Posted by velsor on September 05, 2009 at 17:21:20:

In Reply to: sleepiness posted by Selini on September 05, 2009 at 06:45:12:

Dearest Selini…I’m Using the term “dearest” because I am responding emotionally to your plight because it so much resembles my own.

“like a soldier going off to battle….”

Oh, my…how I identify with that!

Except soldiers have their “comrades in arms”, while our heroism is solitary and unrecognized, which makes it even more painful. Thank goodness for this Forum! At least SOMEONE understands!

As I may have mentioned, I was put on a series of sleep inducing medications beginning in November and have just tapered off Seroquel 2 weeks ago. I, too, am never sleepy, although my body is exhausted. I assumed my GABA receptors were affected by the meds (a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing), but, maybe it, as others have suggested, has something to do with stress hormones.

Whichever, we both have to be patient and trust that our bodies will stabilize in time.

Follow Ups:

---