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...

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kara2012 04/06/2013

It is really weird but there have been several times that the night after I have been up all night and day that I have slept the next night even though I haven't really been tired. Could I be tired but not feel it for some reason? I wonder why I still can't feel it? Something seems to be blocking the feeling. It is really weird that I don't really feel tired but I have fallen right asleep. Some people have said I must be tired but I just don't feel it because I have slept. I wonder if I have slept naturally those nights. It would be great if I have slept naturally. It has usually been several days since I have taken anything when this has happened, but I know the meds haven't completely cleared my system yet because I usually get sick if they have done so, but they have soon afterwards. It still does bother me that I don't feel the tired feeling and I hope it doesn't stay like this, but it's been awhile now. I rather feel chronic fatigue anytime than this. I'm beginning to get worried that it's permanent .It's hard not to worry about it. I know it sounds weird that I don't feel it, but it's true, unfortunately.

deleted_user 04/08/2013

Yes, and I still think that's the case.

If you fall asleep, I suggest that the feeling you have just prior to nodding off, whatever it is, could be considered "tired", for you.

For many of us, these are very obvious signs, such as droopy eyelids, yawning, wandering mind, and so forth. Maybe you don't get these kinds of signs, I don't know. But the feeling you do have before sleep, whatever it is, maybe that's what tired is for you.

kara2012 04/10/2013

It is weird also because I don't feel much of anything before I've fallen asleep. I don't really yawn either, which is also weird. I don't even really feel anything much even on the nights that I have been up all night the night before. It's so weird. This started during a time when I was really stressed out so I'm assuming, although I can't say for sure, that this is a reaction to stress, although it's a weird reaction because most people are lucky and don't have this happen to them even while they are stressed out. I'm still under a lot of stress and this just further stresses me out. I feel weird, like a freak and abnormal because I'm like this. It really doesn't make sense. How can I feel wide awake on little to no sleep? I hate it.

deleted_user 04/10/2013

I suspect that the chronic stress issues and intensely negative thoughts you are expressing are a large part of what's going on with your sleep.

I encourage you to continue address those underlying root causes ... through stress management methods and counseling. There are effective ways to treat these issues.

Good luck with this Kara.

kara2012 04/10/2013

Thank you for replying. I did have a pretty good night the other night although I didn't feel tired really. I slept a little, woke up and then slept again for several hours, which I find encouraging because it had been between 3 and 4 days since I last took any meds, actually it was close to 4 days. I did feel kind of sick because I was probably starting to go into withdrawal because it had been so long since I had taken the meds. It wasn't because of exhaustion, which it should have been. I did feel better when I woke up, but I would have started not feeling well again had I not then taken the meds.

deleted_user 04/10/2013

I know how you feel Kara, I also never feel tired. I would be up forever if I didn't take medication to knock me out. It is really a strange feeling not being able to feel tired. I hate it too.

kara2012 04/11/2013

Thank you for replying Jenny. I agree it sucks to be going through this. I also hate it. I do find comfort, however, that we're both going through this together, as well as others that we know are going through this. I hope we will chat on here in a while. I love chatting with you.

bruticus 04/25/2013

Kara, there's hope. My tired feeling is almost back. Around 9pm I start to feel a little tired and I yawn a lot. If I just lay in bed, I will fall a sleep within 5 minutes.

I found that if I just drink a beer 15 to 30 minutes befor 9pm, I'm out sleeping almost within seconds.

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