Cool Insomnia Club #3

I took a different brand of melatonin. I needed less and it worked faster then my normal stuff. I got to sleep before 7 without music. I woke up at 2:50 glad it wasn't 12:30 or before. My stomach and anxiety felt fine. I stayed up until 4:45 then I fell back asleep until 6. So it was a good night.

hope you get restful sleep soon.

Didn't get any sleep worth a darn. Finally got my eyes closed around 4:30am and didn't wake up until noon. Almost a full 8 hours, I guess, but really bad timing. Going to be fun trying to sleep tonight!

Here’s hoping you get lucky

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Nammu how goes your sleep with the taper ??!!

Dawn ! thinking of you

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Christina, I’ve been keeping track of my sleep since I started the taper. I’ve noticed a pattern, after I go down I have a few nights where I only get a couple hours of sleep, then it goes back up to 5-7 hrs. So I know to expect a couple bad days after the decrease. That helps. So far I’ve only had one night of zero sleep, so that’s a positive sign. I can’t wait to be off though, free of the shackles of a controlled drug. I wouldn’t be doing this though if I weren’t at such a stable place right now. I know you understand that thinking 🤔

I've been up since 12:30 or so. I had the normal stomach pain and anxiety which tylenol and vaIium took care of. I tried going back to sleep and I thought I was going to have luck but I didn't. I'm still tired but I think I have plans this morning.

Well, Lady Luck was not on my side last night. Looking like it's not on my side tonight! I don't have too much going on tomorrow, so I can afford to sleep in, but I've got to figure out something for the long term. Five hours scattered over 36 is going to come back to bite me eventually. Especially if someone calls me back for an interview.

I woke up at 1 something. I was hoping it was actually before midnight because I really wanted a soda. I stayed up and listened to music and got an hour of sleep around 3:15. I'm not hungry, just thirsty but my thing starts at 8 so thats not bad. I normally get the later procedures.

That’s seems like a typical response to lowered dose. It’s good you see the pattern so it’s less distressing. I’m really happy that you decided to get off it yes I know the feeling !

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Oh yes you’re sleep needs a big improvement!

Good luck on interviews

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Now that Steve has the oxygen concentrator back. That back ground noise will help me sleep !

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I’ve heard that white noise helps some people sleep, I’m glad your one of them.

I had some bizzare sleep episode last night. One of those episodes where you fall asleep and wake up thinking its the morning when its really 7:30 at night. I really went all out though and took my AM meds and weighed myself and I was about to go grab breakfast and asked my mom what she was doing up watching TV in the family room at 7:30AM. Then she told me it was 8 at night. I got back to bed then until 2:30. But I don't know if it was a reaction to the new med I started a couple hours before falling asleep. I've heard this happen to people before though including a time a coworker called the manager at 8PM at night because she thought it was 8AM and she had overslept and was late.

Took half a Ambein and finally got some solid much needed sleep.

Hugs !

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Oh, good. I’m glad you got a solid sleep, you’ve been needing that for awhile now.

Early morning and I'm up. Again. Back pain is not really helping me this time around. I took some generic Aleve, so I'm waiting for some relief before I go back to bed.

I slept pretty good last night. I got up around midnight to drink a soda but I was only up for about 10 minutes or so. I know my new med can cause drowsiness.

The one constant of the taper is that it takes me longer to fall asleep. But once asleep I sleep pretty good. My dreams aren’t as vivid, that’s a bummer.

Last nights dream I was really a special snowflake. But I got better.

I slept from 7 nonstop until 3:30. I think thats a record.

I fell asleep around 7 or 7:30 and I kept waking up throughout the night because of my fan but only for a few seconds at a time. I woke up at 3:15 and listened to music and watched Youtube and then fell back asleep from 5 or so until close to 6. So I'd say it was a 4th succesful night in a row.

It took me until past 10 to fall asleep. I think I was just really hungry. I finally ate a 100 calorie pack of nuts and then my mom turned on the air and I got to sleep until 4 and then I took my topamax and got another hour or so of sleep. So it wasn't a bad night. Just different then normal

I have no idea how long I slept or when I slept. But I know I must have fallen asleep now & then, because I remember waking up, & I was usually coming out of a dream.

I woke up around 12:30 and got about half an hour of sleep at about 3:45. I wonder if thats starting up again. Those 4 nights in a row of good sleep were nice while they lasted

I dont really know what time I fell asleep. Just that when I checked the time it was past 6AM. I must have been pretty tired.