5 days of no sleep and counting
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5 days of no sleep and counting

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Posted by savetherain on July 24, 2007 at 16:59:13:

hi all,
I am a 19 year old girl, diagnosed with chronic insomnia for a couple of years now...very used to trouble sleeping. I generally get on a good night, around 3-5 hours of sleep and on a bad night 2 or less. It is not very uncommon for me to go a night or two with little or no sleep. However, I have currently not slept in 5 nights. None at all. I have tried cutting out caffeine, taking melatonin, other natural remedies, soo many prescriptions, hot tea, setting a sleep schedule...all of the sleep hygeine stuff. The only medicine that ever worked was Ambien, of which I can only have 15 per month, and currently have used my allotted supply.
I am beginning to feel shaky, lack of focus, headache, nausia...what should I do? How long does it generally take before one passes out from exhaustion?
This is my last week of summer school--tests tomorrow and Friday, so I really need to focus!
Any advice?

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