I am not sure why, but I have been thinking about everything that I have lived through. I wonder during such thinking if I need to share it all with my caseworker, but she wont probably be my caseworker for very long.
I think i just need more mental help, but not sure what is fully wrong with me mind. then i go back to thinking about everything in my past and wonder if any of it matters.
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I had a stretch where I stayed up about 3 days when I first started Abilify. You get kinda loopy after 3 days without sleep. Maybe you need to take something to knock you out for awhile if you don’t get to sleep soon.
Whether ANYTHING matters is a matter of relativity, so try not to think about that so much. It will drive you crazy and probably depress you.
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That’s what I was thinking. Sometimes in the past I needed something to burst that adrenalin bubble that was keeping me awake.
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I had trouble sleeping in the past. One thing that helped me was keeping a sleep routine. Going to bed at the same time and waking up with alarm at same time. This helped me. Maybe something to consider? Aim for 8 hours.
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I bought a machine that plays the sound of rain, brook, waterfall, thunderstorm…etc. It has different settings to shut out other noise in your house. The white noise/ sounds of raindrops really helps me sleep better.
You can probably pick up this rain machine at Walmart for 20-30 bucks. It really is a good investment…or at least it has been for me.
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When I stop sleeping or eating then I know I’m getting psychotic. I don’t feel tired, I don’t feel hungry. I feel like I’m in a warzone. But there is no war, there is no goal. Only madness!
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I feel like this right now…
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it is depressing me, and driving me abit bonkers…
i have nothing to knock me out atm…
except a little less than a pint of jack daniel wiskey , dont worry i dont drink it ever…
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You need to sleep. Do you have sleeping pills?
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Can you go to the hospital?
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i have lyrica 75 mg they dont work
an old bottle of melatonine, but it wakes me up worse.
the two nearest hospital dont help me any because the have no mental health training or support people.
and it almost 5 am i dont wish to freak out my gal heading over to the hospital, or wake her son up because he has to wake in 10 minutes head to work…
lets just say i have no help without freaking people out.
Do you have any allergy medicine?
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i have some generic bennadryll, but it wakes me up as well…
you see i have schizophrenia, adhd, and mood disorders… most sleep aides wake me up…
so i kinda messed up… even knock out stuff for my surgeries i ve had dont last long in my system…
I think i am definitly going up my homes walls at this point…
i will be getting a pdoc 2nd opnion soon, but not sure if i will be able to stay well till then… it is a month away.
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Do you have a banana?
I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out.
If you boil the banana (peel and all) in just enough water to cover it, ideally about 2 cups, for 15 minutes then discard the banana and drink the water, it might help.
Sleep aids don’t work for me either, I suspect because of the ADHD, but when I was pregnant my perinatologist told me to try this and it worked about half the time.
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You need something to help you sleep. Otherwise you will end up psychotic.
Have you had any drugs that has helped you combat the sleeplessness?
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Also, off you haven’t tried doxepin for sleep it’s worth a shot. It works okay if I take enough and doesn’t leave me groggy the next day.
i looked this one up. i will try for lunch… my gals son getting rdy for work.
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