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i'm experiencing a set-back. i went off my hard-core sleeping pills (2 left) about a month ago and now i don't feel good. i'm hot/cold and have stomach discomfort and my sleep is not good again. so i'm thinking of going back onto the pills and try to go off them more gradually. i need to do someting. i'm getting into this anxiety thing and worried a lot about the future. it's snowing today and i may not be able to get out. this is dragging me down too. i'll start with the anti-depressant. take this tonight and see what happens. my pharmacist told me that it will take 6 months for the medication to be out of my system but the DR at the emerg said it should be much shorter. maybe the pharmacist is right.
i seem to be into the 1st and 2nd sleep pattern now. my 1st sleep lasts for about 3 hours; i get up and work on whatever project i'm doing at the time for about 3 hours; my 2nd sleep lasts for about 4 hours. i get up and start my day at around 7am.
BIG discovery this am. i got up with a bad headache. i don't get headaches so this was unusual. i tried a bit of coffee but the headache didn't go away. then i noticed that my furnace was “cutting out” trying to start but it couldn't. then i remembered that recently i couldn't even start my furnace without cleaning the filter which blocked the fresh air. so i immediately opened the front door wide and could see a rather big draft coming in. then i listened to the furnace and sure enough it finally came on without any problem. and my headahce cleared up completely. so i now know that the furnace and i need FRESH AIR! 😛
lately my sleep is all over the place. last eve i had a nice nap at around 5pm then felt tired and went to bed at 8ish. i'm trying to go to bed when i feel tired which is hard for me.
i should add that i was taking 3 hard-core sleeping pills for the past 7 years until last week. i was taking Temazpam 30mg, Seroquel 25mg and Ativan 2mg. i didn't make a big deal out of going off them, they just weren't needed after a while.
i thought my recent posts were LOST but now i know that they are just showing up under a disguise 😎 :ph34r:
change in sleep patterns. don't know if this is because of my 30 year sleep deficit or what but last night i slept for 8 hours (from 4pm to midnight) then zoomed around until i felt exhausted at 4am; had what i thought would be sleep but instead it was thinking, planning then off to re-do my kitchen 😛
want to add: SOURDOUGH BREAD seems to help the digestive stuff will add more as i find out what the names are 😕
now that we have this thread going i'm going to tell you ALL (of 2 folks listening SO FAR) about my trying so HARD to go OFF my sleep meds.
5 aug 2012 i was taking: Ativan (lorizapam?) 2mg, Temazepam 30mg + Seroquel 25mg
my going off ATIVAN HAD DRAMATIC results. TERRIBLE DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, wonderful other chronic health problem changes. (TOO COMPLICATED TO GO INTO NOW)
now i'm trying equally hard to go off the TEMAZ + SERO
yesterday was BAD! i was fine until about 11am then started into this awful digestive stuff and wierdo thought processes. by eve i was REALLY NAUSEATED!! stupid me, i kept on thinking I CAN DO THIS!! i've DONE THIS BEFORE!!! it didn't dawn on me until about 12 midnight that I CAN'T DO THIS this fast. so i gave in and took the dreaded TEMAZ and used my sleepTrack to get a really good sleep. WHEW :ph34r: 🙄 😮 😎
molly
I've just accepted that I don't want to engage in social chit chat, unless it's with strangers asking about some bus route, etc. I took the Myers-Briggs personality indicator years ago and this fits with my personality. I engage with my co-workers a lot (if I like them) and my customers. That it for me.
