I called up a employer and asked about a job they were hiring for and told him that I couldn’t work earlier than 10am because of a medical condition.
He said: To be honest with you, your application goes to the bottom of the application pile.
It’s not easy to make a living when you have to take sedating drugs.
Can you take your meds earlier so you can wake up earlier?
Not really. Now I take them 9.30pm ish and go to sleep about 11pm. I don’t think it would be easy to go to sleep earlier than that. I have tried occasionally, but it seems it’s easier to get sleep around 11pm. I also have insomnia so I have to choose the best option to get sleep.
I am trying to get the insomnia fixed, but no luck getting a appointment with pdoc. And my gp won’t make any changes. I will have to write a new application for pdoc. It will be my 5th.
It sounds like your medication isn’t working for you yet.
I have gone through akhathisia, insomnia, sedation and emotional torture many times and was at the end of my rope. I couldn’t live with it.
How some of you guys here take such high dosages of risperidone or haloperidol or aripiprazole, I can not comprehend. It must be a different metabolism.
I’ve been on the same med for 15 years, but I got in trouble about 8 years ago when they stopped working very well on sleep. Now I get poor sleep if I take them, and at the same time they cause insomnia if I don’t take them. I could maybe get better “sleep” if I upped my dose to 15mg or something, but the side effects are pretty hard and then I wouldn’t be able to work anyway.
I’m going to ask my doctor If I can take Latuda and use low dose seroquel for sleep. I have appointment next week.
Im sort of the same with waking up, but I never disclose anything about my MI when applying for work. I tend to apply for afternoon or evening shifts but that’s also cause there’s an abundance of jobs where I live.
Sorry you had to go through that though, it really is tough out there for us folks.
Have you tried the L-Theanine supplement? It aleviates myself a little bit before sleep.
Yes, it doesen’t work for me. I do take some supplements that help me though like magnesium, L-serine and melatonin. If I didn’t take those I don’t think I would get by.
This is what they might hear.
I am myself capable of work when I take a lower dosage. But it does not prevent every episode. My psychiatrist told me to hit hard and fast when symptoms appear and go for a big increase as required.
Have you tried talking to your pdoc about maybe taking something to combat the sedative effects of your AP? Something like modafinil can really work wonders but you have to take it early because it works for like 15 hours and can keep you up. I used to take then I switched doctors my current doctor wants to make sure my anxiety is dealt with before adding any kind of stimulant.
If you get up earlier you will probably go to sleep earlier.
Ironically I’m also struggling with insomnia although I take a sedative drug. Olanzapine hasn’t been good for me in a long time sleepwise. I think my med regime has to change if there is going to be any improvement.
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