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PTSD Insomnia Got Me

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd

Last night I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 a.m. in spite of taking 2 Prazosin as nightmare prevention and 4 melatonin as sleep aids.  Lack of sleep brings on a vulnerabiliy to flashbacks for me.  Despite a week of CKD pains from kidney damage from a bad pdoc's administering me too much Seroquel, I've had a nice week of being relatively flashback free, at least for me as a child combat veteran anyway.  I'd like to keep it that way.  The CKD pain's enough to cope with without flirting with having flashbacks on top of it.


Anybody else going through the same right now?  Other than the meds, what do you do?

Community LeaderLeo
Leo
Quite bluntly? When meds fail, I just read books. Sometimes it's an old favorite I know nearly by heart. But it's all I can do. We stopped our cable TV so watching reruns is off my list, and I can't binge-watch soothing stuff b/c we also haed to cut netflix. jSo.... Yeah... I read books that I know are warm and cozy to my brain. And I pray.

Lighting a candle against the insomnia for you.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Reading sounds like a good idea, Leo, yeah. As a kid that's what I did every night. I'll try that.

NorthernSoul, thanks for your prayers. I'll be mindful of them as I turn in tonight.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug sweetie

Not sleeping sux

I am really careful about any caffeine intake
I have 1 coffee when I get up and that's it

I hope that you're able to rest easy tonight Muji...xo
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I'm really careful about caffeine, too, SC. I drink decaf. It's great, no problem.

The insomnia was of a unique type last night. I woke up on the hour every hour, then had to get myself to sleep. That happened 5 times during the night.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
It was better last night, though I got tired during the day and slept from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. We'll see if I broke this latest PTSD insomnia cycle tonight.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I had a good night's sleep last night, y'all, so thanks for helping me get through this bout of PTSD insomnia after all.
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