I can't sleep

DX'd - Sz/SzA
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Hi andy;

I used to have insomnia because of my drug(paliperidone).but since i took 10mg melatonine it s help my sleep.just try it

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Did you really go a year without sleep :scream:

Or are you just figuratively saying that

Hard to believe you didnā€™t go completely off the rails if you went a year without a wink of sleep :wink:

I reckon sleep deprivation can cause the worst hallucinations possible

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I was napping a little here and there. I felt full of energy and enjoyed missing the sleep. I seem to recall this went on for a year more or less. This was during 2001-2002. I had fallen into a major psychosis and was alone without anyone at the time. SZ patients have strange stories to tell. Martinā€™s Believe it or Not. I was napping in cornfields and the woods around there.

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I was having some type of visual hallucinations inside my mind. Itā€™s horrible.

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Take the thorazine at night from now on, but since you already took one today, wait and until tomorrow night to take it again. Too much thorazine is bad.

that is the idea! The meds are supposed to help. I still have some symptoms, I just learn how to live with them. You will sleep more once the Geodon withdrawals are over.

But dude, Geodon withdrawal is hell. Hang in there. I had to do the same thing myself recently. It sucked.

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I canā€™t sleep either. Itā€™s chronic. I am switching from Risperidone to Latuda and the two together made me so restless I couldnā€™t sit still, let alone sleep. I ended up tapering off the Risperidone and now I am thinking of cutting my Latuda back from 40mg to 20mg to try and get rid of the restlessness. I am not sure if the increased restlessness is because of adding the Latuda in or because of Risperidone withdrawals or both. I am taking Melatonin, diphenhydramine and Vistaril to counter the restlessness and help me sleep and itā€™s doing very little. I donā€™t see my pdoc for another month. Iā€™m going to cut my Latuda back and see if that helps. I also take Trileptal which makes me drowsy and sometimes buys me an hour or to of sleep. The idea of getting 7 or 8 hours of solid sleep seems like a fantasy right now. How nice that would be.

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Iā€™m able to sleep finally only with Geodon

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I canā€™t sleep. :frowning: I have no meds right now and I have a lot of worries on my mind. Anyone want to chat and keep me company?

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So I reduced my AP last night to keep the restlessness down. I took Melatonin AND diphenhydramine. I was able to fall asleep and sleep for about 3 hours before I woke up:( I took a Vistaril and after a couple hours of tossing and turning, I went back to sleep for a couple hours. My total time in bed is like 10 hours but the amount of sleep I get is like 5-6 hours. I need Ambien or some other bigger gun to help me stay asleep for 6 or more hours. Whatā€™s it like to fall asleep at 9 or 10 and wake up at 6 refreshed and ready for the day? Must be nice.

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ā€œSleep is fort comfort. Rest is for health.ā€ We donā€™t really need to sleep eight hours a night. We get some sleep when we are lying in bed anyway.

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