Working a 10.5 hour shift tomorrow and cant seem to get to sleep.
I really need to keep working. At the bare minimum until the house repairs are done. Would really be nice to get to sleep, but I am just tossing and turning.
I need to win the lottery.
Seems unlikely, though, since I dont play it.
Anyone else in a similar situation or just cant sleep for some reason?
I’ve found it hard to sleep as the days get longer. Today the sun doesn’t set until 11 and it rises at 4:30. I lay in bed and the sunlight creeps in under the blackout curtains and i end up tossing and turning for a couple of hours before falling to sleep. It’ll only get worse until June 21, when the days will start to get shorter again. I’ve increased my exercise and don’t drink any caffeine before bed but i just can’t fall asleep!
Im not being funny but youve had sleep issues since ive been on this forum 3 + years. Im just hoping you can manage everything without burning yourself out. Youve got a lot on your plate @Bowens
Take care
So sorry Bowens. I had trouble sleeping, but I realized that I was taking my medicine wrong. I would take the medicine that is supposed to make you sleepy during the day, and at night I would take the medicine that’s supposed to keep you up at night. But, since I now work overnights, I just needed to flip what I was taking, and take the right medicine. Now, I don’t have a problem not being able to sleep. I sleep great now. Just upsets me that they didn’t update the directions on my medicine bottles, cause I was told this by my Psychiatrist the last time I saw him. So…that was my issue.
Do you take anything to help with sleeping, like “Olly” or “Ashwahghanda?”
I do not currently. But I have tried several things to help. Including prescription drugs.
Hmmmmmmmmm…do you have your phone on blue light before you go to sleep? Or do you have the settings set for “dark?”
I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on. If it’s not too personal to ask, what medications are you on?
I use a pc mostly. I rarely use my phone for this forum. Im on Abilify Maintena , atorvastatin and several diabetes drugs.
Huh…weird. I was googling all your medications, and I would put as a question “When should I take Abilify Maintena?” Or “When should I take Atorvastatin?” And, none of the drugs you listed have to be taken at a specific time.
So…I honestly don’t know what to tell you. But, honestly it wouldn’t matter what I would say anyway, cause I’m not a Healthcare Professional. The only thing I can think of is to limit your screen time, like an hour before you go to bed, don’t get on the computer. And…I would drink maybe some warm milk or water, sometimes that’ll help you sleep. I was told by someone that if you make the room you sleep in kind of chilly, it helps gets you into REM sleep pretty fast.
But again, I’m not a Healthcare Professional so I dunno what would work for you. I just hope you can get some sleep. I take Ashwahghanda and Olly and those help me sleep pretty good.
Hi @Jacob1 good morning to you!
Ive been sleeping for 6-7 hours this week and its lovely getting up so early i can chill.
Hopefully no leg pains today, my mum worked out it must be stress related because its only flares up occasionally.
How are you feeling?
Hi @anon70282812, so good to hear from you. I’m doing ok. I think what sucks the most about this disorder, is that, I think I’ve lied to myself on certain things. Cause it has occurred to me that maybe my family isn’t as bad as I make them out to be and maybe I’m the one with a problem…
I can’t believe that I lied to myself and fell for my own lie. Like, that’s seriously bad!
But otherwise I’m doing wonderful. How are you Ducky?
I know exactly. Its part of schizophrenia getting it a bit distorted your perceptions. Its NOT lies though but its the nature of the beast. I over complicated things with my family. I bottled a lot of negativity up inside and was really wrong sometimes. My family are good i suppose.
Anyways, that was deep
Im just enjoying alone time. Ive to make a dr appoint this morning for an irritating skin tag ugh
Okay enjoy your day!
You too!
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My wife is snoring like Pumbaa with nasal congestion. I gave up and am in the living room. Tomorrow night I will have sheets and pillows for the trailer and can go sleep in it if needed.
@Jacob1
Although my bad thoughts about my parents was magnified until recently,
i still have trauma from childhood.
My mum and dad were too heavy handed and not very emotionally available to me growing up.
But now im realising that they werent abusive i wouldnt go that far.
So at least ringing them and speaking to them more nowadays is helping a lot with how i feel about them.
Talking is good basically
Ducky I know…I just, like I can’t believe I did that. I guess when I got into this physical altercation with this family member, it just shocked me, cause for the longest time I looked up to this person in a sense. And when this person hurt me physically, it must’ve affected me so badly that I wound up in my room on the phone with the police in the fetal position rocking back and forth.
So, that trauma, even after 10 years is still fresh in my mind. But the thing of it was, that was 10 years ago. I should move on, but I haven’t. Maybe I really am in my own head all the time. Cause this person literally doesn’t do this anymore and treats me just fine. I need to learn to forgive cause I think the other person has already forgiven me, and I haven’t with them.
Yeah…makes me wonder what other stupid thing I said or believed in while having this diagnosis. I bet I drove certain people up a wall.
But, it’s ok. Better to know that now and not continue to make up stuff that isn’t true. I feel like that ugly teenager in high school who would talk smack about other people just to look cool. I never wanted to be that person yet, I became that person. That’s such a terrible thing…
Oh no, no it’s not. If it was triggering my blood pressure would spike. It’s not spiking, you’re fine. I hope I’m not doing the same to you…
Ive booked a dr appointment for 3.30pm so i can get this skin tag frozen off ugh its annoying
Jacob i just go through phases of being angry or triggered by childhood memories but i feel sometimes its good to just put it out there…this is what happened…and then move on.
I do love my parents but unfortunately im mentally unstable and some of it is trauma related im sure
Same. Awwwww, Ducky, you’re awesome! Well…and I have an addiction too that I’m trying to rid myself of too, so that could be contributing to some of my psychosis too.
Nice chatting, keep your chin up!
Ill be on here later
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