Woke up at 1 pm, meaning I got 17 hours of sleep. I went to Starbucks to study and was hit with a sleep attack at about 2:30. Tried to push onward until 3:30 before giving up and taking an hour long nap. Studied-tried to study- for an hour only to become sleepy AGAIN and need another nap, only had time for 30 mins. Then had my therapy appt and dinner w friends after…I am sleepy the entire time…when I get back to my apartment I collapse and fall asleep very quickly…
I wake up numerous times from anxiety…if I try to fall asleep w my limbs out of the blankets as I am on the verge of sleep I am jolted awake w my heart racing…similarly if I am already asleep and this happens I am woken up with an abrupt nightmare…I developed this fear as a very young child and do not understand why I still have it nearly 2 decades later when I no longer have the fears it was based on…
And now it’s 4 something am, I took a klonopin and its done nothing. I’m only kind of tired and have been job hunting for the past 30 mins. Why is my sleep so messed up, why…
Summary: Slept 17 hours and still needed multiple long naps throughout the day, sleepiness is so bad I’m not functional at all, wish I could be nocturnal but can’t right now
If your in America ask your doctor about Provigal…It’s a stimulant which doesn’t lead to hallucinations. There’s others on it over there…I think Jayster takes it…I can’t get it over here in Australia! I’d like to try it.
Meantimes. Avoid the klonopin…I know it helps you get to sleep but it’s way better to not use the benzo’s for sleep exclusively.
Was it the monster under the bed that would chew off any limbs that dangled over the side of the bed or that wasn’t covered by a blankie?
As far as caffeine drinks, I just drank a double energy can of cold coffee, and two cups of strong hot coffee about 20 minutes ago, it’s 129AM, and I’m ready for sleep.
Seems the only way to make the caffeine work again is to taper off gradually, then none for at least 18 hours, then back to two cups only in the morning.
Only then do I get that caffeine rush again.
I had a strange dream last night.
I was cutting out hand prints and writing “don’t slap the dog” on them.
My dreams are always totally messed up when I am on antidepressants.
I woke up wide awake at 4am this morning, went back to sleep at 7am, I then woke up at 9am, it is now 9.34am here in the UK.
Its super hard to get on in US too but I’m trying. Klonopin is a temporary fix for now because the issues were severe and I couldn’t take the demonic harassment all night long.
@Csummers Yes. Specifically it was vampires. I was sure that if any part of me was left uncovered a vampire would drain all the blood from my body from it. I’d also have instances where I’d feel I was in great danger and had to hide under the blankets for a certain period of time. Sometimes not even breathing…the blankets were safety to me and that’s been engrained in my mind. Such extreme fearfulness even as a child.
@Simonw Had weird dream last night about a man who seemed mentally unwell, lived in a home and never talked or showed any sign of intelligence only to basically snap out of his coma one day shouting “I came for you, you son of a b*** I know what you did to my sister!!” And everyone thought he was crazy. And he realized all this time had passed and he was so confused, and he didn’t know why his molar was chipped, and it was basically going to turn into the story of why he was there and why he had lost his memory when I woke up. (It was implied a family friend had been sexually abusing one of his younger sisters, when he found out as a young man he came for revenge, got attacked by the man and basically went into a half coma for years)
@aliali yep I’m trying to get on it! Not easy in US
When I was a student the pdoc was very aggressive with my meds.
He had me on Donepezil. We tried Strattera, which was wonderful but I eventually started getting really anxious. I know others on here will poo-poo Strattera because it may cause psychosis. Then Provigil, another great drug for students. There was one other med but I can’t think of it.
Not easy in US