[HelgaDE]

I really need some help!

Those who hold a grudge against me, please hold it off for now.

Lately I've been experiencing such a massive stress in my life right now. I'm not functioning in the normal world as I should be. I sleep during the days and I'm up all night. I'm getting so fricken sick of tired of functioning my life in this kind of fashion. It's essentially controlling my life. I want to sleep during the nights and functioning during the days and I'm finding it so damn difficult to do.

I tried taking benadryl but it ended up drying my body out so bad that every min I was very thirsty. It becomes annoying after awhile. It takes 12 hours to leave my body.

I tried taking an anti-psychotic Seroquel but after taking the drug, after the drug took..I started having a very bad headaches and it put me down, however the next day.. I didn't know who I was nor knew where I was at. I didn't even know what planet I was from. I didn't even know who my father was and I live with him! I can remember going outside in the front porch sitting on the chair and staring out to space.

I tried taking Xanax but it gave me a warning sign of an addiction. Take it 1 day, feel AWESOME! Take it the next day, no results.

Drinking warm milk didn't help me but to feel sick, since I hate the taste of warm milk.

Is their anything that I can do to get my sleep regulated again?

I have to admit that I'm very addicted over the computer, I have a feeling that this most of the problem that I have.

[Perna]

Reverse your patterns. Only let yourself on the computer 8 a.m.-10 p.m. or something and don't allow yourself to have any sleep at that time. You'll be tired enough that you'll eventually do the night sleeping? Don't do anything "interesting" if you wake at night. Watch bad television at 2:30 a.m and keep your rooms too cool to be comfortable at night (I do that as I have trouble breathing when I sleep and cool air helps me). Then when you get up you'll prefer to be in a nice warm bed.

One thing that has been helping me lately is warm showers (yes, in the middle of the night too :-) Otherwise, I sometimes wake "hungry" and a little vanilla yogurt or a bagel or apple to chew on helps me then.

How about Advil or Tylenol PM? They're not drying like Benedryl (but don't make you quite as sleepy either). I take anything I want to help me sleep "early" (9:30-Midnight), go to bed and read for an hour or two until I'm sleepy enough to sleep.

It sounds to me like you need to get yourself on a sleep schedual and routine.

Do the same bedtime routine every night at the same time. Brush teeth dress, meds snack ect...

Make your room cool, it will help you sleep

Don't do anything in your bed except sleep (and intercourse if your active) If there is a TV in your room I suggest getting it out.

Try some decalfinated tea with a little milk and sugar (I recommend something like splenda though)

Absolutly no caffiene during the day or night. If I drink caffiene in the morning I am up until the next morning.

Also seroquel screwed me up to. I took 500 mg to get me to sleep but I was in a whole different world the next day. Did not even know my name. The ceiling fan became a huge spider that I was terrified of.

I am curious if tylenol PM is really less drying. I have not tried it. The ingrediant in it to help you sleep is Benedrly. But is it a lesser ammount.