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mujicaptsd 03/29/2023

I've been on a really positive roll lately as to taking melatonin nightly for insomnia and Prazosin nightly for nightmares from growing up in 6 years of combat in a civil war on the mission field as a kid overseas.

But last night, for some reason, that blessed combination failed to work. I was up, I was down, I was up again, I was trying to sleep in my bed, trying to sleep on the couch, you name it. But as happens from time to time with my PTSD, I could NOT get to sleep. I didn't get more than 2 hours of sleep, total. I'm 64 and worn out from a lifetime of this, so one night like last night and I spiral down fast.

I'm a classic case of what the National Institutes of Health talk about when they study PTSD insomnia.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944773/

I have to speak via Zoom from Mexico here where I've retired to a congregation in Maryland come this Sunday, so to have my wits about me so I can deliver a speech I really need to get over this by the week's end. Support and prayers welcome.

MelT2020 03/29/2023

I'm sendind my support and prayers. At 64 you have overcome so much. Pull from all the mountains you've already conquered. You've got this one too. Blessings to you love.

lilmissy7 03/29/2023

(((((Mujica)))))
Aqui contigo, I will be thinking of you & will light a candle.
I hope you get a turnaround & some rest leading into some sleep, I really hope. Wow you know I’ve been going though similar as you with sleep plus the jaw stuff that we were talking about in my journal, it all can be a lot.

Sending support, strength & many prayers
Big hugs <3

silverlight 03/29/2023

Dear dear Muji,

You have always been so supportive of me when i have been going through bouts of insomnia (Lately i feel lucky if i get 4.5 hours) so you can count on my support and prayers for some deep, dreamless, restorative SLEEP.

enfieldguy 03/29/2023

I have positive feeling you’re going to sleep like a rock tonight.

pineappleSun 03/30/2023

I understand the restlessness too. Get better soon muji!

SunCloudJD 03/30/2023

Big hug Muji... I hate not sleeping.... Melatonin is great... It helps me but be careful of using it all the time it can have a rebound effect

I hope that you have a better sleep tonight... xo

mujicaptsd 03/30/2023

Thanks, y'all, last night it went beyond insomnia, though. Last night my Chronic Kidney Disease from that bad psychiatrist's overdose of Seroquel for my PTSD caused my fainting and dizziness symptoms to kick in. I hate that, because it means that the room keeps spinning even when you're lying down, like when I was seasick once in my cabin on a long ocean voyage once.

Today I hope the fainting and dizziness symptoms go away so I can get out and walk on my cane with my dog. It's so good for my PTSD to keep up my ability to walk in spite of CKD and not be in that wheel chair I had to go back to twice last year.

Thanks for your support. I really take it to heart.

mujicaptsd 03/31/2023

This week's struggle with PTSD insomnia has made it harder for me to keep walking on my cane during the day so I'll stay out of the wheel chair that CKD put me in from a bad psychiatrist's Seroquel overdoses for my PTSD nightmares. Now thanks to that guy and how he gave me CKD neuropathy pain to live with, too, it can be a daytime nightmare managing to stay on my feet and exercise to keep being able to walk.
Today, though, I got it done: 1.5 kilometers, to be exact. Thank goodness.

mujicaptsd 03/31/2023

jptexas 03/31/2023

You are in my prayers big time Muji.
Anxiety seems to make my ptsd worse. Take extra good care of yourself.
Hey, I beat you with 4 hours of sleep last night ;)
We should just call each other and have a good laugh while we're awake all night ;)
I'll have to read that posting you put up. I had no idea insomnia and ptsd were linked. silly me.

I pray for calm in the midst of the storm, the soothing waves of the gulf to comfort you, get you to sleep before Sunday and the hugs from all of us. Hugs, JP

mujicaptsd 04/02/2023

Thanks, JP, your prayers worked because last night was better. Tonight should be, too, with your prayer here fulfilled yet again. I'm so very grateful! Gracias!

mujicaptsd 04/03/2023

Last night WAS better, amigos. Thanks for your support to make it so.

rose07042k 04/05/2023

Oh Muji that’s sad but glad things are looking better

mujicaptsd 04/06/2023

Thanks, rose, they are. I upped my melatonin intake at bedtime by 1 pill, and it worked.

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