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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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Hey @Crazy_Bug_Lady,

ive read your other post re coming off medication. This is not you at the moment. I've read your posts and you make me smile and laugh. You have so much passion for your animals and I love that too. The sadness has to be the effects of the medication. I think you need to speak to your psychiatrist or GP tomorrow to find out what it is best to do because this does not seem right. I'm around for a bit tonight and most of tomorrow if you want to tag me to talk. I'm happy to talk about what's going on with you or if you need to distract I'd love to hear some of your animal stories. Hoping you find some relief tonight and hopefully a good sleep from pure emotional exhaustion. Thinking of you, sending hugs😊💜

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I liked the joke @plasmo. Just was caught in my own world yet again.

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Hi @comet if you're still around. I saw you were heading off for the night. Just got home and am ok. My son is in a good mood which helped. I'm thinking of you and hope all goes well for the testing tomorrow. I hope you get a good nights rest. Sending hugs😊💜

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Aw sorry @plasmo

It was a shi-zu of a joke too 🙂

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I liked your joke @plasmo ❣

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Sorry. I am so tired. I can mostly breathe again. My throat is raw niw though.
I managed to call to see my GP when I calmed for a bit. He's not in till thursday.
I cant call my pdoc till tomorrow when they ipen at 9. But i dont know if shell have time to see me. And i start work at 8 so i cant do both. I dont know if i can do work

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That's really good @Crazy_Bug_Lady that you've called to work this out. I hope you can hold onto the fact that this will work itself out. It's sounds so hard at the moment though and I feel for you. Perhaps it's best not to even try to go to work and tomorrow just do anything that you can find any glimpse of happiness in. Maybe that just means going and seeing killi for a hug( if she's accepting of them). For now just hold onto that this will pass and that there has to be a way to sort it out. Really hoping you find more calm time. I'd put work off and you first if you can. Thinking of you😊💜

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Thanks for checking back in @Crazy_Bug_Lady. I am glad your breathing has settled down and you're a bit more comfortable ....

I agree with @Former-Member that getting sorted out with your GP and / or pdoc is the higher priority at the moment, and you probably need to rest up tomorrow instead of trying to take on a work day ....

Hope you get some rest tonight. There's usually someone around here on Night Shift if you want to chat some more, now or later.

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PS @Crazy_Bug_Lady. I think it's worth making any appointments you can. I know you don't want to miss work but you need to sort out your medication. Please remember that you are the one who has to come first. Sorry I'm not usually one to give such strong advice but I really really don't want you to go through this any longer than you need to.😊💜

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Hi @Former-Member and Everyone else,


Sorry I haven't been very communicative over the last couple of weeks. My new job is incredibly busy and also quite demanding for an old girl like me. Just in a 10 hour working day I'm walking (fast) for 9 - 11 kms per day and that's just around the workplace. The job is really fast paced and response times have to be rapid.

I'm loving being so busy but I really am exhausted by the end of the day.

I also did something really stupid - I tan out of my mood stabiliser about 8 days ago. Because money is tight and it's not payday until Thursday this week I decided to wait until payday until I got the script filled.
Over the weekend and today I've had multiple jamais vu experiences and I started becoming rather concerned that this might be an early sign of my epilepsy becoming active again. It's been over 40 years since I've had a fit. I got the script filled today and I'm already feeling a lot more connected. It really was an incredibly dumb decision.
Nevertheless I've learnt the lesson and I won't be doing that again.
I'll do my best to keep in touch more. Thanks for thinking of me @Former-Member 💕 to all.
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