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Jan 18, 2015, 03:00 PM
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My anxiety is through the roof, and my insomnia is getting worse every night. I haven't slept in about 48 hours. I'm jittery and jumpy, and feeling extremely paranoid. I can't sleep. I can't think. It was all I could do to make breakfast today. I can't focus on school or on this week and on the things I need to do. My brain feels like a bunch of broken threads, fleeting thoughts that I can't follow. My emotions are out of control. One minute I'm flat and dull, the next angry and aggressive, then lonely and sad. I keep melting down, crying for no reason. I can't stand to be alone but when people are around I can't be near them and I isolate myself. I feel like if I could just sleep, everything else would be manageable. I've tried teas and warm baths at night, aromatherapy, exercise during the day. My mom even let me have some of her prescription painkillers from her surgery: they should've knocked me out cold. I'm so, so, so tired. Any advice would be appreciated, please help me.
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Jan 18, 2015, 03:16 PM
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Do you have a psychiatrist? If so I would call them and tell them what's going on, they may be able to call something in for you. If not, I would go to the ER and tell them you can't sleep, it's very important because the longer you don't sleep the bigger chance you may end up getting psychotic symptoms at some point and it's just not healthy at all in general. I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope you can get some sleep soon
 EDIT: If you end up going to the ER, have someone else drive you
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Jan 18, 2015, 04:57 PM
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I did, but then I got an email that my "treatment was complete" and that I'm no longer considered a patient? No idea what that was about. It took me a long time to find a psychiatrist that I could afford, and then one that I liked, and then a long time to get myself to go consistently. Now I'm not really sure what to do.
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Jan 18, 2015, 09:46 PM
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Hey there, just checking back in with you. Did you end up getting any sleep?
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“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi Diagnosis: Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type PTSD Social Anxiety Disorder Anorexia Binge/Purge type |
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Jan 18, 2015, 10:39 PM
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Nope, not yet.
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Jan 18, 2015, 11:18 PM
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At this point I would get someone to take you to the hospital. Are you Bipolar? You could be having a manic episode
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“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi Diagnosis: Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type PTSD Social Anxiety Disorder Anorexia Binge/Purge type |
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Jan 20, 2015, 02:04 PM
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Go to a family Doctor. Use the word, Insomnia. Insomnia is a medical term, whereas "can't sleep" is just a complaint. For insomnia you can get a prescription. I'm on Ambien, but there are other meds for it. And, yes, going to the emergency room is a choice if you don't have any money. I don't understand why authorities are worried about people going around medicated, when a person who hasn't slept for days is a risk on the job or on the road.
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