Sporadic fatal insomnia

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Im worried I have sporadic fatal insomnia. I just cant fall asleep. Ive been awake for almost 21 hours. Should I go to the ER? I took melatonin, didn’t work. Took extra olanzapine, didnt work. Should I take some ativan? Can someone calm me down? Im trying to read reddit stories of people who’ve stayed awake for longer than 21 hours and survived. Is 21 hours even that bad?

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I would suggest you have something warm to eat and a glass of milk

Just rest in bed and shut your eyes

Keep doing this until you drop off

No you unlikely to have sporadic fatal insomnia

I was awake for 36 hrs recently and no it wont kill you

Good luck!

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Thanks Ducky
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From Copilot re mania

In some extreme cases, there are reports of individuals functioning for as long as 72 hours or more with minimal sleep.

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21 is nothing. You’ll be fine.

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@firemonkey - Thanks for sharing.

@Mars - Thanks Mars. I’ll be okay.

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I took some Ativan. My uncle and cousin are coming over in 25 minutes. I’m going to have a quick visit with them, then try to go to bed. Might take some more Ativan before trying to sleep

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Visit done. Took another 0.5 mg of Ativan. Hope I can sleep soon. If I reach 48 hours of being awake, im going to the hospital. Im at 22 hours right now

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Don’t worry. Missing sleep for a day or two in between is not dangerous.

But if you don’t sleep well on a regular basis on olanzapine, maybe discuss your meds with the doctor. It helped me a lot to switch to original zyprexa. It costs more, but I got it covered since the generic was not working(too serious side effects). I don’t know how the system is in Canada, but maybe you could get it covered.

It took about a month for a change to come after switching though. I guess the brain needed to adapt + the old med to leave the system

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21 hrs isnt long at all. ive been up 120 hrs. and regularly used to stay up for 72-96 hrs. the more anxious u are about it the harder it will be to fall asleep.

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you will crash soon enough…don’t worry…I spent probably a couple weeks in between sleep when I was delusional.

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I’ve gone several days at a time without sleep. It was awful but did not kill me. I was just very exhausted and antsy. I eventually crashed each time though.

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I finally got some sleep.

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Now @TheCanuk try to use your alarm to set good sleep schedule!!!

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