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Hi Restlesssheep!
I am new too. and I just turned forty. I am having a very bad bout of insomnia myself but think it is more to do with dropping my habit of trazadone use than the big 4 OH. But I have heard insomnia can get worse with age- yay- something eles to look forward to as I enter into my fifth decade 😮
I have OCD and anxiety and that really contributes to my sleepless nights. I nap throughout the day and I know that does not help but even if I force myself to stay awake and be active all day I still find myself awake quite often with thoughts racing thru my head. For me, I need clonazapan to help with the anxiety tho I have built up a reisitance to a lot of the effectiveness.( I am also on a small dose of paxil- doc wants me to up the dosage but I hate hate hate the side effects -but, unfortunately, after trying almost all the other SSRI drugs out there paxil works the best for my OCD) I also do some cognitive techniques to help relax my brain- like envisioning ” happy places” and such and sometimes that helps.
Hope you find some help here 🙂
Welcome!
Melissa
'jitterbug36' wrote on '10:Oh wow! Me too, I'm INFJ. That's weird because INFJ is supposed to be the most rare type. Those online tests are very often wrong, but I did a lot of personal research so I could understand the cognitive functions. I've tested both INFJ and INFP, but I know it's INFJ. I think a lot of us are quite sensitive, so it would make sense to find another INFJ on here.
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'Jane' wrote on '09:I'd like to be Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds. She's there technical analyst for anyone who doesn't watch the show. I'd love to do her job, having access to all that information and being able to unseal records and find out about people, must be fascinating.
Is she the one the one profiler calls ” Babydoll”? I like her character!
'jrrocco' wrote on '12:Hi Michelle,
Thanks for your input and welcome. I'm concerned though that the treatment hasn't worked for you.. The Doc said if he put me on celexa (which i haven't tried yet, but have the bottle) It would build up my serotonin in a few months and then I can wean off of it and go back on my own..
he says it should snap me out of my cycle.. I'm assuming this plan he has for me isn't working for you?
Thanks again – much appreciated
Matt
Hi,
My husband actually went on An SSRi drug ( either celexa or effexor) for a few months when he was having some anger issues. He does not have any sleep problems but his doc said the same thing about trying to get his serotonin up for a bit and retrain his brain to react differently. He was petrified of the side effects – those side effects- but ,well, he wasn't' get much anyway with him being a big crab as* all the time so he took the risk. He was fine but on a pretty low dosage and he had no problem getting off once he learned how to manage his outbursts. He swears it impeded his ability to sell tho- he is in sales- and blames the drug for his lack of commissions during that time- he said it made him lose his edge-
:huh: Probably more likely it was the stinky economy but whatever .
'Hamster' wrote on '10:I took trazadone for years and years. It worked really well until around 8 mos. ago. It helped me stay asleep but didn't help with the initial falling asleep-for that I needed clonazapan. I think it stopped working because my anxiety just got so bad and I built up a resistance to clonazapan. I have been off trazadone for about 6 mos and am having lots of trouble sleeping. But I just felt like I had been on it for too long and it really wasn't working all that well towards the end. I switched to ambien – which I cannot take with clonazapan and it was horrible! I didn't sleep at all on it and began to feel very depressed- even suicidal. I did some research on it and that can happen so I immediately stopped taking it. My 73 year old Mom takes ambien and sleeps well but she does sleep eat sometimes while on it.
I did like trazadone but just felt that I néeded to take a break from taking it after so many years. I did go off it gradually but not drastically gradually- just took one half for 2 weeks and then a quarter for 2 and then none. I was weepy for awhile and can't sleep but it did not have really bad withdrawal like some meds- the SSRI drugs can be horrible to get off of.
All in all I give trazadone a thumbs up in light of what's out there drug wise. I didn't have any issues with being sleepy the next day when I took it- well maybe I did in the beginning but that was like 10 years ago and I don't actually recall.
Good lick!
I mean good lUck! 😮
'Margaret' wrote on '29:Has anyone had any experience with Trazodone? My doctor said it could be used for sleep and would also be an anti-anxiety med. I can recommend it but only in very tiny doses since it seems to make me sleep all the next day if I take the 25 ml recommended dose. I took half of that the next night, same thing. For a week now I have been taking tiny bites off the last 1/4 tablet and am getting excellent results and feel pretty optimistic the next day. Everyone is different so some people might need to take more. I read about this med on the internet and it seems that you have to go off of it gradually even though my physician said it was “not addictive.” Dunno….
Margaret
I took trazadone for years and years. It worked really well until around 8 mos. ago. It helped me stay asleep but didn't help with the initial falling asleep-for that I needed clonazapan. I think it stopped working because my anxiety just got so bad and I built up a resistance to clonazapan. I have been off trazadone for about 6 mos and am having lots of trouble sleeping. But I just felt like I had been on it for too long and it really wasn't working all that well towards the end. I switched to ambien – which I cannot take with clonazapan and it was horrible! I didn't sleep at all on it and began to feel very depressed- even suicidal. I did some research on it and that can happen so I immediately stopped taking it. My 73 year old Mom takes ambien and sleeps well but she does sleep eat sometimes while on it.
I did like trazadone but just felt that I néeded to take a break from taking it after so many years. I did go off it gradually but not drastically gradually- just took one half for 2 weeks and then a quarter for 2 and then none. I was weepy for awhile and can't sleep but it did not have really bad withdrawal like some meds- the SSRI drugs can be horrible to get off of.
All in all I give trazadone a thumbs up in light of what's out there drug wise. I didn't have any issues with being sleepy the next day when I took it- well maybe I did in the beginning but that was like 10 years ago and I don't actually recall.
Good lick!
So sorry to hear you had to stay in the hospital! And have pain- yuck. I , myself, haven't had to stay in the hospital for a long time- my daughter has had a few stays and I sure didn't sleep well then but what Mom could? I have had to endure pain, though, recently that interrupted my sleep. My daughter grabbed my hot, very hot, tea, before I could stop her ( to hand it to me – she loves to hand me things-I wasn't feeling well and she wanted to help- she has MR) and some sloshed on her finger( thank God it was only a little on her finger- I cring to think it could have been her burnt!) and she instinctively threw the cup away from her – all over my left side.I waas in a very thin dress and , well, ended up at the ER with second degree burns. THAT was a sleep stopper for sure! Even with the pain meds- though I would not let them give me any vicadin or other “euphoria inducing” *pills as I have seen too many people get hooked and with my sleep problems I was afraid I would be an easy target for dependency .
I wish I could offer you some advice but I really don't have any. all I can do is wish you well and hope you get better soon!
*doctor's words
'Jane' wrote on '09:Last night was just awful. I was waking up every hour or so and I was having horrible dreams. I feel exhausted this morning. No good trying to sleep now because I can't sleep in the day. Grrrr@insomnia. 😡
Sorry you had such an awful night! Nightmares are horrible! Hopefully you are sleeping now , dreamlessly!
I am looking at a long night ahead of me playing Hearts on the computer, reading a really bad book that I downloaded and feel should now finish and looking up weird stuff on google images- like bee butts or patriotic puppies , maybe huge hamburgers- the possibilities are endless!
'1949Molly' wrote on '25:I'm an Introvert (according to Myers-Briggs) and I have terrible sleep issues.
I looked up the Myer's Brigg's test and took it and it said I am:
moderately expressed introvert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
distinctively expressed feeling personality
moderately expressed judging personality
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'jitterbug36' wrote on '09:Sometimes it can be difficult to determine whether you are an introvert or an extrovert. Most introverts like people. The main difference is that they tend to need some time alone to recharge their batteries, whereas extroverts need to be among people to recharge. It's all about where you get your energy from, internally, or externally.
I love people. In fact, I would love to be a teacher or a counselor. But I do recognize that I have to have down time in order to recharge and feel good. Too much socializing, especially in a crowd, will wear me out and overstimulate me.
That's interesting! I didn't realize it was about energy and such. I didn't mean to imply that introverts didn't like people 😮 Just maybe preferred being alone.
'Martin' wrote on '09:Thank you for being a member! I am actually living in Oregon these days – our original plan was California, but after a month of touring the West Coast, we decided the Pacific Northwest was for us!
Uh,oh yeah, ,I guess I should have looked to my left to see where you were at 😕 😆
Sleeping Beauty?
Nah- j/k
I always liked Jo from Little Women. And I used to be obsessed with Helen Keller as a kid- I thought she was so cool but I don't think I would want to have had her obstacles – and she's not a persona in a book tho that's how I 'met' her.
Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice is a favorite of mine, as well.
Lara Croft( is that right?) from Tomb Raider- the movie- seems pretty darn cool! It would be nice to be that strong and fearless!
My sleeping issues stem from anxiety and this effects my personality as well. If I am having a bad bout of OCD and anxiety I tend to shut myself off from the world- too many triggers- I worry I will have panic attacks( not fun!) but , generally, I love people; love to talk with people and hear their stories and really love to talk about myself 😛 So , am I both?
Hi, Martin!
Thanks for developing this site. I just signed up. I have never been to New York City but I did live in California for a year- exactly one year- moved there New Year's Eve 1995 and left the first day of 1997- so just a few hours more than a year, technically.
Anyhoo- just wanted to say thanks for the site 🙂
Hi, Jitterbug!
I am new too. So sorry to hear about your grief and withdrawal. Sounds like it has been a rough road for you as of late. I deal with a lot of anxiety and OCD. – ( hi, Exhausted Michele- sounds like we have some things in common). I have to take clonazapan at night to help with anxiety but since I have been taking it for years I have built up a resistance to a lot of it. But if I don't take it -wows- I can tell!
