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*Sapphire*
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I'm so sick of not being able to sleep in a regular pattern it is becoming a real problem. I had three days off work last week not feeling very well and I am sure it was no coincidence that I was having problems getting to sleep during that time.
This then makes me feel sick which then makes it harder for me to sleep. I have taken meds for it, I have self medicated, I have used natural remedies with limited success but now i don't know what to do.
I am being treated for my sleep as a part of my MH problems, but I am begining to wonder if this the best way of doing it or whether I have a genuine sleep disorder.
When I was younger I shared a room. I would regularly keep my siblings up with my constant chatter as at night my mind came alive. I would keep them up to the point of them being in tears with exhaustion. It was not malicious I just had no concept of how this was affecting them. Quite often my parents would scold us several times a night to be quiet and get to sleep. Very often even if I went to bed as early as seven i would still be awake when my parents went to bed. Or my parents would remove me from the room and put me in their bed until i fell asleep when they could return me to my room so my siblings got to sleep.
This issue has caused me so many other issues, I found it hard to concentrate at school, I was often emotional, I find working difficult, it effects my eating as I feel so sick and tired I don't want to eat, but then my body tries to stay awake incase it gets a meal.
I think I'm drastically going to have to alter my sleep routine or diet or something to break this, but am at a loss at to where to start and of course tiredness effects my motivation and ability to do this. I feel like I am in a viscious circle. Once I am asleep I very often stay asleep for a very long time, but it is getting to sleep that is the issue.
I have work tomorrow, I'm not sure if i will be able to wake myself up.
This then makes me feel sick which then makes it harder for me to sleep. I have taken meds for it, I have self medicated, I have used natural remedies with limited success but now i don't know what to do.
I am being treated for my sleep as a part of my MH problems, but I am begining to wonder if this the best way of doing it or whether I have a genuine sleep disorder.
When I was younger I shared a room. I would regularly keep my siblings up with my constant chatter as at night my mind came alive. I would keep them up to the point of them being in tears with exhaustion. It was not malicious I just had no concept of how this was affecting them. Quite often my parents would scold us several times a night to be quiet and get to sleep. Very often even if I went to bed as early as seven i would still be awake when my parents went to bed. Or my parents would remove me from the room and put me in their bed until i fell asleep when they could return me to my room so my siblings got to sleep.
This issue has caused me so many other issues, I found it hard to concentrate at school, I was often emotional, I find working difficult, it effects my eating as I feel so sick and tired I don't want to eat, but then my body tries to stay awake incase it gets a meal.
I think I'm drastically going to have to alter my sleep routine or diet or something to break this, but am at a loss at to where to start and of course tiredness effects my motivation and ability to do this. I feel like I am in a viscious circle. Once I am asleep I very often stay asleep for a very long time, but it is getting to sleep that is the issue.
I have work tomorrow, I'm not sure if i will be able to wake myself up.