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Default Jul 02, 2021 at 06:20 PM
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Since we have a new "Check in thread" and this was close enough...

Come on in.... Drinks to the left, snacks to the right

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Default Jul 02, 2021 at 06:29 PM
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I tried a new sleeping med tonight. It’s called zzquil pure zzzs but the only ingredients are melatonin, camomile, and lavender. The bottle says it’s drug free. I took a couple, the directions say to take 2. So far I’m not feeling much different then the regular melatonin I would take. Which is slightly tired but not exhausted.

I hope it works. The regular melatonin didn’t work and unisom and Benadryl made me hungry. The only thing that I found that works really well for sleep is muscle relaxers but my doctor didn’t refill them.

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Default Jul 02, 2021 at 07:29 PM
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Anxiety. Grrr.

My tasty snacks are missing this week so I'll try some of these

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Default Jul 03, 2021 at 08:38 AM
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I slept ok last night. I was eating pizza Goldfish in my sleep though. That’s what I get for leaving the bag on my bed. I fell asleep at about 8 and I woke up around 5:15.

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I realize that some of my meds cause sleepiness, but I'm not taking anything specifically for sleep (except occasional ZzzQuil), but my sleep has been better this summer than it has in many years. No idea why. The only problem is that it feels so good to sleep that it's difficult for me to stop counting the hours until bedtime. Kind-of pathetic.

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Kinda live the reverse of childhood when I protest against bedtime. Now I look forward to it too. Ha ha

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I took 2 melatonin, an extra 80 Geodon, a Xanax, and a muscle relaxer and I still didn’t sleep good. Whatever. I can’t be crabby or else my mom will get upset. But she can be crabby and I’m just supposed to take it.

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Even with the increase in lithium, I haven't been sleeping anymore. Last night my mom said around midnight I was screaming. I don't remember that, but I do know I woke up wicked anxious around that time and have been up since. We live in a multi-family home and I really hope I'm not disturbing the neighbors because that's like the third time in the past week I've woken up screaming. I'm wondering if I should restart the prazosin.

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I’m really trying to be well, so I’ll participate here too. I have to take seroquel at night to sleep. I really messed my brain up by using cannabis and it’s going to take me six months to recover. I missed church today due to not wanting to get up. I had a rough week at work, at home with my daughter and I’m titrating up on Wellbutrin and lamictal. I’m giving myself a break.
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I realize that some of my meds cause sleepiness, but I'm not taking anything specifically for sleep (except occasional ZzzQuil), but my sleep has been better this summer than it has in many years. No idea why. The only problem is that it feels so good to sleep that it's difficult for me to stop counting the hours until bedtime. Kind-of pathetic.
I am so happy that your sleep has improved !! Thats huge from a while back when you got virtually none, I was very worried about you then.

Ahhhh counting the hours til bedtime is NOT pathetic.. You have been in living hell anxiety for such a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng time that it is okay to look forward to bed and yes count the hours

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Kinda live the reverse of childhood when I protest against bedtime. Now I look forward to it too. Ha ha
LOL My daughter totally gave up naps at 6 months old But she was such a good baby.

Now ?? hahahah She sleep every chance she gets.. She slept even better while up here....She laughs that shes 30 years old this month and her job starts at 6am and when she gets off work she goes home and flops in bed for a long nap.. She seldom ever has trouble sleeping. I am so happy that her Bipolar doesn't follow in my extreme insomnia.

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LOL My daughter totally gave up naps at 6 months old But she was such a good baby.

Now ?? hahahah She sleep every chance she gets.. She slept even better while up here....She laughs that shes 30 years old this month and her job starts at 6am and when she gets off work she goes home and flops in bed for a long nap.. She seldom ever has trouble sleeping. I am so happy that her Bipolar doesn't follow in my extreme insomnia.

My job starts at 6am most days too, may I ask what she does?
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I took 2 melatonin, an extra 80 Geodon, a Xanax, and a muscle relaxer and I still didn’t sleep good. Whatever. I can’t be crabby or else my mom will get upset. But she can be crabby and I’m just supposed to take it.

Do you take your Geodon with 500 calories of food? It doesn't work as well without. I just wondered if that might help your sleep issues.

There are lots of references; here is one.

Geodon (Ziprasidone) and 500 calories - Scientific research - Medications - Schizophrenia.com

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Default Jul 05, 2021 at 01:32 AM
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Sleep has been kind of iffy but I did just moved 18 hours away from my former home in order to leave a mentally abusive ex-husband so I'm giving myself some time to sort it all out and get used to my new home.
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Do you take your Geodon with 500 calories of food? It doesn't work as well without. I just wondered if that might help your sleep issues.

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It depends on when I take it. Often I don’t eat anything. Sometimes it’s more like 100-300 calories. 500 calories is pretty much half my calorie budget for the day I don’t think I can eat 500 calories once at night and then again in the morning and then not eat much during the day.

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Last night wasn’t too bad. I fell asleep around 7 and the fireworks didn’t wake me up until 10. I stayed up for 1.5 hours. I fell back asleep and I thought I was going to get up at 3:30 But I fell back asleep for another 1.5 hours.

I had a dream that actually did happen but not quite that way. It was weird.

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I am so happy that your sleep has improved !! Thats huge from a while back when you got virtually none, I was very worried about you then.

Ahhhh counting the hours til bedtime is NOT pathetic.. You have been in living hell anxiety for such a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng time that it is okay to look forward to bed and yes count the hours

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The zzquil pure zzs seem to be hit or miss. But they do work better then the regular melatonin. They take awhile to work but if I wake up it seems to be at 2:30AM instead of 10PM. Unless there’s fireworks like the last 2 nights.

I just took a 60 mil Geodon in addition to the 20 I took at 3 and the 80 I took an hour ago. I only took a 20 this morning. I should have taken an 80. So I guess it somewhat balances out in my warped mind. If I took everything when I should I’d feel so much better physically and mentally. But I don’t think I can do that and my Pdoc is kind of useless and if I switch doctors I’ll probably end up in rehab. And I doubt the ones near me are like the Betty Ford clinic or that Malibu one.

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