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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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Hi everyone,

My antipsychotics are leaving me so tired. I have been in therapy for awhile now and I feel more anxiety than ever. I have anxiety because I am sleeping so much and not doing what I should be doing.

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@Angels333, that really sucks. Have you talked to your doctor about it? He should help with you on that... If not, maybe try to talk to your therapist about your struggles.

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Hi @Snuchu I don't know if I'm stable enough to stop or change meds. I think therapy is heading into some heavy areas atm.

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Thinking of you @Angels333

Maybe aim lower for mow, and only get one or two small things done ?

That way you are still gaining some sense that you are achieving what you have to, just at a slower pace .....

Try not to stress about it cos that will sap your energy too.

If you can make getting better your highest priority, then the rest can follow through after that more easily.

❤️

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@Angels333, I just got discharged from the hospital.. I say that anything is possible!

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@Snuchu

Way to go ....... 😊 🎈🏆 🎉 🇨🇦 ❣

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@Faith-and-Hope, thanks!

I'm off to a bad start, though, missing meds last night (I took them tonight, so everything's ok.) and relapsing on a bad thing... And now I'm staying up all night to celebrate the discharge from hospital, but I might regret it, lol.

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope

i wanted to thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I've been processing quite a bit since last night. I'm afraid I don't have many words tonight, I'm so tired again. I really hope to sleep. I hope your day has been good and not too busy😊💜

Hi @Decadian and @Kurra. Thanks for your support on this too. It is appreciated. I hope your cleaning day was successful @Kurra. I squirrelled all day from one thing to another losing track, accomplishing nothing I had planned but accomplishing a few things I didn't have planned. The story of my life.

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@Former-Member, hey. How are you? 🙂

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Hi @Angels333. My therapist says that things often get worse before they get better. In my experience that's true. At some points I have slept up to 20 hours a day, not from medication but stress anxiety and depression. Hang in there. I hope it will get better soon😊💜

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