Lack of sleep

[Nem]

Does anyone else deal with lack of sleep? For the last five years I sleep 2-3 hours a night and I'm going fucking goddamn psycho
Peace/hugs

 

[Morphosis]

Yep. I can't stay asleep for more than half an hour, an hour if I'm really lucky. And that's it for the entire night. I've aged about 10 years in the last 6 months through stress and pure exhaustion.

Plus I've started sleepwalking again and waken up in the weirdest places.
It's incredibly frustrating and sending me cuckoo.

 

[Stan]

probably getting 6 hours every 2 days

 

[Nem]

Yep. I can't stay asleep for more than half an hour, an hour if I'm really lucky. And that's it for the entire night. I've aged about 10 years in the last 6 months through stress and pure exhaustion.

Plus I've started sleepwalking again and waken up in the weirdest places.
It's incredibly frustrating and sending me cuckoo.

Holyfuckingshit, I hear you about aging 10 years!!! How much sleep do you get a night? Just half anhour?
Peace/hugs

 

[Rachel74]

Off and on for years. At the moment it's only the drugs making me sleep and no way could I sleep without them.

 

[Morphosis]

Holyfuckingshit, I hear you about aging 10 years!!! How much sleep do you get a night? Just half anhour?
Peace/hugs

Sometimes literally none at all, like not even a minute. Sometimes half an hour, sometimes an hour. Eventually after weeks on end when I have that "sleepless zombie" stare-into-space of pure exhaustion, I might get 3 hours and feel like I've won the lottery.

I worked night duty for years so can go for longer than most people with no sleep at all, but when I was working I had no bother sleeping between shifts. It's only now that my life has fallen apart and I'm doing f**k all through the day that I can't sleep at all. Well, that and stress/ worry keeping me awake.

The sleepwalking is embarrassing though. I was staying in a nice hotel one night and woke up on the stairs in the bloody basement! And to get there I had to walk through reception which had staff on duty 24/7. If I'd had any idea I was going to do that, I would've worn nice silk pyjamas or something. But no... I went for my night-time stroll wearing an old tatty t-shirt and big granny undies It's a wonder I didn't get arrested for indecent exposure. But nobody even stopped me or said anything.

 

[Nem]

Sometimes literally none at all, like not even a minute. Sometimes half an hour, sometimes an hour. Eventually after weeks on end when I have that "sleepless zombie" stare-into-space of pure exhaustion, I might get 3 hours and feel like I've won the lottery.

I worked night duty for years so can go for longer than most people with no sleep at all, but when I was working I had no bother sleeping between shifts. It's only now that my life has fallen apart and I'm doing f**k all through the day that I can't sleep at all. Well, that and stress/ worry keeping me awake.

The sleepwalking is embarrassing though. I was staying in a nice hotel one night and woke up on the stairs in the bloody basement! And to get there I had to walk through reception which had staff on duty 24/7. If I'd had any idea I was going to do that, I would've worn nice silk pyjamas or something. But no... I went for my night-time stroll wearing an old tatty t-shirt and big granny undies It's a wonder I didn't get arrested for indecent exposure. But nobody even stopped me or said anything.

Wow that sucks pure ass!!! Is it negative thoughts that are stopping your sleep? I know I went very close to three years on two hours sleep max a night and it was torture
Peace/hugs

 

[Morphosis]

Wow that sucks pure ass!!! Is it negative thoughts that are stopping your sleep? I know I went very close to three years on two hours sleep max a night and it was torture
Peace/hugs

God, 3 years.... I've only been like this for a few months and something has gotta give, don't know how you have managed not to go completely batshit crazy dealing with it for years on end. Torture is right, I think sleep deprivation is actually used as a torture method?

Negative thoughts/ stress/ worry... I lost my partner, my home and my animals. Have debt collectors threatening me with court. My beautiful 15 year old dog who I rescued as a puppy had to be put to sleep. Was made a scapegoat in work to cover up negligence by somebody else and now looks like I will probably lose a job I loved with all my heart. My physical health is shite, have chronic pain and a rip-roaring prescription opiate addiction.
So yeah... kinda spend my nights wondering where it all went wrong.

 

[Soulless_Angel]

Last few months sleep escapes me, I go bed round 1030pm, sleep till around 1am, then I am wide awake its driving me mad!!!

 

[Nem]

God, 3 years.... I've only been like this for a few months and something has gotta give, don't know how you have managed not to go completely batshit crazy dealing with it for years on end. Torture is right, I think sleep deprivation is actually used as a torture method?

Negative thoughts/ stress/ worry... I lost my partner, my home and my animals. Have debt collectors threatening me with court. My beautiful 15 year old dog who I rescued as a puppy had to be put to sleep. Was made a scapegoat in work to cover up negligence by somebody else and now looks like I will probably lose a job I loved with all my heart. My physical health is shite, have chronic pain and a rip-roaring prescription opiate addiction.
So yeah... kinda spend my nights wondering where it all went wrong.

Sorry to hear!!!!!!
I went three years with two hours a night and the last two on three hours a night. I swear it's absolutely killing me and I think it's killing my brain as well.
Peace/hugs

 

[SuicidalSymphonies]

Very unlucky for me, I have insomnia and chronic pain that keeps me up. Sleeping pills are a joke.

I usually get around 3-5 hours if I'm lucky or I black out from pain and wake up the day later. Can't win...

Love you, Nemmy. x

 

[Morphosis]

Sorry to hear!!!!!!
I went three years with two hours a night and the last two on three hours a night. I swear it's absolutely killing me and I think it's killing my brain as well.
Peace/hugs

Do you take any sleeping pills Nem? I'm sure you've probably tried anything and everything? I personally don't bother as most of them were as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike

 

[Deleted member 1465]

One hour a night if I'm lucky due to pain and having to pee every hour. Plus anxiety ofc.

 

[Nem]

Do you take any sleeping pills Nem? I'm sure you've probably tried anything and everything? I personally don't bother as most of them were as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike

I tried some and they just made me feel worse
Peace/hugs

 

[Morphosis]

I tried some and they just made me feel worse
Peace/hugs

Snap..... me too

 

[peacetoall]

I am sorry for what all of you're going through. I honestly don't think I could endure it. I just can't imagine going through long periods of not sleeping much at all. I usually go through weeks where I get 5 hours a night and feel terrible. Then I go through periods where I can get 7-8 a night and feel a lot better. I am wishing you all the best and hope you can all sort through it somehow.

 

[justanotherday]

Does anyone else deal with lack of sleep? For the last five years I sleep 2-3 hours a night and I'm going fucking goddamn psycho
Peace/hugs

same here and I have tried so many different meds and over the counter things, all to no avail.

 

[passenger27]

I get the same amount of sleep as you - 2,3, maybe 4 hours sleep when I've been up enough days sleeping 2 hours a night.

It always makes me think of what Edward Norton said about insomnia in Fight Club: "You're never really asleep and you're never really awake."

I don't think I could explain it any better. Sorry you're having the same trouble, it's truly a bitch.

 

[Haku]

Off and on for years. At the moment it's only the drugs making me sleep and no way could I sleep without them.

The same goes with me, without the drugs, I sleep maybe the most an hour, minimum 30 minutes, with sleep meds, I get maybe 3 hours added on, but not consecutively, wake up like 3 or 4 times in between, more or less.