Posted by jodie on February 5, 2003, at 23:36:43
Can insomnia cause pupils to dilate? All day, after only getting 2 hours of sleep last night, I have been bouncing off the walls. I decided to drive an hour away to visit my parents, grandpa, etc, at 7:30 this morning. This was not planned, and unusual for me.
I have been using the phone/cell phone all day. Just calling anyone I can think of and talking my head off. I've lost my car keys 3 times today, like putting them somewhere and not remembering where. When talking to everyone today, at least once in every conversation, I would just stop in the middle of a sentence and totally forget what I was talking about. I noticed my hands shaking all day. My pupils are dilated. And no, I haven't been taking any illegal drugs, just my usual Klonopin dose, and Lexapro 10 mg. I tried cocaine once a long time ago, and thats almost how I feel, its lasted all day. It's now 11:50 pm here, and I still feel the same.
My family probably thinks I'm on drugs. I took my grandpa out for lunch, and I just kept talking, and realized, I had only eaten a couple of bites if my food. I went to my parents house, and talked my head off to my mom. I talked so much she barely got a word in. On my way back home, I passed my exit, without realizing, and drove about 30 min. out of the way.
Anyone have any idea what is wrong with me?? I am so not myself. I even had a little paranoia while driving home, there was this car following me really closely, so I tapped on my breaks so they would back off a little, I was passing a semi, and going the speed limit. I finally got over, the car passed me got in front of me, and kept slowing down, finally to 40 mph on the interstate. I finally passed the car, and they did the same thing, got really close, they finally backed off a little. I felt they were following me, they kept turning everywhere I did. Once I got into my hometown, I pulled into a police station, they just kept driving down the road. Who knows, maybe they were following me, or maybe were just happening to go the same way I was. During all this (the car) I had a lump in my throat, my heart was racing, and I was extremely nervous. No hallucinations, or delusions.
Any ideas? Could this all be from not having much sleep in a week???
jodie
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