[leomama]

Hi everyone,
I just thought I'd post here about what I'm going through.

I can't sleep without an atypical antipsychotic, and I can't get out of bed after taking it. I wake up but then I lie there forever trying to find the motivation to get up. This morning kids in the parking lot woke me up at 9am. I checked my fit bit and saw that I had gone to bed after midnight and woken up at 7am, so that meant I really only got 6.5 hours sleep.

The hardest thing for me is to turn in by 10pm, its like there's just not enough time in the day to get done what I want to get done. It doesn't help that I live with a depressed teenager or that I have my own perfectionism to contend with.

Its rather ironic, to be honest.

[chakraman]

did you try meditation?

[Atypical_Disaster]

I can't sleep without medication either. I'm a lifelong insomniac. If I'm not taking something, I'm not sleeping. That's just a fact.

[snarkydaddy]

I finally confessed to myself last week I have insomnia. I had been such a workaholic that I was just not use to sleeping... But I can see now I have a problem...
Kudos to you Leomama, you were right!

[leomama]

Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster

I can't sleep without medication either. I'm a lifelong insomniac. If I'm not taking something, I'm not sleeping. That's just a fact.

THat's how it has become for me. I was just looking at my sleep cycle, and last night I got a good night's sleep. I went to bed too late again, and got woken up early by my daughter coming in, however if I go to bed two hours earlier tonight I should be fine.