The cool insomnia club #2

Nammu · Jun 22, 2021 at 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sapien

3:30am over here, no sleep whatsoever for the second night in a row. I'm going to try taking the vraylar at night and see if that helps.

I’m on my second night of no sleep too, really sucks man.

~Christina · Jun 22, 2021 at 06:36 PM

Nammu can I beat someone up for this????

Nammu · Jun 22, 2021 at 06:46 PM

Sure. 😃 the doctor! The PT nurse told me to call the doctor and tell him what’s going on. At the very least he owes me an explanation! I’m having hot flashes then I’m chilled. PT was horrible today because of it. I also have double long vision. I really shouldn’t be driving. My head is roaring and pain!

Mountaindewed · 02:42 PM

I took 36 milligrams of melatonin at 6 last night. I didn’t fall asleep until 12:30. I woke up at 6:30. I feel tired but I also took my vertigo medication which causes drowsiness. I can’t even remember the last time I got decent sleep. It’s been weeks.

I’m not sure why my sleep was so bad last night. The only thing I did out of the ordinary was reading a book all afternoon.

When I can’t sleep at night I’m in a good mood and it makes falling asleep even harder. I’m not sure if I’m hypomanic or if it’s just real bad PMDD.

MuddyBoots · Jun 23, 2021 at 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

I took 36 milligrams of melatonin at 6 last night. I didn’t fall asleep until 12:30. I woke up at 6:30. I feel tired but I also took my vertigo medication which causes drowsiness. I can’t even remember the last time I got decent sleep. It’s been weeks.

I’m not sure why my sleep was so bad last night. The only thing I did out of the ordinary was reading a book all afternoon.

When I can’t sleep at night I’m in a good mood and it makes falling asleep even harder. I’m not sure if I’m hypomanic or if it’s just real bad PMDD.

I just learned today that too much melatonin (5mg is the average recommended I found online) can actually make it harder to sleep because it screws with your circadian rhythm.

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I didn't sleep last night again. Nammu, may we both finally get some shuteye tonight!

Nammu · Jun 23, 2021 at 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapien

I just learned today that too much melatonin (5mg is the average recommended I found online) can actually make it harder to sleep because it screws with your circadian rhythm.

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I didn't sleep last night again. Nammu, may we both finally get some shuteye tonight!

I shall sleep tonight. I talked to the nurse, told her my symptoms and she talked to the doc and now I have my full dose script. But instead of two I’m only going to take 1. After so long without any 1 should work. I’m gonna see if I can wean myself off so this never happens again. The whole thing should never have happened.

Mountaindewed · Jun 23, 2021 at 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapien

I just learned today that too much melatonin (5mg is the average recommended I found online) can actually make it harder to sleep because it screws with your circadian rhythm.

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I didn't sleep last night again. Nammu, may we both finally get some shuteye tonight!

I did take a cut up 10 milligrams tonight. So I’ll see how it works. So far I’m not as tired as I was earlier and I’m in my weird manic like phase the way I was last night. So I’ll see how things go.

~Christina · Jun 24, 2021 at 02:16 AM

I have been overserving myeslf Xanax not to dangerous level but I had no choice to sleep to stay safe.

MuddyBoots · Jun 24, 2021 at 02:52 AM

Took an old klonopin and slept a couple hours so I guess that's good.

Mountaindewed · 07:56 AM

I took 5 milligrams of melatonin and I slept for about 9 hours. Through the night too. I had some weird dream about Halloween. I woke up feeling rested but kind of anxious because I hadn’t taken my Geodon in 14 hours and I didn’t take a Valium in about 18 hours.

Nammu · Jun 24, 2021 at 01:30 PM

Oh yeah! I slept!!! My normal dose is 2 but I wanted to see if I could get by with just 1. That didn’t work at 3am I was still awake so I took the second one then and fell asleep for the rest of the night. Pure bliss! Still I’m going to cut down to 1 1/2 so I can have left overs. I think I’ll make 1 1/2 my new dose then have just 1 some nights until I get down to one a night.

*Beth* · Jun 24, 2021 at 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

Oh yeah! I slept!!! My normal dose is 2 but I wanted to see if I could get by with just 1. That didn’t work at 3am I was still awake so I took the second one then and fell asleep for the rest of the night. Pure bliss! Still I’m going to cut down to 1 1/2 so I can have left overs. I think I’ll make 1 1/2 my new dose then have just 1 some nights until I get down to one a night.

Great news, Nammu!

MuddyBoots · Jun 25, 2021 at 02:31 AM

I took a little more than my max dose of temazepam and slept at least 5 hours, maybe six, not really sure what time I fell asleep although I'm paying for it now feeling like crap mentally. Headache is gone though, so there's that.

Mountaindewed · Jun 25, 2021 at 06:29 AM

I woke up at 3:30. I fell asleep around 7. So I got enough sleep. I don’t have my meds so there was nothing I could do except stay up. I drank some Oreo iced coffee and a Pepsi zero. I’m not sure if the coffee went bad. I couldn’t really tell if it tasted off. I thought it might have but I’m always thinking stuff is off. I also couldn’t tell if it was a reaction to the Valium, muscle relaxer, melatonin combo I took last night, but half an hour ago I had a ton of stomach problems. I feel decent though physically. Mentally I don’t feel that great.

~Christina · Jun 26, 2021 at 12:59 AM

Nammu My Heart is so happy that you got that mess sorted out and you are getting much needed sleep

Nammu · Jun 26, 2021 at 11:23 AM

I only took one last night, took some time but I finally fell asleep and had some interesting dreams. The brick work on the roads and bridges was beautiful. Wouldn’t be the greatest to drive on with a car but to walk on they were beautiful.

Mountaindewed · Jun 26, 2021 at 11:50 AM

I took a muscle relaxer last night because I was in the muscle type pain I was in last weekend. Although not nearly as bad. I also had a heating pad and I fell asleep around 7:30. I woke up at 11:50, but not in pain anymore. I was not in control of my Geodon so I just had to stay up until 2. Then I took a melatonin and fell back asleep until 6:30. Despite taking my Geodon and other meds at 7:30 and not going back to sleep, I feel rested. I just had a coffee though.

Mountaindewed · Jun 27, 2021 at 12:07 AM

I fell asleep at 8:30. I woke up at 8:58. Then I woke up a couple more times after that. Now I’m up. I took a melatonin and a muscle relaxer before I fell asleep. Honestly I don’t know what’s going on. This is the second day in a row where I’ve gone to bed later then normal and still I can’t sleep. I. know I went to bed tonight pretty hungry and I have this weird mucus feeling in my throat that woke me up at least once because I felt like I stopped breathing.

But idk. Lately It seems like I wake up at this time 6 days of the week and no matter what time I fall back asleep I’m always back up at 6:30.

MuddyBoots · Jun 27, 2021 at 12:38 AM

Here I lay at 1:30
Waiting for a little birdie
who will come and give me some rest.
Til then, the anxiety sits in my chest.

Mountaindewed · Jun 28, 2021 at 05:33 AM

I fell asleep last night around 7 I think. I woke up at 9 to chug water. Then I fell asleep until 1. I was worried I’d be up for a bit but I fell right back asleep. I woke up at 5 feeling rested because I slept through the night mostly. I took 30 milligrams of melatonin. Those aren’t even mine so I’ll probably get in trouble by my mom for taking too many.

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~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Jun 22, 2021 at 06:36 PM #962 Nammu can I beat someone up for this???? __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~

~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Jun 24, 2021 at 02:16 AM #968 I have been overserving myeslf Xanax not to dangerous level but I had no choice to sleep to stay safe. __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~

MuddyBoots Monster on the Hill Member Since Sep 2020 Location: by the river Posts: 4,161 (SuperPoster!) 3 4,851 hugs given	Jun 24, 2021 at 02:52 AM #969 Took an old klonopin and slept a couple hours so I guess that's good. __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody.

MuddyBoots Monster on the Hill Member Since Sep 2020 Location: by the river Posts: 4,161 (SuperPoster!) 3 4,851 hugs given	Jun 25, 2021 at 02:31 AM #973 I took a little more than my max dose of temazepam and slept at least 5 hours, maybe six, not really sure what time I fell asleep although I'm paying for it now feeling like crap mentally. Headache is gone though, so there's that. __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody.

~Christina Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jul 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 22,450 (SuperPoster!) 12 12.7k hugs given	Jun 26, 2021 at 12:59 AM #975 Nammu My Heart is so happy that you got that mess sorted out and you are getting much needed sleep __________________ Helping others gets me out of my own head ~

MuddyBoots Monster on the Hill Member Since Sep 2020 Location: by the river Posts: 4,161 (SuperPoster!) 3 4,851 hugs given	Jun 27, 2021 at 12:38 AM #979 Here I lay at 1:30 Waiting for a little birdie who will come and give me some rest. Til then, the anxiety sits in my chest. __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody.