Posted by zeugma on August 11, 2004, at 17:33:57
In reply to Re: perversely caught between insomnia and fatigue, posted by zeugma on August 11, 2004, at 16:51:38
just for a quick update (as well as a guage of how unpleasant the 'crash' about this time is for me), I fell asleep twice in the last 25 minutes and went into REM immediately (full-blown dreaming- both episodes were unpleasant but one of them I was REALLY glad was only a dream!- I'll say no more!). There is no question that the stimulants worsen my sleep hygiene and that makes me much more prone to these episodes, which then aggravate the problem as the struggle to awaken leads me to develop tension headaches- and no, I can't simply stay asleep, as I'm actually awake and asleep at the same time- it's like getting two sets of mutually contradictory sense evidence simultaneously- extremely strange and disruptive.
I'll have to see. Maybe a higher dose of Ritalin, or a dose later in the day? I had a cup of .5 caffeinated coffee when i got home today, anticipating this sort of problem, but I also obviously didn't want to drink too much java and wind up wired.
I'm going to have to figure out something with my pdoc. These conditions are a pain in the a*** (and I'm not usually prone to outbursts of that kind!). I'll put on some music and try to relax.
-z
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