Sleep problems are Back

[debmommy22]

Well great I am back to not being to fall and stay asleep. It feels like my meds have stopped working, but unsure which ones need adjusting. Going to have hormones checked. I am on HRT but been over year since I have seen my doctor and had blood work. I see a Psychiatric doctor for the sleep too and my Bipolar. Bipolar 2, the hypomania can make it

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[badly_knitted]

Really hoping one or other of your doctors can help with your sleep issues, even if it does mean adjusting your meds. I think most people build up tolerance over time so that things stop working as well as they did at the start, it's just one of those annoying things about human bodies.

So sorry you can't go on your vacation, that's sad for your whole family. I know you all enjoy the get togethe so hopefully next year you'll all be able to go. I'm hoping am effective vaccine can be developed before too long because things are so bad right now. I don't watch the news, it makes my anxiety and depression worse and I am trying so hard not to be dragged down but it's difficult. I never get enough sleep anyway so I'm always exhausted but trying to keep on top of things.

Hoping to get out in the garden later, this is the last good weather I'll be getting for a while, it's turning cooler and damp, both of which will play merry hell with my joints and I've already been trying to keep going with a rib strain that's making it difficult to do even simple things. That's life though, right? Anyway, not feeling too grea today so I'll have to play it by ear. At least the plants I put in the garden are still alive! Trying to stay positive =)

Hugs to you, Alex, and your family!

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[debmommy22]

Well I called my doctor's office this morning cause 4th night I think I have not slept enough, maybe 6 hours. I feel horrible. How much do you sleep a night? I told them what was happening and that I could not make it till July 1st to come in so I go this Monday morning, I am so thankful to God. I really think it is hormonal. Actually strangely enough I was told by my Psychiatrist that hormones and bipolar disorder go together so if my hormones are off and I am waking up hot and sweating that could be it. If they change the hormones and I still don't sleep then have to call the Psychiatric doctor and get appointment and see what we can do. I do build up tolerance to everything eventually, but last time it was the hormones and once they got me on HRT I started sleeping fine. Still on them but they made need increasing or adjusting. I am quite miserable at the moment. I pray every night for God to help me sleep and stay asleep long enough. Alex has an appointment at the same time on Monday that he can't miss so his Nana is taking him to the doctor while I go to mine thank goodness. Nana is Michael's Mom, we don't always get along, but she loves Alex and helps us a lot. They would have made him wait till November and his headaches are awful, we don't know what is causing them.

I am so sorry you don't sleep either. It is so hard to function without sleep. I read being in Menopause can cause sleep problems and then the hypomania I get causes me to not be able to get and stay asleep mostly.

Yeah we always go to the beach in Florida or Gulf Shores, Alabama. I am robbed of precious time with my family because of what China did and I am really angry and sad.

Yeah watching the news is so depressing. I keep waiting for our President to step in if these stupid, dumbass Mayors here don't do their jobs and get their police to get on top of this and stop it or call in The National Guard.

I am sorry you hurt your rib. That sounds like no fun. My problems seem to be more with my defective brain, but it all sucks. I wish we didn't have to suffer through so much. I have developed some other physical problems since the Hysterectomy and not much I can do about it and I don't want more surgery. I am sorry you felt so bad. I wish we both could be healthier and feel better. I hope they can help me. I wish they could do more to help you too.

I hope you felt like doing some in your garden. I am sure if it is fun and relaxing when you are feeling better.

Thank you, Hugs from me and Alex back* I just told him you sent him hugs. He remembers you even though he was a little guy when you sent him crystals. He has a good memory. I told him this was not FB, but one the first places I went to when the Internet was young, to us anyway. I wish this place was where people would come. Would so make my day to see that Mark guy CEO of FB watch everyone delete their accounts. I can't stand him!...sorry didn't mean to end on a bad note.

Hugs again* :)

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[badly_knitted]

Tell Alex thanks for the hugs! And you too of course.

I need eight hours but most nights I'm luck y if I get 5 or 6 in bits and pieces. I rarely sleep mote than two hours without waking up and then have to get back to sleep again. I'm tired all the time. This has been going on for more than 20 years. I don't remember the last time I ad a good night's sleep but I just have to cope as best I can.

Hope the doctors can sort you and Alex out.

I think I've strained the muscles between my ribs, which means I've basically got a tear somewhere. It'll heal, but it hurts quite a lot, especially trying to sit up from lying down *shrugs* I'm used to being in pain, something always hurts, mostly my hips and back.

I did get three hours in the garden clearing brambles. They grow so fast! I need to get the roots out but I can't at the moment. The ground is too hard and a lot of the roots are in awkward places. Don't want to make my ribs worse.

I wouldn't want more surgery either. Had that too many times already.

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[debmommy22]

I am so sorry about your sleep problems. I wish they had a medication that would help you stay asleep. 20 years is a long time. I just can't make it. I go a week on 5 and 6 hours, I get to where I can't function or think straight. Seroquel on a low dose is what they gave Alex. I take it on a higher dose for bipolar and sleep. I wonder if it might help you, as long as you don't go over 50 mg you shouldn't go through much withdrawal if it didn't work. You must be very strong.

I will tell Alex what you said.

Oh that sounds painful, the tear between your ribs. Can doctors help or do you just have to wait it out? Oh my Mom has terrible trouble with her hips and back. Part of getting older, I don't look forward to it.

Don't blame you about surgery, way I feel too, only if things become unbearable would I have more done.

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[badly_knitted]

I wouldn't take anything like that even if it was offered, too much damage has already been done and I won't risk more. Being tired all the time is better than chancing worse mental health problems from getting hooked again.

God helps me be strong.

It's painful, but all that can be done is to let it heal by itself. It's improving slowly. Not fun, but not as bad as the first time something like this happened. I jut have to be careful how I move.

I've had hip problems most of my life, my legs aren't good, but again it's just something I have to live with. I try not to let it get me down.

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[debmommy22]

I hope you have healed by now and are doing some better. You are stronger than me. If I can't sleep I start getting in the mindset of not wanting to live so for me meds is an option I have had to give into. I guess we are all different.

Sorry been gone so long we are busy almost every day. Alex is now in physical therapy for headaches. Turns out his posture since 6 th grade at least has been bad at the computer or on his tablet. As his body grew some muscle became too weak while the ones in his neck and upper back are too tight. We have a TENS unit he is suppose to use 3 times and day and do some PT exercises 3 times a day. He is difficult, can't remember or won't do his exercises so I am just going to have to make him every day. I am so stressed, he is very difficult to deal with. I told him he has to do them at home or the PT is pointless. He hurts, but it has to hurt before it gets better.

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[badly_knitted]

Getting anyone to do PT is difficult enough, but young boys are probably the worst. Good luck with that! I'm supposed to do PT exercises too, but I forget or I can't be bothered, or I just don't feel well enough. I should try to do better. I started out with good intentions, but it is hard. I have weak neck muscles and poor posture so Alex is not alone.