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Agent MadHatter
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Insomniac's- Whats it like?
#11334450 - 10/27/09 08:18 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I kinda want to become an insomniac, just to be able to be up for so much longer during the day. Does anyone have any experience with this, that they can share?
Whats it like? How much sleep do you really get? how do you function on it?
What CAUSED it?
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fatso
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it sucks yetti bawlsak! go to bed at 3 or 4 , wait a while to fall asleep, wake up a few times in the night(well morning), get up. it sucks ass. i can take 4 ambiens and still not fall asleep and i save my temazapam for the day cuz i have bad anxiety and try to only take benzos once a week or so. melatonin doesnt work either. the only thng that helps is a good indica and i havent even had weed in a few weeks. ive just slowly been smoking all my hash(and theyre all pure sativa so they dont help me sleep)
i can still function cuz im not physically tired but after about 2 days of not an hour of sleep(happens sometimes, not everyday) my mind starts to get tired and i feel confused. thats the best way i can describe it
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meth > insomnia
cuz u can crash and go to sleep when u want
call me
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: Original]
#11334507 - 10/27/09 08:24 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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But what is it caused by for you? Just anxiety? What causes that?
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11334510 - 10/27/09 08:24 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I usually get into bed around 1:30 or 2. Don't sleep till 3:30.
My alarm is set for 9, I'll wake up at 7 and again at 8:30. If something wakes me up around 4 or 5, I'll be up till around 7.
Its a bad cycle because when I can't get good sleep at night I end up taking a nap around 8 at night, which probably is the cause of my not being able to sleep.
chicken and egg type thing.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: pnuma]
#11334523 - 10/27/09 08:25 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I used to go to bed at 10:30 and lay there until about 3:30 and not sleep. It was not fun. Alcohol helped, cannabis helped. I still get insomnia.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: pnuma]
#11334525 - 10/27/09 08:25 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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and Its not like im not tired, I just toss and turn and constantly trying to find a more comfortable position for hours
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Agent MadHatter
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: pnuma]
#11334532 - 10/27/09 08:26 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Do any of you know what caused it? Do bad days make it harder to sleep?
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11334539 - 10/27/09 08:27 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's terrible, it's not that you don't want to sleep, you just can't. You shouldn't think of more time during the day as a positive thing as you'll be drowsy and just want to pass out. As one of the posters above said, melatonin doesn't work for shit, neither do most sleeping aids and the ones that do leave you feeling like shit the next day.
What I was doing was going to sleep at 3-4 and waking up two hours later to get ready for school and I'd come home from school thinking I'd get some sleep being tired all day but nah, I'd just stay up until 3-4 again and repeat that every day.
Weed helps though.
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Lucas89
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dude, dont say that. insomnia is a very debilitating disease. it can and eventually will totally fuck with your life.
imagine getting like 15-20 hours of sleep a week? it plain sucks.
ive suffered from insomnia on and off for a long time. im telling you now, it isnt fun at all. you feel like you just want to fucking die.
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what caused insomnia for me was depending on alcohol and depressants to sleep. I fucking hate tossing and turning...or barely about to go to sleep when just the slightest wind sound against the window has me waking up speaking in tongue (it's windy in albuquerque. i take 1 tab melatonin and 1 tab unisom (doxylamine) and all it does is make me drowsy and fall asleep for 2 hours before i wake up thirsty and not able to get back to bed till like 6am.
But when I dust a fifth and take on tab unisom I wake up well rested in the morn (about 1pm).
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HappyTrippin
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I used to have really bad insomnia do to withdrawing. Used to stay up 3-4 days at a time because i'd either be high or fiending for the high. Not the greatest thing you could do to your body. i was gonna make a horror film on insomnia a couple years ago for school but it never happened.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: pnuma]
#11334554 - 10/27/09 08:28 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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pnuma said: and Its not like im not tired, I just toss and turn and constantly trying to find a more comfortable position for hours
Yes! This is my exact problem! I thought I was the only one. I spend hours finding the right position, comfort, blanket cover, etc. I just can't sleep because I keep tossing and turning.
Also, sometimes I have something on my mind forever and I can't let the thought go, it lingers and takes me over. I can't drop the thoughts long enough to catch some sleep.
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If you work a first shift job it is terrible.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: Wapakz]
#11334593 - 10/27/09 08:34 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wapakz said:
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pnuma said: and Its not like im not tired, I just toss and turn and constantly trying to find a more comfortable position for hours
Yes! This is my exact problem! I thought I was the only one. I spend hours finding the right position, comfort, blanket cover, etc. I just can't sleep because I keep tossing and turning.
Also, sometimes I have something on my mind forever and I can't let the thought go, it lingers and takes me over. I can't drop the thoughts long enough to catch some sleep.
I'm the same way which is why I got a job working 11pm-7:30 am it has helped a lot.
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Agent MadHatter said: I kinda want to become an insomniac, just to be able to be up for so much longer during the day. Does anyone have any experience with this, that they can share?
Whats it like? How much sleep do you really get? how do you function on it?
What CAUSED it?
Never wish you were an insomniac. I was one for about 10-12 years and somehow snapped out of it. It sucks ass.
That's my input on the subject for right now.
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fatso
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i dont think anything really caused it for me. i try to stay occupied during the day. go on bike ides, do work, do a bunch of gardening, etc.
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MedullaOblangata said: It's terrible, it's not that you don't want to sleep, you just can't. You shouldn't think of more time during the day as a positive thing as you'll be drowsy and just want to pass out. As one of the posters above said, melatonin doesn't work for shit, neither do most sleeping aids and the ones that do leave you feeling like shit the next day.
What I was doing was going to sleep at 3-4 and waking up two hours later to get ready for school and I'd come home from school thinking I'd get some sleep being tired all day but nah, I'd just stay up until 3-4 again and repeat that every day.
Weed helps though.
ya even ambien doesnt work for me. most people i talk to say one or 2 will knock em out. i tried that. didnt work so i took 4 . i just strated tripping. i cant find anything to help me sleep and i cant afford cannbis right now
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11334703 - 10/27/09 08:52 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hm, does anyone try to do work instead of try to sleep?
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It's the worse thing ever. I go to bed at roughly 6-7am every day. On good days even. Wake up around 10-11 and be at work my noon.
My life has been ruled by my insane sleep since i was a kid. It's fuckin' hell dude. Staying up for 2-3 days straight,not even on drugs,just fucked up mental shit.
Even now, I'll get so bad I'll stay up for a day or two, During which Time i'm a full danger to myself in others,more so considering the industrial work i do. Just delirious as all get out.
terrible shit. Dont eve wish it upon yourself. I've never in my life known a regular sleep schedule. The idea that others can fall asleep every night at like 10-12am is baffling to me.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: CaptainH13]
#11334713 - 10/27/09 08:53 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I usually start to feel like i'm losing my mind after i stay up for like a day and a half. used to be able to stay up for 4-5 days before that feeling came on. Insomnia is a horrible thing, i'm very thankful for the 12-15 hours of sleep my body gives me now.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11334719 - 10/27/09 08:54 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah all ambien did for me was make me trip out and become fucking batshit insane. My mind ceased to work, I did whatever I thought was a good idea and the majority of my ideas were horrible. I had to do damage control almost everytime I took ambien. Like checking my phone to see what stupid texts I sent, read over conversations... Made me straight up crazy. You don't remember any of it either. Craptastic.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: JonPathetic]
#11334928 - 10/27/09 09:25 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Gumby said: Yeah all ambien did for me was make me trip out and become fucking batshit insane. My mind ceased to work, I did whatever I thought was a good idea and the majority of my ideas were horrible. I had to do damage control almost everytime I took ambien. Like checking my phone to see what stupid texts I sent, read over conversations... Made me straight up crazy. You don't remember any of it either. Craptastic.
yup that pretty much sums it up.^^^
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JonPathetic said: You guys should go on Zyprexa. I was sleeping 14 hours a night on that.
Have you tried other sleeping meds? is zyrpexa a hardcore sleeping med?
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11334954 - 10/27/09 09:31 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Zyprexa helps manage symptoms of schizophrenia, the manic phase of bipolar disorder, and other psychotic disorders."
I think I'll pass.
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fatso
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lol. id try it at least once, not if i had to pay tho
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11335288 - 10/27/09 10:22 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Not many sleeping pills work for me but I'm prescribed 100mg Seroquel (another antipsychotic) and that knocks me out. Makes me sleep for like 15 hours though.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: Wysefool]
#11335466 - 10/27/09 10:50 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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i have a bottle of that. is that a medicine where you have to take it everyday and if you stop cold turkey its bad news?
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11335515 - 10/27/09 10:58 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Seroquel? Yeah, it can make you crash really hard, it fucks with your mental/emotional well-being and intensifies some of the physical side-effects.
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it sucks. you know you should be sleeping and you are tired but your mind wont stop racing. you cant calm down. Its not as fun as it sounds
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: sui]
#11336032 - 10/28/09 12:44 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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sounds like shit. i dont even get any noticable affect from seroquel and a lot of antidepressant. actually, thats not true. a lot of em made me feel worse. but nothing like that^. i just got moredepressed
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RationalEgo
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Amphetamines caused my insomnia. But I'm not a great fan of sleep. If I could opt out of sleeping completely I would.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: fatso]
#11336076 - 10/28/09 12:57 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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fatso said: sounds like shit. i dont even get any noticable affect from seroquel and a lot of antidepressant. actually, thats not true. a lot of em made me feel worse. but nothing like that^. i just got moredepressed
sorry that was a response to the OP and abot insomnia in general. Ive never used serequel.
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pnuma
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: sui]
#11336190 - 10/28/09 01:45 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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bump for the insomniacs
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: pnuma]
#11336230 - 10/28/09 02:09 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yay insomnia It's horrible! The only time I sleep well is after downing a fifth and some pills.
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: McDude]
#11338841 - 10/28/09 02:07 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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can anyone help me out here? i usually take 15 milligrams of blue instant release tablets(1 and 1/2 tablets) at 9 or so in the morning. i usually feel tired any somewhat groggy and confused. they dont really even wake me up. then around 5 or so i start feeling speedy and like amps usually make you feel. wtf is going on? i have weird reactions to a lot of pharms btw
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You don't want to be an insomniac, I'm an insomniac, sleep is practically impossible for me, my mind is always running and it does not allow for sleep, no drug I have come across yet has been able to cure it.
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Have you ever seen Fight Club?
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Re: Insomniac's- Whats it like? [Re: The24HourMC]
#11339378 - 10/28/09 03:11 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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once or twice as a kid, never really watched it entirely though.
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now just why in the fuck would you actuially want insomnia? i have it and have had it for years... but i dont take meds for it cause im a stubborn bastard anyway, you do not want insomnia. i have stayed awake for days and days naturally..... trust me its not that fucking great
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are you crazy? i dont have insomnia at all but have severe trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, i usually get 3 or 4 hours of sleep a night. It doesnt bother me but it just sucks when you have shit to do the next day and you cant go to sleep. If you want to develop insomnia, then develop a coke problem. if you dont want a coke problem, then you dont want insomnia, be grateful you can sleep and enjoy your rest
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