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Night Shift

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Anyone around?

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Yup, I am.

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Hi @Snuchu How are you today? It's daytime there right? 2.30am here and I'm not sleeping again!

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Yeah, it's 10 AM right now, but last night I couldn't sleep until 1 AM which isn't a big deal but can be a indicator for upcoming stuff you know?

I hope I'm not breaking the rules for being in here when it's daytime, lol...

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i just got in bed

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@Snuchu to my knowledge there are no rules on Night Shift except the usual forum guidelines. There is often discussion here in the day time too. It's a pretty busy thread.

I do know what you mean by not sleeping being an indicator - for me it has been identified for a few years now that if it happens too much it can trigger me into bipolar hypomania or even mania. However lately I've had full-on insomnia combined with depression. In the past if I was depressed I usually spent more time in bed, not less, so something is changing and I'm not on top of it yet. It's confusing. But I've let my Dr know what's going on and am getting some help so .... I'm telling myself 'watch this space' 🙂

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Hi @plasmo how was your day/night?

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pretty boring really, been a bit flat

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same for me @plasmo. Planning to get out with a friend tomorrow so that should pick me up a bit.

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yeah i might do the same or by myself
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