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Re: What makes a difference for me. » Wendy B.

Posted by Glenn Fagelson on June 28, 2001, at 0:18:46

In reply to Re: What makes a difference for me. » PuraVida, posted by Wendy B. on June 27, 2001, at 16:26:19

> > Wendy,
> >
> > Although I don't have insomnia, I have had the same problem with being somewhat of a night owl, sometimes very productive at night and not being able to be productive (or even get up)during the day. Somehow, I sometimes think, nighttime is safer - because everyone else is asleep its a time when you can be uninterrupted by requests, demands, all of the things that overwhelm me. Almost of a feeling that it is a time when I can get off the treadmill and no one will notice...?
> >
> > Is this close at all to what you feel?
>
>
> Absolutely - it's a time of peace and quiet. My bipolar-depression problems have, in the past, kept me awake and most alive between 10 pm and 2-3 am. I was always doing something, laundry, paperwork, sewing projects. I felt productive. Now that I'm on this particular med regimen, I drop off to sleep (sometimes, I admit, in front of the TV) at about 11:00 or 11:30.
> The other part about staying up when others are in La-la Land is that I feel like I'm the sentinel, the guard who watches over the fort while the other soldiers get their sleep. My landlord and his wife live downstairs, so I have to tiptoe, and I play music at the lowest possible levels after 11:00. But he knows I'm creeping around, trying to be quiet; I think he has the sentinel in him too.
> It happens that I'm a single mother, and I think this has something to do with being wakeful, as well. Like it's my responsibility to be the watchful one, in order to 'properly' take care of my daughter and keep her from any harm that might come in the night, after dark. But also, it's the only time of the day when I'm not caring for her in one way or another, and that's more to your point, nobody's demanding anything of me...
> Lately I wonder who's the sentinel now that I'm not.
>
> Nice to talk to you,
>
> Wendy
Hi Wendy,

Yes, I am concerned; I am wondering who
exactly is the sentinel now; maybe it's me.

Is that all you take in the evening is
2x600mg of Neurontin? I have never taken
that much. Have you noticed weight gain as
a side effect?

Glenn

Is that
>
>
>
> > > Now that I am on Wellbutrin during the day,
> > > and Neurontin too, including 2 X 600 mg before
> > > bed, I sleep like a log, during that time
> > > when the 90% of the population sleeps. Now
> > > I feel like the rest of the world, and I kind
> > > of don't like it. I felt more productive as
> > > the old me. Does that seem weird?


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