Cool Insomnia Club #3

Ever since my psychiatrist added an extra 200 mg Seroquel (now 700 mg, with 500 mg XR and 200 mg IR) I keep waking up again and again in the middle of the night. I am clocking enough sleep if I add it all up, though. I fell asleep on the sofa at maybe 7 pm, then woke up at 10 pm, thinking it was morning. Then Hubby dragged me to bed, where I slept, but very briefly woke up at 12 am, then 2 am, then 4 am and then 5:50 am. It's 5:57 am now and I'm thinking of staying up. Wish I could eat breakfast, but won't since Hubby likes to eat together. I won't wake him this early. Maybe just a glass of OJ.

Thank you, @Soupe du jour. Very interesting, & sweet.

I fell asleep at about 8. I woke up at 2:15 in a panic thinking I was having an existential crisis because of a cookie. I know, weird. I really just woke up with anxiety because my closet light was on. Which still doesn't make any sense. But anyways, I turned off the light and then I did go eat half a cookie and got back to sleep in less then 15 minutes and I woke up around 6.

Like the previous day, I woke up a few times in the middle of the night. I've been awake now since about 6 am and will stay awake. I went to bed early last night perhaps partly because of the increased Seroquel, but likely also because I did so much physical labor yesterday. I'm sore and got too much sun, even with some sunburn on my upper back.

I have insomnia. Ha ha!

I had a bit of the creeps so I went to bed before 5 while it was still light out. I had my music on without my headphones but I turned it off after a bit and then fell asleep before 6:30 and I think I stayed asleep until 3:30. I don't think I woke up before. Or if I did I don't remember it much. So I woke up early but considering I went to bed so early it wasn't a bad night.

Had a wonderful dream last night. I with a handful of others returned to a English farm that was converted into bedrooms and a lodge. Everyone was old friends. And received the rooms depending on their circumstances , a family with three kids got the biggest room with a bath attached. And I as a single woman received a room to share with another single woman. We all gathered in the lounge to play trivia off an old computer.

Didn't sleep any meaningful amount last night. Two hours in one stretch and another hour to fill out the night. I actually feel OK at the moment, which is good considering I have people to meet in an hour. By the end of the day...

I hope you can get some sleep tonight Aurelius

I wish I had gotten some. Running on five hours sleep for the past 48. At the moment, I feel agitated, like I'm going to jump out of my skin. I might actually crash today. I'll welcome it if it comes. It fits the pattern, for me at least. Two to three days without sleep, then one day completely out. If I can get some uninterrupted sleep, I could probably bounce back.

Maybe if I start thinking on , I'll get to sleep faster?

I know what you mean. Since I’m going down on my ambien. I’m down to 5 from 25mg. I sleep 4 hours it’s just not enough. I stay in bed 77-8 hours, trying to get my body to realize that it’s supposed to be sleeping but no dice.

Have a nice 4th.

I seem to be sleeping more recently, but still not for enough hours. I dream a lot. My dream maker seems to need that, like the main reason for sleeping is to dream.

I was struggling a bit last night but then I fell asleep at 7 something. Fireworks woke me up at midnight. I got back to sleep around 1 or so. Then I got up around 5 and took a shower at 5:30. I took a half hour nap on the couch at 7 and I feel pretty rested now.

I was able to stop my thoughts by practicing meditation 🧘*♂️ then I got a very restful sleep. Did have a nice dream though, my cousin that was like a sister growing up and I reconnected and were in a garden together

I struggled with falling asleep and I fell asleep past 8 and then I woke up at 2. I am so tired I'm trying to take a nap on the couch before therapy but I'm not having any luck.

I fell asleep before 6:30 I think. I woke up for a few minutes sometime around 1 but then I got back to sleep pretty quickly until 6 something. So I feel pretty rested.

I'm actually getting (added up) 6-8 hours of sleep a night. The problem is I'm getting them during all the wrong times! It's a step up from where I was though!

I fell asleep quickly at 7 but then I was up at 1 worrying nonstop about stuff that I can't even rememeber now.

I had a broken night. I woke up at 3 am and noticed mum was up too, her lights were on, after an hour or so got back to sleep until 8. So altogether 6-7 hours. Pretty good. Almost off the 5 mg. I think I have one more week at this dose.

Did have a dream, not a very pleasant one. Started. Out ok, but deterred into a disjointed mess. There was a lady who became psychotic and held us prisoner.

The usual. If I don't take anything for sleep I lie there for 90 minutes - 2 hours until I finally fall asleep. When I did fall asleep last night I slept "hovering"...i.e., not deeply. I guess I'll take a 25mg Seroquel tonight. Although despite not falling asleep for 2 hours last night I haven't felt tired today, which is very nice.

I've been dreaming about my grandmother lately, my mother's mother. My grandmother lived to be 100 years, 7 months old. She was picky and critical, extremely anxious. But although she was judgmental of most people, she was always kind to me. I didn't see that much of her, though. She was dignified, an old-fashioned "lady" with lovely manners. I respected her.

I fell asleep from 5 something until 7. Then I was up from 7 until 12 something. Then I woke up around 4 and got up at 5:30 to take a shower. I haven't been sleeping the greatest lately but I'm hoping tommorow eases my anxiety a bit and then I see the pulmonogist on Friday who will want to check for sleep apnea.

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I’m only getting 5-6 hours of sleep but it seems to be enough. Another hospital dream but this one had a twisted plot. I ended up in a secret floor where they were cloning people!

Not enough sleep. I feel really tired.

I had some sleep last night. The heat here is atrocious (for me) and it's becoming more and more difficult to sleep at all without more than the prescribed dose of benzos. Not ''fun''