Long sleep Rant

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So along schizophrenia sleep has been a big issue.

I mostly sleep 10-12 hours

I turn my sleep rythm around. One week i can sleep from 23.00 - 10.00 , like a normal person

The other week i can sleep from 07.00 to 19.00 in evening meaning no social activity that day and feeling off

As this it goes on

I put an alarm mostly. Sometimes i sleep through it sometimes i can wake up.

I just feel like my sleep is destroying my life.
How im gonna work. Travel. Function.

Affects self esteem too

I dont have a schedule like 22.00 im going to bed
I go when im tired

I had sleep meds in past like zopiclone melatonin never a benzo

I drink coffee but i â– â– â– â– â– â– â–  need it

When i asked doctors they mostly say sleep hygiene they dont really take it serious

Im not saying i want to be high on sleep meds but some help.

I feel my sleep is a very special story

And all my friends sleep good

A close relative also had sleep issues

Im tired of this

I dont know what a ”cure” would be

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My sleep is all over the place too @Yellowdiamond. But on the days I need to get up and do things, I’m able to get up on time to get things done.
Although I have a tendency to stay up all night and sleep most of the day, my GF gets pissed and I straighten out to accommodate her schedule.

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I see…so Why you have this tendency? Can you explain?

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I don’t know why. Sometimes I just stay up all night when I should be asleep, then sleep late to make up for it.

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Yeah maybe we like the night….
But not healthy

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I have been trying to fall asleep for two hours now. I hate having DSPS. :frowning:

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Is that Delayed sleep phase rythm?
I guess i could say i have that
How you cope @Speedy

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I don’t! I’ve tried everything. Forcing myself to go up early, often times without getting any sleep at all. I tried every sleeping pill. I tried melatonin. They didn’t work.

Doc prescribed me modafinil to be up so I could study. It got me through school. Then when I got my grades and was ready to apply for college, boom! Psychosis.

Now doc don’t want to prescribe me modafinil, which to be honest is a shitty drug. It wakes you up but your brain still sleeps somehow. Your brain is awake but it doesn’t engage in anything.

Adderall is a better drug because it wakes the brain up, but doc don’t want to prescribe me it. He says it’s only for ADHD! :confused:

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Okay. So stimulant to be awake during day? Would you otherwise sleep?

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I tried some aps that aren’t sedating and I would have paranoid thinking and positives keep me up at night. Those were paliperidone and latuda. I haven’t had much insomnia on risperidone and clozapine they have been able to put me to sleep. On risperidone I was staying up really late.

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Yes because I can’t fall asleep in time. I’m up all night. Sometimes I didn’t sleep at all. Just drink coffee and take modafinil, go to school and later crash at home in the middle of the day. Sometimes I’d fall asleep but couldn’t wake up because of sleep debt. DSPS is a truly sucky thing to have. I woke up 07.30 today. It’s 00:00 right now. :confused:

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I see. Happy with my meds but they can play a part.

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