Posted by susan C on November 19, 2001, at 12:32:18
In reply to Sleepless nights... anyone have them?, posted by kid_A on November 19, 2001, at 12:02:52
That is one thing, kid a,
that i cannot understand about Ambien, oops, pb i know i know, but i think you have a good point, how do you deal with it, when a med does something and then stops and then works again, or just stops. That has happened to me...I am out then, at about 4 or so, i wake, toss and turn, actually get irritable in my sleep (hub and i have figured out i am actually dreaming about all the things i complain about, the noises, him coming into the room)
In general,right now, i am feeling better, for a number of reasons, but the coping is the challenge. I know I will come across this time again. I know I am dealing with part of it now. For example, I was thinking, when I am foggy in the morning, perhaps i should start taking a form of caffine...or perhaps i should make myself wake up earlier...I have been trying to make sure I have good sleep hygine...the time shift did not help.
I also know the addition of stress 'breaks' my brain. I can feel it. Then, as Jane D. says, sometimes you can't tell, really what is going on, as sometimes things just change. For no reason. So, HOW DO I DEAl with it?
I cant resign myself to it...I can cope...I can simplify my life...i can avoid acting on the manic side...i can have a routine...i can try to not be hard on myself...i can do something nice for myself...I can accept i am confused...I can wait...Benjamin Franklin learned French while waiting for other people to keep their appointments...
mouse taking a nap in the morning
susan C> I really don't want to post this in the medication section, I really don't want to equate it with medication though that of course is probably the genesis for this type of thing... But lets just say that maybe medication has nothing to do w/ it, as it very well could be... It's not implausible...
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> Sometimes of course I can (as I did last night) have a completely sleep deprived evening... Rolling around in bed, getting up, getting water, moving to the couch, I felt sick as a dog...
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> Of course the next day I need to get up to go into work the next day and I'm completely shot until I have two teas and two redbulls (energy drink), and a few cigarettes...
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> This happened for me when I ran out of xanax, but it can also happen in a half night way, waking up at 4:00am for no reason at all, even on Ambien...
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> Lets say that there are obvious ways to fix this by adjusting your medication, I just wondered how any people who may experience it deal with it?
poster:susan C
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