Today, I've been awake for 4 days. My doctor recently put me on enough sleeping pills to kill a small country, but when I take them it's like a shot of adrenaline. I'm wide awake and tired as all hell at the same time. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up after taking the new sleeping pills I was prescribed for my insomnia. I slept for 12 hours and had 5 missed calls from my boss. FML
Today, my insomnia wins. I'm too wired and awake to sleep, but too stoned on my sleeping pills to get up and do something productive. FML
Today, I found that I have a rare side effect to the hydrocodone prescribed after surgery. One pill keeps me up for almost 24 hours. Either I'm in tremendous pain and try to sleep, or I'm not in much pain and stay awake. I can't win. FML
Today, it’s the fourth day in a row I’ve laid in bed for hours with my eyes shut, wide awake, then watched the sun rise. All my parents have to say is, “Insomnia isn’t real. Just go to bed earlier.” FML
Today, I have to wake up in 3 hours for work, the medicine that should've made me sleep 8 hours straight failed and I woke up an hour later, not being able to sleep anymore. FML
Today, I haven't had any real sleep in 4 days because I am an insomniac. My father is also an insomniac but he takes Ambien to get his rest. Me? I'm stuck staring at the ceiling for hours because he won't let me take any kind of medication, because he doesn't want me "getting addicted." FML
Today, while sleeping as soundly as I could on a plastic mattress, the night shift nurse in the psych ward woke me up in the middle of the night so that I could take my sleeping pill, which was prescribed as "if needed". FML
Today, I reached a total of three doctors, one therapist, one psychiatrist, and five prescribed medications, all because my body refuses to let me sleep. FML
Today, I'm doing the school run. I went to bed early and took a sleeping pill for my insomnia so I could be productive. Even if I could sleep past my partner snoring like a cave bear with sinus infection, it turns out that my sleeping pills make me hyper. The next person who says ADHD is fun is getting slapped. FML
Today, my water pills are almost identical to my sleeping pills, so not only did I not get any sleep, I had to get up every 15-30 minutes to go to the bathroom. FML
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ESE_gutty 18
Try weed.
Zebediabolical 45
Look on the bright side... Only 16 more sleeps till Christmas!
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revolvearoundme 15
I've been up for 52 hours now. No real reason, I've been off work for about 40 of them with nothing to do. None of the prescription drugs help consistently.I end up taking that ZZZQuill or knockoff but it has to have the alcohol. One big shot and if I'm not tired 20 minutes later I take a half swig and 90% of the time I'm down. Wish all that prescription stuff worked it would be a lot cheaper for me.
Leviathene 34
I used to suffer from insomnia (sometimes I still do). For me, its caused by not being able to shut of my brain long enough to go to sleep. I tried sleeping pills, they didn't work for me either. I think the reason they didn't work at all, was because I was worried about whether the pills were working, and thinking about how I needed to sleep. You need to distract yourself long enough to forget that you've taken the pills. It's like the opposite of the placebo effect. If you think about it, it wont be as effective. You could try listening to slow music before bed or something. Hope this helps.
Kevinmeowbeanz 22
Unisom pills work for me
ssnow_fml 20
try heroin. it makes you pretty lethargic.
o76923 8
That's actually a really common reaction in some people to a certain family of sleeping pills. I don't remember the explanation from my doc but you need to tell yours as soon as you can. It is a specific binding to a molecular chain that's causing the problem so others might work.
ulissey_fml 22
You could try and take some simple steps: stop those pills until you see your doctor and try to deal with the anxiety in a natural way. Have a long, hot bath. Go out and walk in a green space long enough ( plants and trees have an incredible soothing effect on people due to some chemistry I don't quite understand but that has been reasearched and proven) . Have sex helps a lot to unwire, even with yourself ( okay people , I'm French, I am bound to suggest that ). Weed, why not. Lavender oil on the pillow. Try and read Fifty Shades before you go to sleep. I couldn't pass page 3 without yawning. Lots of other people will have creative ideas I am sure.If nothing works, leave your troubles behind and have a short trip anywhere, if possible. Allowing a distance between you and daily worries is a sure recipe. It puts things in a different perspective
chosha_fml 27
After 3 sleepless nights, why were you still taking them?
aelarol 5
You need calcium and perhaps some B vitamins.
usnwife 18
I got the lovely gift from my father, that sleeping meds (night cold medicine, etc) have the opposite effect. Even muscle relaxers that always knock people out - nope.
SailorSolaris 43
Stop with the pills and call your doctor again. This isn't healthy! Call your doc, now!