sleep deprivation. 42 hours in!!

[Protest the Hero]

so thursday i wake up at 7am and head to the dentist for my first cleaning in 3 years. finally got a good job with ins and all that. so the dr finds a cavity. alright expected that. needs a root canal, cool lets do that i love pks. says come back in a week after taking all these pills.

i take my pills. hydros and antibiotics. can not fall asleep for ****. i woke up at 7 am and had a pretty busy day so i thought wtf why? my mind is racing man i have to leave for work at 6 and time is flying by. i thought maybe i was spun out from the hydros since it's happened before. took some antihistamines as a last resort (seriously DONT DO THIS) so now i have that feeling in my chest from the antihistamines that feels like restless leg syndrome my arms are flailing around almost without any input from me.

5 o clock, time to get ready for work. ive pulled all nighter before, **** it lets go. job is very social. no hydros because they make me when i should be besides at this point i still think they were the reason for my insomnia.

nope.

made it through the day with a lot of nicotine. no caffeine after my cup of coffee because i want to go home and crash.

get home, don't crash. get up after an hour and live a normal night after work. went back to bed at normal time.

4 hours later, just lying in bed watching my fan spin.

wife says she can help



she helps..

...but even after a very, very delicious sandwich. nothing.

turns out antibiotics are very likely to cause insomnia. says the internet.

by the time i get to work, it will be 48 hours. i will explain to them my situation and hopefully they don't think i'm on meth. i certainly look like it.

im going to call the dentist at 8. see what he says, maybe get some knocked the f out drugs. and new antibiotics.

how long until i start hallucinating? should i even be driving? any advice? kava kava, Valerian root and loads of other stuff in this bottle of Relax All have not helped.

thanks for listening wish me luck with the delirium

 

[KevanG]

I've had that happen before. I didn't sleep for three days and some and I was taking energy drinks just so I could get through the work day. I had some vacation time coming up a day after it started so I just kept going. By the end I swear I saw shadows moving all around my apartment.

 

[Protest the Hero]

By the end I swear I saw shadows moving all around my apartment.

thats happening now. shadows that are already there anyways, doing the acid thing. its kinda cool, but.. i think that means auditory hallucinations are next and those can be weird in a bad way.

how did you get to sleep? was it because of anything or just random.

"Back in the 60's we'd use downers to counter those uppers." /Tommy Chong

yeah i dont know. opioids are usually downers for me, unless i take ALOT and i have plenty of those. i cant really risk failing a test hopefully the dentist is like 'yah come through i got a fistfull of bicycle parts 5 bucks a peice' but i doubt it

 

[KevanG]

I just eventually felt tired and almost passed out. I was in my place at the time and just watching a movie and it just hit me like a brick. I turned it all off and stumbled to bed and was out for more than 12 hours. Just try to do something that won't make you think, won't make you move or make you do anything at all if you can help it. Your body will start to slow down and should help you sleep.

 

[enterthemadness]

All I took from this is that I want to stay up and see **** and that we both love the **** out of nicotine. Soooooo....no help from me.


I will say I've gotten so lonely and stressed (and I don't like sleep much anyway at times) that when I do sleep I often wake up several times and I mean several times. me brain be like 'you're too horny, wake the **** up now''.