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Default Dec 18, 2019 at 06:33 AM
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Still up - staying late at work (my reasoning being that I wouldn't be sleeping anyway if I was home) was a mistake.

I see my therapist today - she's going to want one of us to touch base with pdoc
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I truly need a sleep coma ... 16 + hours would really help especially before this trip.

Will it happen ?? I seriously doubt it , but one can wish

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Default Dec 18, 2019 at 10:01 PM
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I got a total of 7 hours sleep last night. It was broken up into 3h, 2h and another 2h with breaks of a few hours in between.

That's good news but the downside is that I have to go to bed at 5pm to make this work.

I stopped my Wellbutrin cold turkey (my pdoc wants me to take taper) in the hopes of improving my sleep more quickly.

I'll see how things go tonight.


Hopefully with WB gone your sleep will condense into one full night with no wake ups

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O sleep well for some hours during the night, but the best and deepest sleep I get is after I've been awake for a couple of hours then do back to bed between 9 and 10:30 a.m. So my best sleep is during daylight hours.

I've thought about turning it around so I sleep between 7a.m. and 2 p.m., but it runs into problems with appointments.


Can you flip your appts to later in the day ?? If given the choice I never schedule any appts until late afternoon just Incase I am able to get sleep

Plus I am a true night owl , I hate mornings all together regardless if I am up or not

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Still up - staying late at work (my reasoning being that I wouldn't be sleeping anyway if I was home) was a mistake.


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Did you have a good session?!!

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Default Dec 18, 2019 at 10:39 PM
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I truly need a sleep coma ... 16 + hours would really help especially before this trip.

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Did you have a good session?!!
It was an odd session. She wants me to have ECT again and she texted pdoc that - apparently he agrees but I'm not on board. I did sleep last night for 10 glorious hours so maybe I can change their minds now!!
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Well I slept, I don't know for how long but I did get some sleep last night. I know cause a woman was driving a boat with a paralyzed man in it. I can't remember very clearly cause I had to jump up and get the litter box cleaned out as it is garbage day. Usually I take it out the night before but yesterday I was so tired I changed back into my pjs early. So no laying about this morning reflecting on the werid dreams.

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Ever since I've quit Abilify I wake up briefly at 12 am then at 2 am before falling back to sleep. This happens with or without Thorazine, I hope to regain my sleep before I took Abilify (which is notorious for insomnia)

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Looks like things aren't better yet. I've been sleeping a total of 4 hours in two 2 hour shifts. I'm so tired.

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It was an odd session. She wants me to have ECT again and she texted pdoc that - apparently he agrees but I'm not on board. I did sleep last night for 10 glorious hours so maybe I can change their minds now!!


Yay for sleep !!! Why not tell them you want help to focus on finding a way that your sleep is improved before you jump right into ECT.

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Well I slept, I don't know for how long but I did get some sleep last night. I know cause a woman was driving a boat with a paralyzed man in it. I can't remember very clearly cause I had to jump up and get the litter box cleaned out as it is garbage day. Usually I take it out the night before but yesterday I was so tired I changed back into my pjs early. So no laying about this morning reflecting on the werid dreams.


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Ever since I've quit Abilify I wake up briefly at 12 am then at 2 am before falling back to sleep. This happens with or without Thorazine, I hope to regain my sleep before I took Abilify (which is notorious for insomnia)


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I got a few hours. Better than nothing ! I really want a sleep coma before we head south

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Yay for sleep !!! Why not tell them you want help to focus on finding a way that your sleep is improved before you jump right into ECT.
I did talk with T about some strategies for improving sleep but her and pdoc are pretty insistent that ECT will bring me out of my manic episode. I'm going to have one ECT tomorrow and be done with it (I hope). I hope all goes well this time (it's always an ordeal - starting with the fact that it's nearly impossible to start an IV on me.
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I did talk with T about some strategies for improving sleep but her and pdoc are pretty insistent that ECT will bring me out of my manic episode. I'm going to have one ECT tomorrow and be done with it (I hope). I hope all goes well this time (it's always an ordeal - starting with the fact that it's nearly impossible to start an IV on me.


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Default Dec 20, 2019 at 12:25 PM
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Ugh I tossed and turned almost all night. It was after 7am when I fell asleep for about 4 hours. No dreams!

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I flip flopped a lot , almost totally gave up but the sun was up and I forgot the flip my blinds closed all the way so I rolled over to avoid the sun and I fell asleep , woke up a couple hours later when one of my dogs decided i had indeed slept long enough. LOL

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I got a total of 5 hours: 3.5 hours in one stretch and 1.5 in the second shift. The two shifts were about 4 hours apart.

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