So...though I've slept a LITTLE bit better over the last 2 nights...last week, I didn't sleep more than a few hours [2ish] almost every night.  I started to get anxious Friday, it got a little worse each day since that, until Tuesday night I freaked out a little bit.  Tuesday, during the day, I was anxious, but it was deal-able....but it kept ( Read more... )

Yesterday was crappy. I had a reasonably stress-free day at work [at least, there was no added stress...I didn't have to plan much in the AM and just walked students through a formal lab report. Nothing bad happened. I think it's probably the lack of sleep, but I was going nuts. I drank Valerian water [once I remembered it was still there from ( Read more... )

I can't believe this.  I woke up yesterday EARLY, and exercised for a while, and stayed up LATE...and I've been up now for about 2 hours.  Yep, I woke up around 2:30.  This sucks.  I even tried changing sleep positions, and moving my sleeping place [went upstairs to the guest room], this just isn't working.  [Typically, I can get at least another ( Read more... )

I've forgotten for a while to mention this - I LOVE getting this e-mail [typically weekly or every other week] - I subscribed to the e-mail list for Psychiatric Times.  Sometimes, the articles don't apply to me, but more often than not, they have some kind of thing on bipolar, borderline, schizo, or anxiety issues...  highly recommended reading.

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If anyone can explain to me why I slept only 3.5 hours after exercising for almost FOUR hours and taking two benadryl before going to bed yesterday...I'd be happy to hear about it. Argh.  I'm pretty sure it's the lamictal...but I can't be sure.  I'm going in to talk to my pdoc this afternoon...so we'll see what she says - depending on how long it' ( Read more... )

It sure has been a while - I haven't been around here at all - either to read or to write.  Not incredibly long, but put behind a cut.

About me:

First: I decided to take the job as the admin assistant, and it's going fairly well. I had a mini-breakdown last Tuesday because the change of going from having a set schedule to having a completely ( Read more... )

When sleep deprivation becomes great enough, the effects mimic those of psychosis.

1. hallucinations
2. speech/motor impairments
3. memory loss/difficulty or lapse
4. irritability
5. fragmented thinking

I sit here in my office wondering where the sleep went.

I've been trying out a new medication for my sleep issues because my doctor down here won't prescribe me what I as taking in Michigan...or what I started taking when I first moved down here.  Because they're benzos.

She says [and I know] that with the problems I've had in the past, I have ( Read more... )