insomnia anyone?

do any of you suffer insomnia from time to time?

how do you handle it..? how long do you end up staying awake?

i haven't been to sleep in... 40 hours..
mind wont turn off

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R="Blu e"][/COLOR] Hello there...I too have insomnia. I can go 4-5 nights awake wit only a total of 2-4 hours of sleep.I used to let it drive me insane but now..I love it.I get so much accomplished.I am Bi-Polar and get Manic to say the least. I reached a point about 4 months ago,I desperately needed sleep. My Pshyc Nurse put me on Trazadone not 100 g but not 200 mg either.Most nights I take125mg, I see you have tried it before.
Did it help at all? What dose did you try? Do you have the energy to be constructive on sleepless nights?
Instead of trying to focus in on 1 thing...I would break it up..example: spend 2 hrs studying Israel history,1 hr on cleaning living room and kitchen. Make a to do list or a list of things you wish to acquire and list some goals and how to attain them. I am trying to say get your mind onto something else on those long nights. Drop me a line.please..

I hope you finally fell asleep now.

If I can't sleep because my mind is racing, I'll take a Benadryl, warm milk, and sometimes still sleep with my baby blanket (omg that's so embarrassing).

I'm up now because my bed is a torture zone thanks to my impossibly dysfunctional marriage. But I'm not crying and depressed anymore, and I'm not going to let him accuse me of BPD by playing into his games.

Before Remeron, I would routinely go 30-50 hours without sleep until I found a nice over the counter solution.

5mg melatonin and valerian root. The melatonin would get me to sleep the valarian root would give me a much more peaceful sleep than melatonin by itself. Both can interact with drugs, so I would go to an interaction checker first.

I am back on melatonin since the gabapentin seemed to remove the sleepy side effects of remeron, and it doesn't like remeron, I have very vivid dreams now. But at least I can sleep again.

Gonzorat
yeah i was on 150mg trazodone to try to help sleep, i still have 2 bottles of it.. i take one every now and then when im really desperate but its not something that really knocks me out.. so i dont really try it very often... dunno why meds dont seem to have proper effect on me at the clinic they said they gave it to everyone and it helps then fall asleep - i guess part of it is my anxiety... my anxiety is out of control right now
i can get things done, but i dont really have much to do.. its like im just not tired at all... my last pdoc diagnosed me bipolar I and thought i was having mania too but its not mania... i just dont get tired sometimes for some reason... sometimes my body will get tired but my mind wont... sometimes my mind will be tired and my body wont be... sometimes my mind and body are tired but i dont want to sleep because of nightmares but i have dealt with it for a long time so usually i just try to distract myself with reading
i dont think its mania because im still really depressed... i've never felt euphoria or had impulsivity... ya know the mania stuff... so i really dont know why he diagnosed me with bipolar :/
psychologist i saw in january agreed with me and said that its adhd + mdd instead of bipolar

basically when im sleepless i just read about random things, medications, treatments, science stuff, pretty much anything that will catch my attention and help me distract myself for a little while
but i guess because of the adhd i dont really ever get bored... when i lose interest in something - something else just catches my interest and i switch to it, ya know?

i did finally go to sleep
had some fun dreams too i love dreaming about pretty women!
why cant they make a medicine to make us dream about that stuff?
cure for depression?

my brother takes remeron, i thought about it.. but im scared of anything that can cause gynecamastia because the zyprexa seemed to start causing it but i stopped taking it before it really developed... doc said i would probably be fine but the lumps in my chest told me otherwise ...

i have melatonin and valerian root too.. i just haven't taken them because i forgot about them, didnt take them before because i was on so many meds :/
will see if there is an interaction with wellbutrin..

thanks all
hope everyone can get some good sleep and fun dreams

insomnia.

worst feeling in the world

I go to bed only to be awake so i get on the net and do the forums, then chat, check my emails, shop on line, research stuff on you tube. After i have gotten tired enough from all that on line with my eyes I am eager to close my eyes and get some rest. That works for me. I go to bed, wake up 3 hrs later and stay away for 5 hrs then go back to bed. It is always broken sleep but it is sleep none the less. tc

On week 3....

Did you try the melatonin and valarian root? I hope you tried it and it helped.

i forgot about it... i forget about everything...
honestly i hate sleeping anyway.. but its nice to sleep and pass days by when nightmares aren't involved

so i just dont care much either way i guess... guess i just take the days as they come...

Blue light from screens apparently affects your levels of melatonin and messes with your sleep cycle.

I so wish for normal sleep again. I have tried everything.