten on the forum something I want to get back to daily but I just lose track of days, Lack of Psych meds are likely the issue but in no hurry to hop back on something.

Hopefully tomorrow night I will be able to get some sleep

Sleepy cookies to all ~~~

I made this thread as pretty much a joke, Its just a place we can all come and either report we were able to get some sleep and a place for people to find comfort knowing they are not the only one unable to get sleep..

Do you have a PRN Med for when you really hit a wall and cant sleep ? Years ago Zyprexa was something I would take only one when I had gone days without sleep and it sometimes helped. About 5 years ago I was given Thorazine IP as I hadnt slept in 5 or 6 days I took one and slept 16 hours.. Ive only take one 3-4 over the years, when I really was coming unglued.

I dont know if that is something your Pdoc would consider, But I would sure ask for something extra to take for a night when sleep has to happen..

After two nights of good sleep last night was a toss and turn, but I stayed in bed. Other than my eyes being so itchy and my thoughts slow I do feel ok. Just slow.

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Originally Posted by buddha1too There's nothing "cool" about insomnia in my book. This is night #4 or 5 with little sleep. I got desparate tonight & took 2mg Klonopin & 200mg Trazodone, but still nothing. I'm starting to feel mentally ragged. Not good.

"Mentally ragged" - good, descriptive term.

Thanks for the concern, ~Christina. I know the "cool" wasn't meant as a serious description; I was just being cranky in the middle of the night.

I have an appointment with my pdoc on the 29th. In the meantime, I have a supply of Vraylar to take PRN. I, too, had a Covid vaccine Monday, so slept fairly well. I wasn't really rested, but sleep did appear. I'm taking a wait & see attitude.

You've got alot on your plate these days, with all your physical & mental issues. Make sure you're taking care of yourself.

Well I did sleep a few hours the last couple days. Not going to really worry about it right now, yet.

I really wish I would have some dreams.. Nammu ???? any good ones lately???

Sleepy hugs everyone

No, no dreams tonight. No sleep either. I gave up and am watch classic cartoons and comedy. Being bothered by memories that won’t leave me alone. Bad time in state hospitals and just the dark troubled periods of my life. Absolutely nothing I can do about it, it’s past but they won’t leave me alone tonight. So distraction seems the best course of action.

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Originally Posted by Nammu No, no dreams tonight. No sleep either. I gave up and am watch classic cartoons and comedy. Being bothered by memories that won’t leave me alone. Bad time in state hospitals and just the dark troubled periods of my life. Absolutely nothing I can do about it, it’s past but they won’t leave me alone tonight. So distraction seems the best course of action.

I'm so sorry, Nammu. Ugh. Being plagued with bad memories is so hard.

Slept last night tho. Dreamed was at a senate committee of some kind. But not in DC. It was up in the mountains in an observatory. Then some danger came and everyone had to leave. Then we were to come back. I was on my way back on a motorcycle with a trunk. I stopped at a tiny general store half way up the mountain and was picking out food by day. It was in white butcher paper marked with a grease pen, Monday, Tuesday etc..when a brother and sister heading up stopped by on a horse. At first there was just one horse. Black, then it spilt into two black horses. They brought a triangular pizza.

SO happy you got SLEEP

I am so jealous of your dreams !!!

Hardly any sleep for me last night. Well I found out why I was having sleepless nights. I was drinking these huge bottles of green tea before bed. They have caffeine and other things to keep you alert! So no more green tea for me.

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Originally Posted by Nammu Hardly any sleep for me last night. Well I found out why I was having sleepless nights. I was drinking these huge bottles of green tea before bed. They have caffeine and other things to keep you alert! So no more green tea for me.

I worked in a cafe for 15 years and it's surprising, the number of people who don't know that black, green, and white teas have caffeine in them. Only herbal teas have none.

That green tea messed me up. Went to bed at my regular time but didn’t sleep till after 4am. Interesting dream tho. Was on an Appalachian mountain side with 100’s of politicians. Then there was just a handful in spacesuits inside an airlock. Plus me. They went after each other they were supposed to be deciding on a leader and solving the crisis. Instead they turned on each other. Then there was a chimpanzee I walked him to his shelter. There was an old couple selling big plastic glasses of soda. But they were counting them and rearranging them. The world went on without the politicians!

I went to sleep at 11:30 P.M. and woke at 1:00 A.M. I believe I’m up for the day as I’m wide awake. I’m glad I got 8 hours on and off the night before. Maybe I can catch up on some things around the house that are falling through the cracks due to all these wonderful appointments. That or I could find a good movie. Today is another crammed day. I’m glad I have lots of energy and a good mood. It might be time to lower my AD.

I hope everyone is in dreamland.

Honestly I just want to sleep 24/7 right now, Life is far to overwhelming. But of course that will never happen.

Hi all:

I'm having wicked insomnia. It's hard to tell if it's my benzo taper or my usual Spring hypomania. Probably both. Will slow down on the taper for a week and see how i do. I feel wired but not too tired, just getting some sleep-deprivation symptoms (eye super-sensitive to light, etc.) but it's tolerable.

I'm having a great time so i guess as long as i feel healthy in general i won't worry too much. I'm in email contact with my doctor so we're keeping in close touch to monitor the situation. I'm trying to modulate the hypomania with sensory-deprivation, which i can do as i don't work or have family and only one friend and just a dog to take care of, so i can sit quietly and listen to the radio with my eyes shut for hours and get niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice and calm.

It's not as good as sleep but it's the best i can do at the moment. It's 1:00am so i will snuggle my dog and get cozy on the couch with my favorite radio station and try to "nod-out," as the junkies say.

Ta!

Jane.

Oooh. I took my usual bedtime meds last night and added in Simply Sleep, which is just diphenhydramine, to avoid lying awake for hours before finally falling asleep. I did fall asleep quickly, but awoke in the middle of the night horribly dizzy and faint. I was so dizzy this morning that I felt sick. Scary. Proves my belief that all diphenhydramines are not the same. I'm used to taking ZzzQuil and have never had any problems with it. Simply Sleep is going in the bin.

Ugh my sleep is terrible.. Im back to maybe a hour or 2 a night and its all broken up.. This isnt anything new, lifelong crap but damn ya'll it really sucks as you know..

Heres hoping sleep finds all of us tonight !