Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
I've been feeling horrible ever since Monday. I went fishing on monday on little to no sleep all day and when my dad started driving back I started to feel extremely hot, had an extreme sensation of sweating even though I wasn't, AND I also feel like I felt like I was going to throw up. I HATE this so bad. I've been stuck with this feeling ever since Monday and it's affecting me to the point where I usually feel too sick to exercise, drive(fear of being in an accident), and to study/do homework.
It's only getting cooler and even when it's hot, you don't feel the way I do. You don't feel nausea, have an intense feeling of hot on the back and neck, and have migraine headaches. I seriously think poor sleep is causing me to feel horrible. I've slept like garbage for several months minus rare circumstances. I tried being positive and telling myself this will only go on for a couple of days but its been a week now.
I don't know what to do. I fear I'm going to fail my classes because of this. I don't think everything is going to be okay. I simply am ALWAYS tired, and feeling this sick sensation throughout the day. When you're in my boat and you sleep like crap, it's not like you can just tell yourself oh its okay I'll just sleep better tomorrow. You have the pressure of attending 5 classes and handling the ridiculous workload.
No way in the world I caught a virus, let alone still have it. It's all sleeps fault and It must be making me deteriorate.
It's only getting cooler and even when it's hot, you don't feel the way I do. You don't feel nausea, have an intense feeling of hot on the back and neck, and have migraine headaches. I seriously think poor sleep is causing me to feel horrible. I've slept like garbage for several months minus rare circumstances. I tried being positive and telling myself this will only go on for a couple of days but its been a week now.
I don't know what to do. I fear I'm going to fail my classes because of this. I don't think everything is going to be okay. I simply am ALWAYS tired, and feeling this sick sensation throughout the day. When you're in my boat and you sleep like crap, it's not like you can just tell yourself oh its okay I'll just sleep better tomorrow. You have the pressure of attending 5 classes and handling the ridiculous workload.
No way in the world I caught a virus, let alone still have it. It's all sleeps fault and It must be making me deteriorate.
If you find no medical problem, then you might consider this statement: "It's all sleeps fault and It must be making me deteriorate."
Your statement suggests an intensely negative view about sleep that may be overblown and inaccurate. This sort of thinking is common among insomniacs, and in fact often perpetuates it. For many of us, negative sleep thoughts are the raw fuel of insomnia.
Fortunately, there is a very simple solution to negative sleep thoughts: simply let them go. Easier said than done, I know. But rest assured it can be done, and has been done. By many.
I suggest the "what happens if I don't" method of assessing your negative thoughts specifically about sleep. This means "what happens if I don't worry at all about sleep for say, the next 24 hours?"
If the serious answer to that is basically nothing, or you actually sleep better, then you have exposed a negative thought distortion that you can safely let go.
Keep us posted.
Also, when my insomnia is at its worst, I feel really warm (I've always been that way). Hot days are torture. Insomnia + a hot day is like being under a hot, wet blanket. And nausea? Yeah.
You won't fail your classes. You might have to try harder to focus and study, but you won't fail. You'd be amazed at what you can do on little sleep. I work a very stressful tech support job where I have to flip back and forth on tons of programs while deaing with customers crabbing at me and somehow I get it done (and even get positive feedback). But I know what it's like to be so tired and worn out that you feel defeated -- and you worry that everything will fall apart because you can't do any of the stuff you want to do. You'll make it.
Different things work for different people. You can't just say "insomnia has won." What have you tried so far to conquer the insomnia beast? Keep us posted!
For me, I tend to develop lightheadedness after long periods of insomnia, I also get tension headaches.