Re: desperate to managing my sleep cycle. any one want to join?

[Anonymous]

I have been good about completing my sleep graph…well at least with filling in the data…. it looks like a jagged mountain range >_<. I am so frustrated that I have made little progress. I am sure my new boyfriend who works second shift is less than helpful. He is trying to be supportive and force me to bed on time, but I am suspecting that he has less than awesome attention skills himself and he is getting distracted from his mission of helping by me getting distracted. seriously not helpful. I will be walking to the bathroom and he will bring up some conversation which I’ll get involved forgetting what I was doing. Then at times, he will herd me into the bathroom then he will engage in a conversation I initate forgetting what he was doing. We have talked about it and I have a suspicion that he may be as incapable as I am in getting to bed at decent times. We have been friends for awhile and he has a reputation for staying up all night due to getting distracted by stuff and insomniac traits….. I certainly don’t have the will to keep us both on task! or wouldn’t be having this problem! so I suppose it is either figure out our strongest will power and attentional skills and try and add them up into a normal human being. otherwise, i need to decrease his visits.

my insomnia streak seems to have passed for the most part and I am left with close to my usual subpar sleep, which is functional for me. however, I am still having trouble focusing at work..so back to where I was right after I began the meds. I think my lack of sleep is working against the meds and I would focus better with more sleep. I do not want a higher dose of medication. I am finally figuring out the social side effects from it ie. being a little more serious and having a little less fun..so I stopped taking it if I truly have a day in which I have nothing specific to get done.

I am still definitely wanting to get a sleep study. When I find myself unfocused on other things, I get that ansy feeling and get ready to write my doc a letter to get the referral NOW so I can start the coordination work.. rather than wait for my appointment in a month. lol. still may do that. I hate waiting lol.

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