Sleeping disorder thread - how did you sleep last night?

[8evergo]

I sleep on average 4 hours a night but wake up with anxiety every hour or so. I also do 2x night shifts a week which are 12.5 hour shifts so those two nights I'm awake.

I feel like a zombie all day everyday

ohh my goog this fucking shift s
always ruined my life these 12 hour shifts sometimes early then sometimes late my body got sick where was the thanks for months then barely slept for months they squeezed me out like a lemon jet i have to sleep with a GAP mask

 

[mineko]

I haven't slept since Sunday afternoon. ; ;

 

[noname223]

Yesterday to my surprise my sleeping disorder has not fully exploded. I still can rest for some hours. Quetiapin might really help. However still feeling really fragile.

 

[Manaaja]

I went to bed early, I was feeling really tired and okay. But then my stress went through the roof when I thought of my stupid, dog-murdering mother. So I didn't sleep a second last night.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

I sleep on average 4 hours a night but wake up with anxiety every hour or so. I also do 2x night shifts a week which are 12.5 hour shifts so those two nights I'm awake.

I feel like a zombie all day everyday

Right there with you. Isn't it telling that, despite knowing how unhealthy these shifts are, these irregular or extended-hour shifts are perfectly legal? But when we get sick because of them, we can be dismissed, fired, replaced. And, of course, the mental health fall-out also rests squarely on our shoulders. So humane.

 

[Bedrock48]

I slept a solid 13 hours last night, woke up at like 5pm not quite sure where I was lmao. Been off my meds for a bit so going back on them always seems to do this to me.

 

[Otto]

I've had a debilitating sleep disorder for over 20 years and it's ruined my life because if I don't sleep, I get headaches. However, since I've started to drink coconut water in the night when I wake up, the headaches aren't as bad. And that has made my insomnia better because I'm not worried about not sleeping and having a headache the next day.

I take Ami's - they are antidepressants and I can't be bothered to look up the correct spelling at the moment and they help me sleep - but blow me down - my eyesight has got worse since being on them.

Have you tried listening to ASMR videos on Youtube? They make me dribble on my pillow - so relaxing. Good job I'm single.

My eyesight got worse as well but didn't make the connection until now

 

[LONE WOLF.]

I sleep very poorly despite being on methadone and Valium, l'm lucky if l get around 3 hour's sleep every 2nd night :-(

 

[W’ren]

I don't sleep much on the nights that i actually do get to sleep- and that sleep is filled with nightmares and vivid flashbacks to past horrible events.
Now i'm getting night sweats along with it all. (This is a "fun" new thing ~rolls eyes~)

I was recently told that individuals with chronic pain have a different sleep schedule to people who don't suffer the same issues- and so maybe that's part of my whakadoo "schedule"…

Often i sleep 3 or 4 hours in a night, then i'm awake for 48-72 hours straight before i manage to get another 3 or 4 hours. It's like my body will only let go of consciousness when i'm so exhausted that it has no choice.

The bright side to this is i get a lot of my beadwork done while bingeing my fave shows on my streaming service.

Downside… it's been tons of time to Plan my ctb and ruminate…

 

[Debbie Northampton U]

My eyesight got worse as well but didn't make the connection until now

Are you going to try something else? I thought it was my age, but then I realised I had to start wearing glasses around the time I started taking Ami's so I looked it up online. I suppose it might be coincidence but I don't think so.

 

[Otto]

I noticed my eyes have got worse recently ,I've got a eye test booked I also thought must be age related.
I don't know what the best thing to do is really

 

[AnxiousAngel21]

I was laying there trying to get asleep for 7 hours last night, it's so frustrating, I took some mirtazapine but it doesn't have effect on me anymore

 

[medjooled11]

Well, I had a bloody nose, otherwise I slept much longer than the last several days.

 

[victoria91]

Right there with you. Isn't it telling that, despite knowing how unhealthy these shifts are, these irregular or extended-hour shifts are perfectly legal? But when we get sick because of them, we can be dismissed, fired, replaced. And, of course, the mental health fall-out also rests squarely on our shoulders. So humane.

It's terrible isn't it!
On my nights off I sleep on the sofa at home . Mental health is at the lowest it has ever been too.

I'm working tonight And can't wait to be honest it's one of the only things which make me happy !

 

[noname223]

Horrible night yesterday. My psychiatrist thought it was a good idea to take zopiclone/lorazepame to ease mania (termporarily). However I think I could be an addict in some weeks/months. Someone has to stop it. My psychologist only wants to stop me when I am finally manic. I however take these addictive emergency medication for way too long time in order not to go manic.
I really see no solution. I won't meet my psychologist the next 2 weeks. I am really desperate. Yesterday I tried to sleep without zopiclone (It would have been the fifth day in a row) but it horribly backfired. Could not sleep for 5 hours I finally took a half lorazepam and zopiclone.

I am really scared about both addiction and mania. I am a little bit more scared about mania. I never was addicted to anything. (despite the internet)
I don't have a solution if I do not use these emergency medication preventive I need even more when my condition becomes worse. Fuck all of this. MAybe I call my psychiatrist soon again. Or meet another psychologist I know.

This is my last chance to have a job. ( I failed 5 times before) and with these emergency medication I might could do it. But increasing the dosage is something I will never do. At the moment I only take half of one pill. I am way too vulnerable to hold a job.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

lately insomnia. i used to get really bad sleep paralysis almost every night sometimes more than once for many years, and then when i was put on benzos it almost completely stopped. i am so thankful because it is really the most terrifying feeling in the world.

 

[blueclover_.]

I sleep 4 hours most of the time. I can't take a nap during the day even if i feel extremely sleepy. My consciousness just won't shut down, it's strange!

 

[noname223]

I slept 4,5 hours. That is really dangerous. I slept from 3:30-8 am. I am a wreck. I cannot sleep anymore without zopiclone. My psychiatrist is such an idiot. I wanted to talk with her about the danger of addiction she did not take me serious.
My psychologist did not answer my message.
I am so bad in stopping me. The professionals should have stopped me months ago. Instead they pushed me further and further.

I need to learn to grow and say stop. Today my head almost exploded. I cannot take it anymore. I am even at the point to say stop myself. This is probably already too late. Tomorrow I call my psychologist. I have no control of the situation anymore. It is the fault of the people who pushed me into this situation. I always warned about this scenario.

 

[Ready2GoNow2022]

I have been a habitual Zopiclone taker for many years now. However, lately, like in the past 2 months, it hasn't been working. The stress has caught up with me and I wake up 3-4 times during the night, usually as a result of nightmares. And when I do finally get out of bed in the morning I have ZERO energy to do anything. The first thought that comes to my head is "Fuck. Here we go again."

 

[noname223]

I quit one mood stabilizer and I am getting kind of manic. I wake up very early in the morning. Not even zopiclone helps. I am quite desperate. I hope when time passes I am becoming less manic...
I don't want to take the old medication again I hade so many side effects...

 

[BigGimpin]

I did not sleep for 27 days last November, right now I am only sleeping maybe one hour a night (though it has been 7 days since I have had even an hour) Chronic pain keeps me awake, when I close my eyes bolts of lightning shoot down my legs. It is unbearable pain!

My friends, what I have left, all wonder why I havent lost my mind, but I am 100% thinking clearly, can carry on conversations just fine, I am just in an ungodly amount of pain.

 

[NormaJeane]

I have had sleeping disorders for several years. I think that the reasons are side effect of medication, noise from the surroundings and when I studied at the university I disturbed the circadian rhythm. Many women have sleeping problems and the society with its timekeeping is not something humans are created for.

 

[its-about-time]

I'm still recovering from my last bout of insomnia which got me 3 hours of broken sleep a night for 3 months. Been sleeping pretty okay but it takes 12 hours to get the 8 hours of sleep I want. I fell asleep on the couch last night and stayed through morning, even though I was super disoriented every time I woke up lol.

 

[Journeytoletgo]

I am experiencing sleeping issues now I think it's a result of ptsd

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

I started to have sleep problems since I started to get depressed. Since then I started taking sleeping pills. At first I couldn't sleep one night in a row and I would always wake up in the middle of the night and only really sleep in the morning. Now my sleep seems to have regulated and I can sleep almost one night in a row.

 

[8evergo]

I've had trouble sleeping since I started working in security. I work there day and night, shift work always for 12 hours since that has destroyed my biorhythm.

 

[come to dust]

I never get good sleep, despite my chronic fatigue. nothing helps.

 

[QuietEnd]

I found two things that have helped, 1. A strong chamomile tincture just before bed helps to calm the body, and slow the mind. 2. A strong hop tincture helped to stop the night terrors and dreams so I sleep better and less likely to wake up.

I still get nights of insomnia but it's a lot better and less frequent.

 

[8evergo]

I found two things that have helped, 1. A strong chamomile tincture just before bed helps to calm the body, and slow the mind. 2. A strong hop tincture helped to stop the night terrors and dreams so I sleep better and less likely to wake up.

I still get nights of insomnia but it's a lot better and less frequent.

when chamomile or hops have an effect, not too weak, only real sleeping pills, but I feel like bala bala the next time

 

[Darkover]

i went to bed at 5am and woke up at 10am feeling tired i was awake the previous day from 8.30 am to 5am 19 hours awake