[undeadanger]

well here i am again , i am so sleepy i can barely hold my eyes open , the dr put me on resterol or something like that i will have to look at the spelling on the bottle again , does anyone have a problem with you are so sleepy till u want to pass out but soon as ya head hit the pillow your mind cranks up like a race car and your thoughts over welm you , then that makes me not sleep and the thinks i think of really dont amout to nothing half the time but the other times it things that has happend or what i worry will happen , i worrey all the time just worry about stuff in life like is this it is this what life is i feel riped off .. it has to be more to it .. i am to the point of just saying what the hay and just set at home all the time , after tell my boss the other day he was a freaken dumb well you know where thats going i got my days cut back to where i will have alot of time to play on the computer these days so now i get to lay in bed and think up ways to fill the gap in pay , dont know why i did what i did i seem to always mess stuff up its like i get bored with stuff and aint never happy with nothing ,, or i am feeling so good people think i am high , ( and no i dont do drugs ) people say all the time what do u have to be depressed about you have a good life . and the answer is i dont know why i feel like i feel i have always been like this . the dr tells me this tells me that ,, i am sick of drs . thanks for letting me post here ,

[CgRgSm]

Sometimes you just don't know why you're depressed, I was like that for a long time. Even when people ask me now why I feel the way I do, sometimes I don't know what to say to them. I haven't been to the doc for depression, well I told my regular doctor about it one time and he gave me a sample of something like zoloft. But I've never been on any heavy meds like the kind you're speaking of, still, I do know what it is like to not be able to sleep cause your mind just wanders... I have had sleeping trouble for as long as I can remember. I think it runs in my family. Someone once told me you only get out of life what you put into it. I understand it, but does that make me be able to change my life? No. I feel like I'm bound by this mind of mine, I cannot control it. Sorry, I don't think I can be of much help.

[cornercurio]

I fall asleep ok but I'll wake up several times during the night/early morning and either can't go back to sleep or have fragmented sleep. And yes, my mind starts racing with worry. I don't know what to do. I'm taking meds for depression and to sleep and the cycle isn't changing.
Take care and I hope you can sleep soon!

[undeadanger]

well i did finely fall asleep but i was a half a sleep feeling , i was like floating feeling , i guess u would have had to be there , wake up after 4 hours . ya i took zoloft , depakote , zanax ,lexapro,and more that i cant even rember , man its been rainning all day , being stuck in side makes it worse , i did go to town and get some junk food , i guess i will hear it about my blood sugar being to high later on , i feel crazy sometimes like i am loosen it or have already lost it and i feel like people are looken at me funny , i live in a super small town and seems like everyone knows my name ,, but i cant hide in my woods all the time , tonight i am going to take a super hot bath and drink some warm tea and then take my meds before i go to sleep ,, maybe i will have good dreams , i hate taken meds , i hate it ,, but what else am i going to do ,,

[Callmebj]

Insomnia is so miserable, and the less sleep we have, we get nearer psychotic feelings.
The mind going on and on and it can be depression, blood sugar, anxiety and a myriad of other things. One thing I think a lot of folks do not take into consideration when they seem to have mental difficulties is keeping up good nutrition. Blindsiding our needs for enough fuel for our body can cause chaotic reactions to our mental states.

My anxiety is a big factor as to whether my nights sleep is successfull or a failure.
I've had completely sleepness nights as I'm sure many of you have had. Once in awhile, that's not so bad, but several nights in a row....crash!! Hope you get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzs tonight. take care, bj

[dazeofdolphins]

Have you tried relaxation tapes or podcasts that deal with relaxation? How about reading before bed or Qi Gong? Ambien and Seroquel do the trick for me. Even adding a Clonopin helps if the Doc recommends it. I hope you get some rest. My bests -
dazeofdolphins

[Fuzzybear]

[waynec]

Originally Posted by Callmebj

Insomnia is so miserable, and the less sleep we have, we get nearer psychotic feelings.
My anxiety is a big factor as to whether my nights sleep is successfull or a failure.
I've had completely sleepness nights as I'm sure many of you have had. Once in awhile, that's not so bad, but several nights in a row....crash!! Hope you get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzs tonight. take care, bj

that's funny. my night's sleep is a big factor as to whether my anxiety is more or less.

[notsomuch]

Sleep problems here too. Wake up with mind racing with thoughts. One thing I've done that helps is put earphones on and start the mp3 player. I've used books on tape but music may work. As soon as the mind starts "listening" it has to turn off the worry function and I go back to sleep. Sometimes have to do it 2 or 3 times but that's several hours of sleep I would have missed otherwise. Also, I'd try to back off the junk foods. It may help.

[BuggsBunny]

Originally Posted by dazeofdolphins

Have you tried relaxation tapes or podcasts that deal with relaxation?

If you go over to the bipolar forum there is a thread called "Progressive Muscle Relaxation" which might help, if you have not already tried something like this.