Posted by Dinah on March 3, 2009, at 21:18:23
In reply to I feel awful today......, posted by obsidian on March 3, 2009, at 19:40:39
It's my experience that a lost night's sleep can play havoc on a sensitive nervous system.
Sometimes I use that to my advantage, to trigger a mild hypomania when I have to get a lot of work done. But unless I have someplace to put the nervous energy, it's very unpleasant.
Maybe try for an early night, and see how you feel tomorrow? (Although it often takes me a few days before I feel myself again.)
I really do have that sort of experience. My nervous system is finely wired, and more so as I get older. You'd think it'd be less so. But sometimes I feel so sluggish that I can barely raise my head. And sometimes I feel so jumpy I can barely stay in my skin. And none of it seems to be directly tied into life circumstances or my mood, although my mood can definitely be affected.
If it's just been today, and you've generally been feeling better lately, maybe you could think of it as an experiment? I do that a lot, and I think it irritates my therapist because he'd like me to explore the feelings, while I try to figure out what environmental triggers might be involved.
Did the weather change? Although I think I'm more likely to be sluggish when it turns stormy, rather than agitated.
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