Posted by Dinah on January 6, 2009, at 13:50:42
In reply to Who do you call at 2 a.m.?, posted by Little Soul on January 5, 2009, at 22:20:11
I wake up my husband on occasion. But even he gets grumpy with me.
The board can be great at times. It can't be relied on because there's no telling when people will be around. But there are people from all sorts of time zones here, and people who might also be battling insomnia, and sometimes it is possible to find someone around at two a.m.
In a pinch I could call my therapist. I accidentally called him once at midnight, or rather my cell phone did. I was nowhere near it. He didn't mind, although he definitely would if I did it often.
Can you plan some self soothing strategies for when no one's around? As helpful as other people can be, and as much as we were meant to be an interdependent species, in the end we all have to be able to rely on ourselves sometimes and try to give ourselves the tools to let us help ourselves.
I find repetitive tasks that take my attention but not my thought are very soothing to me. I play bubbles on my phone all night sometimes. Other people might do needlework.
Do you have any meds to help? I take Risperdal as needed when I'm very agitated.
poster:Dinah
thread:872448
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