Posted by jealibeanz on September 1, 2006, at 8:03:13
In reply to Re: Last Ditch Effort to Save My Life » nickguy, posted by llrrrpp on September 1, 2006, at 7:35:27
OK, here's my attempt at an outline for tomorrow. I'll try to make this as brief as possible.
1. Reason for Appointment: Insomnia
It's been 3 weeks since my last appointment. During that time I basically slept about 18 hours a day. I was sleeping a little more through the night, but constantly fatigued and felt the need to sleep nonstop.
Once I started classes, I was back to only sleeping 2 hours at night. In effort to sleep throughout the night I've taken 8 mg one night, 3 mg Lunesta and Tylenol Sinus PM a couple of others, Ambien CR 12.5 mg and Tylenol Sinus. The 8mg Lunesta helped, but I had difficulty waking the next day. Ambien makes me feel dizzy, drunk, gives me nightmares and I sleepwalk.
I'd like to try another medication to help me sleep...
I need to mention that until the past year, I never had insomnia. In fact, I used to sleep alot. The fact the I've been sleeping 18 hours on non-class days concerned me. I've been through an entire year like that in the past.
If he asks how I got through that year: I had a script for Provigil (and a little Xanax), but only took it for about a month. It helped. I moved to transfer schools and had no doctor. I just continued to sleep as much as possible in effort to have the energy to go to school, but it was basically all I did for a year... take multiple naps and go to classes. I was alllways tired and sleeping never truely helped me feel better.
I see myself falling into that pattern again. It's not a normal type of fatigue, due to lack of sleep. It's am overwhelming feeling, like my body is heavy and I can't get up...
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