sleep problems, energy lowww

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:01 pm

dear Joyful Heart, I can see why you have a joyful heart now. You must be so happy. I'll have to try some of that natural med. I have had insomnia for years too. And nothing seems to work. Maxine

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:05 am

I have the opposite problem: I sleep too much and I'm still tired! I wake up at 6 and work for 12 hours, so by the time I get home at 6 I'm really tired. I take a 3 hour nap, wake up at 9 and go back to bed at 1. That's 8 hours/day I guess, but on Fridays, since I don't have to get up early Saturday, I tend to sleep longer. Last Friday, I slept from 6-12 when I got home from work. I was up for about 5 hours and slept for another 8. Then I took a nap on Saturday for a couple hours!

My fiance has pinpointed that I have trained myself to use sleep as an excape mechanism. In my house growing up, the only way you weren't yelled at is if you were asleep. It was the only time I could relax because whenever my Mom yelled at me she told me she was mad because of me. When I was awake, I was always angry and walking on glass trying not to make ANY mistakes at all. I got yelled at anyway though. My Mom was just taking her depression and anger out on me, but I truly believed it was always my fault when she was upset.

Now I still use sleep as an escape because it's the only time I'm truly relaxed. Also, I'm taking 75 mg/day of Effexor, which makes me drowsy on top of all my over-sleeping habits. (And the occassional drink doesn't help either - it puts me right out!)

My fiance doesn't like that I sleep so much, but I always try to consider his feelings. Like when I come home, no matter how tired I am, I hang out with him for a bit. He tells me to go lay down when he sees me sleeping sitting up! Luckily, he's very understanding. Plus, he used to be an insomniac, but after living with me, he sleeps much better now! I guess my sleeping puts him to sleep (like sleepy cats put me to sleep!)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:18 am

ive been having trouble sleeping too. i have anxiety during the day and then i freak out if i cant sleep at night. i was on anxiety meds that i had gotten off of. i had some physical side effects that really scared me and sent me into anxiety mode again. so now im having trouble sleeping again too. i used to be able to sleep for 10 hours. im back on my meds now so that does help a bit. ive been taking dimetap or dramamine when i go to bed. it does help me sleep but if i wake up i start getting nervous again and cant fall back asleep. i dont know what to do cause i need sleep. im hoping it will get better just like it did last time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:52 am

I'm also having problems falling asleep and staying asleep. The night before last I took Ativan, it was great to sleep 8 1/2 hours but I felt terrible at work. Slow, could not concentrate, sleepy.....By the time I got home I thought for sure I'd fall asleep, but I could not. Last night I tried it with no meds....wrong. I did not go to work. No Sleep. I'm meeting with my psychologist today.........I'll show the meds I received at Urgent Care: Celexa and Ativan.

Good Luck everyone

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:19 am

My husband sleeps like a rock. I have only seen 3 times throughout our 33 year marriage he has had a restless night ( due to potential and actual job losses)Sleep has been a problem since I was a child and has continued( I am 56)Rarely do I get a good nights sleep. This has affected so many aspects of my life. I have tried meds but the only one helping me sleep is ativan.But this builds up in the body and one has to take more and more so I quit. I really feel I could deal better with everything if I could get a uninterrupted nights sleep. the relaxtion tape use to help but I would still wake at 2:30 or even earlier. I really do envy people who can sleep.