Cant sleep! - wow.. way longer than expected!
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Great.. about to be 1:40 am and I can't sleep... Gotta be up at 7:00... I should of seen this coming earlier..
I currently take concerta at 27mg.. which is half of what I used to take back in Dec at 54mg... Reason I was bumped down was because after I had my first surgery I stopped the concerta for kind of a "break", and a month later ended up having a second surgery.. and returned back to work 3 days later... I took my concerta around 8 am before work and was up 3 days straight.. I couldn't go to sleep that night.. and then it was 6am.. so f it.. I had to go to work that day so I took another one.. and it continued for 3 whole days...this is on 54mg my Dr says it last about 12 hours.. I was on the medication for a whole year before this and did great... We decided ill stay off everything til my kidney issues were done with (hoping that second surgery was the last) and I can come get a new rx for the 27mg concerta when I started school in January for help focusing.. I held off.. a lot happened in so little time I didn't even think of picking up medication, my husband was in a really bad motorcycle accident.. I was starting school full time and working full time while caring for our 2 kids.. husband lives 4 hours away for school so I was alone in my home with some help from family,from may 2011 then he was home under my care for 5 weeks Jan - Feb.. went back to school and graduates next Friday.. June first.. so yea.. didn't bother.. I was running on adrenaline I think.. I was completely exhausted but if I stopped I didn't think I would start again..
Now I'm taking the 27mg for the past 2 weeks daily.. (discontinued from Dec - now due events explained briefly above and to having a 3rd more major surgery due to the first two not working!) I take the concerta for focusing.. it give me a boost of energy which at times I feel wrong for taking it.. like i need it to even get work done otherwise I would be very slow, and not focused.. honestly when I don't take it, I rather be in bed sleeping.. I did/do have depression and previously ppd.. I like to think I'm over it.. but like I just said.. without my concerta I'd probably sleep my life away.. not dealing with anything..
As of yesterday I was prescribed celexa.. I have been seeing a therapist weekly and am now working on an issue I have with my kids, mainly my daughter.. I'm very irritable with her all the time so the Dr wrote me an rx for celexa 40mg to try... It gave me a small dose of anxiety a few hours after taking it.. but I rode it out.. just as I do with the feelings I get from the concerta then cause I'm at work.. I can't spaz out at work lol.. and since iv been sick with strep throat and off work from sat - tues I didn't take my concerta and now I get to deal with the jaw clenching from the "let down" of the med.. it'll go away in a few weeks.. ill never miss more than a day now! Ugh.. why can't my brain be normal? Im trying to get my life back on track and get out of this hole.. I have accomplished the most ever in the past 7 months for myself and my family than I have in my life so far... I'm proud to say it.. but also very ashamed to say it.. ill be 27 in a little over 2 months.. what do I have to show for it? I have 2 beautiful kids, a living husband and a beat up Lexus.. I got my GED at 18.. and did nothing for 8 years but work bs kind here and there.. and of course have my kids.. I finished school April 26th and am currently "working" at a drs office doing my internship hours.. I work for free! It sucks.. and I pray it results in a job right after.. I just learned today the age of one of our PAs.. physician assistant.. is 24. Wow.. I feel like I have screwed up my life.. but can't even think how far back it was when it got screwed up... Was it when I got pregnant in 04? No.. was it when I dropped out at 16? Was it sneaking out to party at 14?.. was it when I kept getting into trouble and fighting with my mom?.. was it my parents fault by divorcing? My mom is laid back.. my dad is strict and abusive and bipolar.. I think that was the best for us all.. but I don't think that was it.. I don't even know.. ok I think I'm done rambling... It's 2:33... Lol
Ahh... Thanks for reading.. any advice, comments, or anything welcome really.. just typing to try and put myself to sleep!
Great.. about to be 1:40 am and I can't sleep... Gotta be up at 7:00... I should of seen this coming earlier..
I currently take concerta at 27mg.. which is half of what I used to take back in Dec at 54mg... Reason I was bumped down was because after I had my first surgery I stopped the concerta for kind of a "break", and a month later ended up having a second surgery.. and returned back to work 3 days later... I took my concerta around 8 am before work and was up 3 days straight.. I couldn't go to sleep that night.. and then it was 6am.. so f it.. I had to go to work that day so I took another one.. and it continued for 3 whole days...this is on 54mg my Dr says it last about 12 hours.. I was on the medication for a whole year before this and did great... We decided ill stay off everything til my kidney issues were done with (hoping that second surgery was the last) and I can come get a new rx for the 27mg concerta when I started school in January for help focusing.. I held off.. a lot happened in so little time I didn't even think of picking up medication, my husband was in a really bad motorcycle accident.. I was starting school full time and working full time while caring for our 2 kids.. husband lives 4 hours away for school so I was alone in my home with some help from family,from may 2011 then he was home under my care for 5 weeks Jan - Feb.. went back to school and graduates next Friday.. June first.. so yea.. didn't bother.. I was running on adrenaline I think.. I was completely exhausted but if I stopped I didn't think I would start again..
Now I'm taking the 27mg for the past 2 weeks daily.. (discontinued from Dec - now due events explained briefly above and to having a 3rd more major surgery due to the first two not working!) I take the concerta for focusing.. it give me a boost of energy which at times I feel wrong for taking it.. like i need it to even get work done otherwise I would be very slow, and not focused.. honestly when I don't take it, I rather be in bed sleeping.. I did/do have depression and previously ppd.. I like to think I'm over it.. but like I just said.. without my concerta I'd probably sleep my life away.. not dealing with anything..
As of yesterday I was prescribed celexa.. I have been seeing a therapist weekly and am now working on an issue I have with my kids, mainly my daughter.. I'm very irritable with her all the time so the Dr wrote me an rx for celexa 40mg to try... It gave me a small dose of anxiety a few hours after taking it.. but I rode it out.. just as I do with the feelings I get from the concerta then cause I'm at work.. I can't spaz out at work lol.. and since iv been sick with strep throat and off work from sat - tues I didn't take my concerta and now I get to deal with the jaw clenching from the "let down" of the med.. it'll go away in a few weeks.. ill never miss more than a day now! Ugh.. why can't my brain be normal? Im trying to get my life back on track and get out of this hole.. I have accomplished the most ever in the past 7 months for myself and my family than I have in my life so far... I'm proud to say it.. but also very ashamed to say it.. ill be 27 in a little over 2 months.. what do I have to show for it? I have 2 beautiful kids, a living husband and a beat up Lexus.. I got my GED at 18.. and did nothing for 8 years but work bs kind here and there.. and of course have my kids.. I finished school April 26th and am currently "working" at a drs office doing my internship hours.. I work for free! It sucks.. and I pray it results in a job right after.. I just learned today the age of one of our PAs.. physician assistant.. is 24. Wow.. I feel like I have screwed up my life.. but can't even think how far back it was when it got screwed up... Was it when I got pregnant in 04? No.. was it when I dropped out at 16? Was it sneaking out to party at 14?.. was it when I kept getting into trouble and fighting with my mom?.. was it my parents fault by divorcing? My mom is laid back.. my dad is strict and abusive and bipolar.. I think that was the best for us all.. but I don't think that was it.. I don't even know.. ok I think I'm done rambling... It's 2:33... Lol
Ahh... Thanks for reading.. any advice, comments, or anything welcome really.. just typing to try and put myself to sleep!
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on May. 24, 2012 at 2:43 AM
Noone? :( I really can't sleep.. and now feel kind of crappy. Lol.. ugh.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:19 AM
wow just going to bump this way to much to read right now i am to sleepy
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:26 AM
Can you reach the switch for me?
Lol.. I'm getting there..
Lol.. I'm getting there..
Quoting Dzyre1115:OMG...turn your brain off!
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:29 AM
What times are you taking your medication? It sounds like to me that they are being taken at the wrong times for them to work properly. I am not a nurse or medical professional. This is just want it seems like to me reading that.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:33 AM
I take them both together at or around 8 am... I think besides my mind running, the celexa is keeping me up right now.. gonna try cutting it in half tomorrow.
Quoting frndlyfn:What times are you taking your medication? It sounds like to me that they are being taken at the wrong times for them to work properly. I am not a nurse or medical professional. This is just want it seems like to me reading that.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:36 AM
I wonder if you could throw unisom into the mix. It is a non addictive sleep aid. I have used it in extreme times of insomnia for myself.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 3:43 AM
I will have to ask.. thank you for the suggestion...
I can't wait to see all the kinds of fun my rambling post will generate tomorrow.. lol
I can't wait to see all the kinds of fun my rambling post will generate tomorrow.. lol
Quoting frndlyfn:I wonder if you could throw unisom into the mix. It is a non addictive sleep aid. I have used it in extreme times of insomnia for myself.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 4:54 AM
Melatonin is a good one too. Those both are OTC.
Quoting frndlyfn:I wonder if you could throw unisom into the mix. It is a non addictive sleep aid. I have used it in extreme times of insomnia for myself.
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on May. 24, 2012 at 4:55 AM
Also write down how each med makes you feel or act because that will give insight to your therapist if meds need tweaked.
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