Insomnia Support Group

I have not had a good week. My laptop got infected with viruses a week ago and is now been in the repair shop for several days. I can't get on the internet as often as I want to. On Thursday I had a fight with my mom. I took my pills and basically spent the rest of the day laying wide awake. The most I slept, if I slept at all, was off and on. I did sleep that night but didn't even feel the least bit drugged or anything. I was up this morning and of course I'm not even tired today when I should be extremely tired. I'm really worried that I will take the pills again tonight and they will have no effect, much as I fear. I am worried that I will be left wide awake then for who knows how long. I don't know what to do if I have become tolerant to them. I really don't see this problem ever going away if I can't ever regain the ability back to get tired naturally again. I might soon try ribbose,etc and I hope it works, because I don't know what I'll do if it doesn't work. My mom has said she will purchase it for me, being as I can't afford it right now. I can't stand feeling so wide awake anymore. I don't know what to do if I have become tolerant to Seroquel,etc. I am on about the highest dosage I believe so I can't really try to increase the dosage. I am just worried that the pills not really having any effect the other day means that they have lost all effect. I can do things today to try to distract myself, such as listen to music, but I am extremely worried that the pills will have no effect and I will still be wide awake. What should I do if they have stopped "working'? I can try to tell myself that I'll be ok even if they don't work, but I don't believe it. I'll just worry about what to do and worry how long I will be wide awake for. I barely slept a couple nights ago and I had not taken Seroquel. I slept a few nights ago when I had taken Seroquel hours before. I was up last night and hadn't taken Seroquel. I try to take Seroquel as little as possible, instead of everynight like the Social worker,etc were trying to get me to do. I believe anything like Seroquel,Ambien,Lunesta,etc should be taken as little as possible. I just sit up numerous times a week versus take Seroquel every night. I was/am on a pretty high dosage, which could sedate me for several hours if it"worked". The smaller dosages were not at all helpful. I also tell myself that I have not felt tired after staying up allnight numerous times, but I have slept. I just hope I sleep again early tomorrow morning, but am worried that I won't. Several people on here have told me to try to stop worrying as much, which is much easier said than done, and is important and , perhaps, I will regain the ability back to feel tired when I should be, instead of wide awake. Another member has told me I'm low on something called adenosine, which adenosone can cause tiredness at high enough levels. He has told me to take supplements to help that. I am not probably going to be able to increase my adenosine levels to levels they should be able to be at by just not worrying. I hope that I have not become tolerant to the pills, much as I fear and they really haven't lost effect like they apperared to do the other day. I also want to be able to get on my laptop again:(. What should I do if the pills have stopped working, much as I fear?
Posted on 06/23/12, 03:20 pm