[Hellion]

Much of the time I cannot get enough of it, and that has been going on for a few months at least. Or I might get to sleep and then keep waking up repeatedly out of discomfort or because of rather intense disturbing dreams. If I do manage to get a decent amount of sleep without waking up repeatedly then I still have the dreams and wake up with lingering feelings and thoughts from the dream that sort of make me feel like crap. And I say the dream because it always takes place in the same places it switches between them and seems roughly based on real life places I've been and currently go to, just with different terrible/disturbing/upsetting things happening each time. Its quite confusing and doesn't leave much room for rest.

I've tried chamomille tea, passionflower tea with other relaxing herbs, chamomille with valarian tea with some other things for flavor like mint, I've tried prescriptions...I have trazadone which can help me get to sleep but I feel like the more I use it the less effective it would be so not sure if I should take it every night. Also, though it helps with getting me to sleep and reducing the amount I randomly wake up it does nothing for the dreams. But yeah not sure what to do...other than accept that my mental and physical health is likely to become even worse because of this.

[Thunder Bow]

What are those places? Try not to go to them in real life. What kind of feelings you are experienceing while you are there in real life? What kind of dissturbing things??

[Hellion]

Originally Posted by Thunder Bow

What are those places? Try not to go to them in real life. What kind of feelings you are experienceing while you are there in real life? What kind of dissturbing things??

I can't very well do that, since those places are the places I usually am such as my moms house, grocery stores, visiting my dad ect. There are also some places in the dream that don't exist but I end up in repeatedly in dreams.

I don't experience the disturbing feelings everywhere I am in real life, well aside from maybe still having the crap from the dream stuck in my head and any anxiety, depression or PTSD symptoms I might experince throughout the day. As for what kind of disturbing things in the dreams it varies it could be something rather stupid but upsetting like me and my sister getting in a big conflict, or maybe people getting killed or almost killed, or maybe things related to negative past experiences.

[Thunder Bow]

Many conflicts..some anxiety. Continue Therapy, stay dedicated to your own healing. Thus things will not get worse.

[Tsuki632]

I'm a fan of Seroquel. It calms my mind without too much sedation. For me dreams are the result of racing thoughts which the Seroquel eliminates. I feel like I'm getting better sleep with it and not just drugged sleep.

I've tried all the natural remedies out there, along with sleep hygiene techniques. . . . they don't work for me.

[Hellion]

Hmm, don't think I could put up with seroquel I tried it once and it just f***d me up a lot and made any form of coordination impossible but it wasn't prescribed I just had a couple pills of it given to me so maybe it was the amount I took or whatever I had some at night and woke up feeling all spaced out then I tried it a few days later during the day which was even worse...I am actually looking more into herbal remedies since I usually find some benefit from that sort of thing. I can take 100mg of trazadone if I really need something to put me to sleep I just don't like to rely too much on prescription drugs due to past bad experiences.

but yeah it probably is a case of needing to quiet my mind, which is easier said than done...during the day there is usually more distractions and other peoples energies disrupting and interfering with mine so its not all on my mind so much but once I'm alone with my thoughts trying to sleep its very difficult to make it stop.

[Tsuki632]

I build tolerance to almost every sedating drug and herbal remedy. I don't find Seroquel sedating at all. Then I'm allergic to chamomile and echinacea and relatives.

I have found a body scan to be useful. I can't do it on my own but using a guided meditation. It helps me focus and slow things down.

I am the oddball where I tolerate pharmaceuticals better than naturopathic options.

I haven't slept since before yesterday's shift....well over 24 hours ago. So unsettled. And at -25 too darn cold to go outside. I like my nose I'm kind of attached to it