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What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« on: March 14, 2012, 02:37:49 AM »
Up for more than one day at a time, punctuated by sleeping for LONG periods of time. Take ages to fall asleep and rarely ever seem to do it naturally.  Very little appetite, I tend to graze, with snacks, and TRY to eat one meal a day if I can.

But At other times I will sleep for days, and not wake up at all during intervals other than maybe to to piss or take a shit. Doesn't take much to tire me out...sometimes. Other times I can't sleep for trying. GABA drugs also have odd effects on me, my response is blunted to benzos, barbs, baclofen, I CAN'T get high on pregabalin (ok, so it might be an alpha2 delta voltage gated calcium channel agonist and just LOOK like GABA, but its crosstolerant with benzos and co),

And valerian gives me very, very, very vivid dreams, almost as much as say, 10mg doses of nicotine.  Anybody else like this? makes me wonder if I have some sort of mitochondrial issues going on. Also, I have myoclonic episodes, sometimes almost uncontrollable. I'm considering doing a muscle biopsy and subjecting it to gomori trichrome stain to check for MERFF syndrome, but other than that, I have no ideas. Shitty memory too. I have to regulate my sleep cycling with alpha2 adrenoreceptor agonist-induced KO to help avoid cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation, just to make sure I sleep SOMETIMES. And my executive function is shittier than my memory
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 03:03:44 AM »
Yes mate. Always been the case with me. Structuring that around work is "interesting"
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 04:51:37 AM »
 Have you always been like this, even as a child?  :orly:
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 04:52:51 AM »
Have you always been like this, even as a child?  :orly:

It is because of my childhood that my sleep patterns are screwed
I2 today is not i2 of yesteryear. It is a knitting circle. Those that participate be they nice or asshats know their place and the price to be there. Odeon is the overlord

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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 05:11:58 AM »
Have you always been like this, even as a child?  :orly:

It is because of my childhood that my sleep patterns are screwed

 :hug:  I am sorry to hear that, I wonder if there's a diagnostic name for it.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 05:38:01 AM »
Have you always been like this, even as a child?  :orly:

It is because of my childhood that my sleep patterns are screwed

 :hug:  I am sorry to hear that, I wonder if there's a diagnostic name for it.

I dunno. It is what it is. Just part of my own eccentricities. :P
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2012, 12:33:34 PM »
Its always taken me ages to actually fall asleep, short of knocking myself out. And that is NOT easy to do.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2012, 02:44:11 PM »
Its always taken me ages to actually fall asleep, short of knocking myself out. And that is NOT easy to do.

That was the situation with me though I did not have the strange patterns you do.  I seem to have an inner clock that doesn't match with 24 hours, so my wake and sleep times changed over the weeks.  I tried everything for sleep and when it worked I generally had to take massive amounts which left me kinda fucked up the next day.  Last year they started me on Adderall which is basically speed for ADD and my sleep patterns while not always great have improved dramatically.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2012, 02:53:05 PM »
I do two things every day that I don't like: go to bed and wake up.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2012, 03:11:10 PM »
I do two things every day that I don't like: go to bed and wake up.

Ain't that the truth.





On the other hand, can't keep my eyes open any more. I'm going to bed a couple of hours early today.  :hyke:
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2012, 03:15:13 PM »
You're lucky when you feel that.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2012, 04:51:19 PM »
You're lucky when you feel that.

Lucky bastard. :jealous:
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2012, 12:11:10 AM »
I have the difficulties falling asleep too. It is made worse when I know I have to get up early the next day. But sometimes I will fall asleep ok and then wake up at 1am or something and then not be able to fall back asleep for the rest of the night. Both are frustrating.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2012, 01:02:01 AM »
Gahhh buggriit


I have to to  be up early to get my oxycontin and oxynorm scripts.  I hate having to go to the docs.....so many pills, some useful some not,  they seem to be getting closer to the mark though.
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Re: What the fuck is it with my sleep patterns...
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2012, 06:38:03 AM »
You're lucky when you feel that.

Lucky bastard. :jealous:

And I appreciated the being lucky a lot.

Usually, my bed only is a pleasure to be in, in the morning....
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