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Tired of Being Tired
Posted by Kerri on December 06, 1998 at 08:29:27:I have never been able to sleep well. I am an extremely light sleeper, except when Iam having nightmares, and three years ago I was diagnosed with Double Depression and PTSD. I am on Prozac. I am also asthmatic and take Theophylline and Ventolin for that.
Lately, bedtime has become this God-awful, horrible stress for me because I know I am not going to get enough sleep. I have to get up at 5am for work and have a very long commute, so I worry about not getting good rest. I have had too many almost-accident situations.
Normally I am tired all day, even if I think I slept through the night, but lately, probably the last three months, I have not slept through the night except for weekends when I have no pressure of the alarm clock. I still may wake up, but I don't stress myself because I know I can sleep later. I will be up for a few hours around 2am but will then sleep. During the week though, when I am up wandering about, I panic over the fact that the alarm clock will be going off in a couple of hours.
I have tried relaxation tapes, tea, milk, keeping a cool bedroom, and those things may help me fall asleep but it doesn't stay that way. I still wake up.
I have not tried prescription meds because they sound unsafe, and I know that with my depression and asthma being medicated that I run the risk of insomnia anyway, which is frustrating because these meds are very necessary. Is anyone out there medicated for things also who has trouble sleeping? What helps you, if anything? Am I never going to get a good night's rest?
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