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Posted by corafree on November 11, 2006, at 23:39:32
But, I didn't p/u. I wanted to! (Even rationalized I could this 'closure' speaking!)
So here I go. Where am I going now?
cf
Posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 0:20:26
In reply to ICM Called - Sat Nite When Lonely/Desperate, posted by corafree on November 11, 2006, at 23:39:32
Maybe not answer at all? No text messages, just act like the phone is your sole ability to contact one another.
An inbetween time must be considered accepraqbleMaybe the workd at large may not be ready for the afternoon aart admrorer and theur labour prices?
Nancy
Posted by Phillipa on November 12, 2006, at 10:07:00
In reply to Re: ICM Called - Sat Nite When Lonely/Desperate, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 0:20:26
Where's your note on the refridgerator? Love Phillipa
Posted by corafree on November 12, 2006, at 12:43:25
In reply to Re: ICM Called - Sat Nite When Lonely/Desperate, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 0:20:26
> Maybe not answer at all? No text messages, just act like the phone is your sole ability to contact one another.
> An inbetween time must be considered accepraqble
>
> Maybe the workd at large may not be ready for the afternoon aart admrorer and theur labour prices?
>
> NancyDidn't pick up the phone. Just listened to the disappointment in his voice. Makes me sad. Tough love hard 4me. Hard 4me to turn away from someone in need. RUok Clear Skies or were you tired when wrote last para above? Don't understand.
cf
Posted by corafree on November 12, 2006, at 12:58:28
In reply to Re: ICM Called - Sat Nite When Lonely/Desperate » ClearSkies, posted by Phillipa on November 12, 2006, at 10:07:00
> Where's your note on the refridgerator? Love Phillipa
It's there. Wanna come over and see???
juskiddinu, cf
ps:
I'm sad 4him.
He needs me.
Why Am I Like This?????????
Posted by Phil on November 12, 2006, at 13:50:44
In reply to Re: ICM Called - Sat Nite When Lonely/Desperate, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 0:20:26
Posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 14:17:07
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? (nm) » ClearSkies, posted by Phil on November 12, 2006, at 13:50:44
No, not right now. Overtired, can't sleep properly, can't stop worrying about sleep, crying. I would love some rip van winkle time.
A bit of a mess.Ambien is making me forget words. Sonata doesn't work at all. Last night I took the Ambien and stayed up for so long afterwards that I became quite incoherent. I panic when the sleepy tricks don't work. Warm bath, hot milk, relaxing music, meditation, gentle yoga, counting those darn sheep. I became awake and dreaming or nightmaring. It's happened several times in the past, I'm just lucky to be safe.
Posted by corafree on November 12, 2006, at 15:18:12
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » Phil, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 14:17:07
I was on Ambien for just a short while and there was a reason (but can't recall) I discontinued it.
Now, I'm on Soma (carisoprodol) 350mg. Sometimes only need half a pill. You take it when you're already in bed. I get this from my PCP re: pain i.e. c-spine, fibromyalgia, headache. I like it because it's not an AD and has no 'psych' overtones. I sleep through the entire night well. I awaken w/o any groggy feeling.
I'm also taking 75mg Lyrica which seems be giving me a little sense of well-being, although I understand it works diff' for diff' peeps. It is for pain, and I think it's now prescribed as a sort of AD.
wishusleep, cf
Posted by Phil on November 12, 2006, at 16:14:38
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » Phil, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 14:17:07
Sleep problems can make a mess of things. I wake up almost every morning at 3-4 a.m. Have Sonata...like you not impressed w/ it.
Posted by TexasChic on November 12, 2006, at 19:31:05
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » Phil, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 14:17:07
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. You've always been such an inspiration to me, I hate that you're not feeling well.
Ambien definitely messes with you. You can have conversations and not remember it. And you actually stayed awake after taking it! Wow, I'm surprised you were as coherent as you were!.
I'm sending good sleepy vibes your way.
-T
P.S. Could it be a medication that's interfering with your sleep?
Posted by ClearSkies on November 13, 2006, at 3:27:55
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » ClearSkies, posted by TexasChic on November 12, 2006, at 19:31:05
> I'm sending good sleepy vibes your way.
>
> -T
>Thanks TC!
> P.S. Could it be a medication that's interfering with your sleep?
Most likely. My pdoc had me switch my cymbalta dosage from bedtime to morning, and increased my lamictal (taken at bedtime) to 400mg from 300mg. I'm a wreck!! Too many changes at once. If I go to sleep, I wake up in the middle of the night with enormous anxiety, and I don't even have anything to take for that. Bloody meditation has a had time getting going while I'm panting and my chest and throat feel like a boa constrictor is taking a nap on me.
Yuck.
Posted by Lindenblüte on November 13, 2006, at 15:59:40
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » TexasChic, posted by ClearSkies on November 13, 2006, at 3:27:55
Clearskies- you definitely sound like a GREAT candidate for seroquel. I used to take 25 mg at night for sleeping. Worked EVERY time. Kept me asleep too. I needed more mood-stabilization & anti-psychotic effect, so I went up to 300mg.
Anti-psychotic, bipolar anti-depressant, bipolar anti-mania, and mood stabilizer. Not to mention, super-sedating!!
I take 120mg cymbalta at night. yes it's activating, but even 25 mg seroquel can kick it's *ss.
take care, Clearskies, and you too corafree- did you make it through the weekend without ice cream?
(I cheated and had frozen yogurt. oh well...)
Posted by Phillipa on November 13, 2006, at 18:38:50
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » TexasChic, posted by ClearSkies on November 13, 2006, at 3:27:55
Clear Skies could be your body is changing you know what I am referring to as I slept like a log until then. Now it's four hours only. No matter what. When I talked with the endo guy today he said oh your bodies routine. A prn of a benzo is what I use. Actually I save a portion of my go to sleep benzo for when I wake up and that fixes the problem for me. Love Phillipa
Posted by clearskies on November 13, 2006, at 19:33:42
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » ClearSkies, posted by Phillipa on November 13, 2006, at 18:38:50
> Clear Skies could be your body is changing you know what I am referring to as I slept like a log until then. Now it's four hours only. No matter what. When I talked with the endo guy today he said oh your bodies routine. A prn of a benzo is what I use. Actually I save a portion of my go to sleep benzo for when I wake up and that fixes the problem for me. Love Phillipa
But I'm not ready to give up my sleep!! The anxiety is just crippling, and I'm in a benzo-free zone now.
I'm going to ask about low dose of Seroquel, as Li and others have suggested, or maybe Lunesta. I am *convinced* that it's my psych meds that make me unable to sleep. Maybe I'm in denial (who, me??) but I gotta, gotta, gotta get some sleep.
I'm thinking of just giving in to my body for now and sleep whenever and for however long I can. This is crazy-making :-(Thanks
CS
Posted by Phillipa on November 13, 2006, at 20:30:28
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » Phillipa, posted by clearskies on November 13, 2006, at 19:33:42
I apologized in the other thread forgot about the benzo thing. Sleep is definitely important for you. Denial? As my neighbor said to me ha ha as I used to use corona with lime. Love Phillipa
Posted by corafree on November 16, 2006, at 17:56:42
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, you okay? » ClearSkies, posted by Lindenblüte on November 13, 2006, at 15:59:40
No IC Li, but coincidence, had FY (What does he look like? haha) 'w/ hot fudge syrup' myself. Wish they'd make in more flavors.
He keeps calling, sounds sad. My phone otherwise does not ring often.
Hope you're 'on the search' for a good night's sleep Clear Skies.
cf
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