Head Space

[kittyblue]

Elaboration of my earlier post:

Basically, I'm recognizing a lot of the same symptoms as the last time I was depressed, but also a few disturbing new ones.

Sleep deprivation. Like, instead of wanting to sleep all damn day, I just can't sleep AT ALL. I was falling asleep sitting up in my chair last night (literally, head nearly hitting my

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[naamah_darling]

I don't know what to say but I wish I could give you some helpful advice.

*hugs*

You sound really beat down. Especially with the sleep deprivation. I have been there, with the noises keeping me awake and freaking out, being falling-down tired and unable to sleep. That was what broke me eventually, was lack of sleep.

A lot of this sounds familiar, actually.

I felt better once I started getting regular sleep, so that might be the place to focus your efforts. And that feels like a useless observation, because I have no idea what advice to give you to make that happen. I used a sleep mask and earplugs, but that doesn't completely stop the nervous hamster wheel in the brain that keeps a person awake.

[kittyblue]

Sometimes, but not always, Benadryl or Advil PM works. (Other times, I just wind up groggier and sluggish to the point of incapacitated by the time my alarm goes off.)

I dunno. I think next week I'm just going to try and set up a regimen of home - sleep meds and in bed by 10 - up by 7 for work and see what happens.

[brimmins]

Sounds SO familiar. Stress, lack of sleep, and (my favorite) psychological or emotional issues, can and will give you real physical symptoms.

Meds won't sort your issues, but if they keep you from freaking out long enough for you to figure out why you're depressed, that's a plus. I never took mine though, so I don't really know. But definitely try get to the bottom of whatever it may be, or no amount of meds will help.

Meditation is ~*awesome*~ for fight-or-flight response. Biofeedback. Lifesaver. Better rest than sleep I've heard.

There is no shame in a good cry. Or unemployment. Or coming to live in WI on my couch since CA has mosquitoes anyway. Or anything.

<3

[kittyblue]

I can say that while I still hate the world, I'm feeling a little less neurotic, if slightly groggy, after 2 advil PMs and a benadryl before bed last night at 11ish. Still woke up at 5:45, but at least it kept me under for a little while. I think this may be my new nighttime routine for a while. :P

[telaryn]

I can give you a quick test for the tremors that would at least tell you if it's one type of tremor.

Grip something with your hands. If your hands continue to shake, then it's a condition called 'benign familial tremors'.

The good thing is that if it is that, there's an easy, low-dose fix. It would also likely be the source of at least some of your issues with physical contact.

If the tremors stop while you're gripping the object, it could still be a different type of palsy, or it could be stress-related.

*hugs* Wish I had more to offer.