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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shinikageWolf 15
Melatonin injections?
cannbend 11
Are you Sicilian at all by chance? What is your heritage/ethnicity
whiskeymugger 2
right there with yah bud
PANDORUM89 21
you should try a schedule. so say 2 hours before you want to go to bed (the same time every night) you shower, lay out clothes, get in comfy jammies, read a book, etc. no computer, TV, or phone though. then when it's bed time turn the lights off. once you close your eyes think of a simple story. distracting your mind can help you sleep. it takes a while but once your body understands the routine you will get tired at the same time and sleep will come easier. also try some aroma therapy, massage, or something else super relaxing. also temperature is important make sure it is relatively cool in your room and completely dark.
hipyg123 6
If downers are doing that you might have ADHD.
Savreth 12
try playing a guided sleep meditation video on youtube. they help me fall asleep a lot faster when I don't want to take my sleeping pills
wowthanksforthat 6
If you feel high (as in "I can do anything!") you may want to go to a psychiatrist to see if it is bipolar disorder. Lack of sleep like this is a very common symptom, and sleeping pills typically don't help
nimzy_baby 7
you probably have ADHD then
starimmigrant 3
Is your name Tayler Durden?
JackFaire 27
Hmmm you could have ADD/ADHD It can cause certain chemicals to react in your body the opposite of how they should. I have it and when I was younger Caffeine would put me to sleep.