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Old 03-09-2010, 01:29 AM #11
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Ah... I see and COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND....

I'm sorry ... I forgot that you and I are alike on this... I too HATE and am AFRAID to fall asleep.

I often go many days with little to no sleep---last was 23 days with like this.... sleeping no more than 20 minutes a night if at all.

The past couple of days.... I've been sleeping about 20 hours a day.

Today seems like back to the same old same.... 1:29am and still WIDE AWAKE!

I hope you find something that works for you... not sleeping or little sleep is killer....


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Ah... I see and COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND....

I'm sorry ... I forgot that you and I are alike on this... I too HATE and am AFRAID to fall asleep.

I often go many days with little to no sleep---last was 23 days with like this.... sleeping no more than 20 minutes a night if at all.

The past couple of days.... I've been sleeping about 20 hours a day.

Today seems like back to the same old same.... 1:29am and still WIDE AWAKE!

I hope you find something that works for you... not sleeping or little sleep is killer....


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Being able to sleep is so important to everything else in our bodies / brains.
I wish it were easier.
I hope you get good sleep tonight.
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Chairs and sofas and floors work.
That's what I used to do.
Then pdoc said it is very important to wear the cpap machine when I am sleeping. He made everything more complicated.

I could set up the cpap near the sofa. It might work but it has problems too.

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Mari I know what you mean. I have a good bed,but I sleep in the room where I have a large TV,and a large sofa. I've been sleeping this way for awhile.

I remember that I use to grab the sofa with one of my hands before I would go to sleep. I can't explain this. It was general fear,and anxiety. BF
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Dear Steve,
Thanks.
Anxiety interferes with sleep and that interferes with everything else.
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Steve's post made me think of something. Did you ever have nightmares? I sometimes have nightmares and there have been periods of my life that I have been afraid to sleep. Last night I had a nightmare about running out of money. I also have had periods of not having sleep disorders and then if there is a war or when my father died, i started having them again. the war thing I think was an attempt at control. I would watch the tv for the latest news....cnn.
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Steve's post made me think of something. Did you ever have nightmares? I sometimes have nightmares and there have been periods of my life that I have been afraid to sleep. Last night I had a nightmare about running out of money. I also have had periods of not having sleep disorders and then if there is a war or when my father died, i started having them again. the war thing I think was an attempt at control. I would watch the tv for the latest news....cnn.
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I don't have a problem with nightmares. It's worry,anxiety,and intrusive thoughts. These intrusive thoughts have thrown me into mental tailspins,and headtrips. They grip me,and I can't help it. After a while they fade away. I hate this. If I have one intrusive thought,I'll have 2,or 3 more soon after.

At one time when I first woke up,I had panic attacks. This waking up to panic hasn't happened in a long time. BF
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If and When I fall asleep... EVERYTIME I wake up I am in a PANIC!!!

My Pdoc just switched up my xanax dosages... from 1mg twice a day to .5 mg four times a day... He told me that xanax only stays in the body for 4 hours no matter the dosage.

No wonder anxiety and panic have been hitting me like a rubber ball bouncing around... we'll see how the four times a day thing goes....

Hopefully "IF" I remember when I go back to the Pdoc... I will talk to him about this panic when waking.


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Dear Bobby,

I do not have nightmares.
I might have had them in the past.
I've learned to forget about my dreams before I even get out of bed.

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Dear Abby,
ask to switch over to klonipin...it last longer so you don't have the peaks and troughs....vallium lasts the longest so less of highs and lows and more even keal...see if your pdoc whould switch you to vallium. jsut ask about it. It has a very long half life xanax has the shortest the highest highs only meant for short term use.
hopes this makes sense.
I don't like xanax for long term usage unless you only take it at night to sleep....jsut my opinion.
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I was on klonopin but it does nothing for my anxiety/panic... only makes me a little sleepy.... I still wake up in a panic.

Right now... doesn't feel like any of my meds are working... either I'm awake and a complete mess... or I sleep ALL the time. Pdoc says I'm in a downward slide....

I have new scripts that need filled and I haven't been able to leave the house.... Panic/Anxiety/Severe Depression... you get the picture...


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