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Okay, things have been rough since starting DBT for my Borderline Personality Disorder. Since then I have been withdrawn from the group, but mentally things are just not the same,
Here is where I stand today. Six days ago I stopped sleeping, only about an hour a night, then racing thoughts kicked in, out of body like experiences I want to jump out of my skin. Then, I am hyper and restless and feel like I could conquer the world feeling. Yet, I am depressed. Now, when I was last like this I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type II. I don't get these episodes often, but it's happening again. I am with a mental health team and I called my case manager as my psychiatrist is away and she said my symptoms are due to a lack of sleep. So I took the sleeping pill another psychiatrist in the practice gave me and I still tossed and turned all night long. I called the next day and was rushed in to see another psychiatrist and he increased the dose of the sleeping pill and my Clonazepam which doesn't help, and I feel like I am getting no where. I am just drugged and feeling like crap. But my question is has anyone here experience anything like this before? Posted on 07/01/12, 11:18 pm |
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I'm very sorry that you are feeling like this. I do hope they find something that works for you so you can sleep. You need to sleep to dream, if you don't, you will experience dreams while you are awake.
I have felt kinda how you are talking. I have anxiety and panic. When it was really bad I'd have the racing thoughts and just lay there feeling not tired at all. Back then the only thing that comforted me was my mom. Since then Ive tried to learn how to comfort myself but I can't really hug myself. 2 weeks ago I was really anxious before my surgery. I started having the racing thoughts again and not being able to sleep and waking up after only like 2 hours and not being able to go back to bed. I took half a Xanax and that worked some of the time, but I had to deal with whatever was making me upset. I had to stop fighting the feelings and just let them happen, that's when I felt like I could fall asleep. Some people do the deep breathing thing - I tried it that week. Idk if it helped. But that could also be something for you to try.
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I have so many mental illnesses it's hard to narrow down as to which one is causing the problem this time around or whether if it's something new,
I've been up since 2am slept four hours, and this is not good for me.
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I kno - I've been there. I kno it's hard not to think about it, but if you put too much pressure on sleeping, you'll never do it. 4 hours is a start. Maybe tonight you can sleep 4.5 or even another 4. Until you calm down and get a full 8.
Did u try even some over the counter - I kno they have that new sleepquil stuff, just like nitequil without the cold medicine. It's not the exact same thing.... But my anxiety was so bad and is still kinda bad that I had problems eating. I put so much pressure on whether or not I was eating enoug or getting enough nutrients and vitamins, but I was so upset that I didn't feel hungry. N then me being upset about not eating only added to the problem. Now a few weeks later - I'm eating, not like I used to. I used to be hungry all the time. But I'm slowly getting there. There's still some mornings where I wake up and I'm like I don't feel hungry again it's happening all over. But then later I feel hungry because I'm not thinking about it. I hope you calm down n stop putting so much pressure on sleeping. You will get there. 4 hours is a good start.
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