Exhausted 😩

[Blu80]

Sooooo tired but can never sleep 😴 Even prescribed sleeping tablets don't work. The nights feel extremely long & really difficult. I've done absolutely all sorts to try & help me sleep but to no avail 😕

[blackcat64013]

Hi,

I wonder if you have tried Mirtazepine for depression/anxiety instead of the usual sleeping tablets. This medication is particularly known for it's sedating effects and not as heavy duty as some. When I have trouble sleeping, my psychiatrist goes off-label by adding a small amount of quetiapine to knock me into the land of nod.

[Blu80 in reply to blackcat64013]

Hi

I've been on Mirtazepine previously but unfortunately they didn't agree with me. I had horrendous headaches & dizziness.

I'm on Quetiapine daily (300mg) & a wide variety of other medications for both mental & physical conditions.

Despite a very extensive list of daily medications I just can't sleep although continuously exhausted. It's becoming a real problem & really affecting me from functioning even basically to horrendous agitation, clumsiness & falls/accidents.

[Diagnosis21]

Hi I'm the same and on mirtazipine (the maximum dose) plus enough pain killers to knock out a horse (including liquid morphine) and still Iv been up all night so whilst the children and other half were sleeping I decide to reseal the bath and put a plastic cover to make sure I don't get any further leaks. I do things to keep me busy. I will be awake now all day, then again all night and the crash on Tuesday afternoon and sleep for 20hours.

I suffer with chronic pain too and I do what and when I can because the pain pretty much rules everything. I have to have a career with me all day while my other half is in work to control my medication (suicide risk, especially with the huge bottles of morphine I get weekly) and incase I fall asleep in the day or the pain is that bad I can't even get out of bed I need someone to help with the children.

Have you tried a red hot bath (as hot as you can stand it) with some lavender essential oils in to help your body to relax and get into a state of being able to sleep?

[Blu80 in reply to Diagnosis21]

Hi 🙂

Thank you for your reply really appreciated.

I can totally relate to everything you've said.

I'm also on an extensive list of medications for both mental & physical illnesses.

I'm too on a variety of strong pain relief for chronic pain including morphine & Oramorph. You would think that alone would knock us out!

I'm going to try the hot bath you've suggested with lavender oil tonight 🛀 Sooooo need a night of sleep to just simply switch off & give my brain & body a break!

Really feel for you. My son is 18 but it must be even harder with little children 💫

Let's hope we can somehow get through & crack this insomnia!

[Diagnosis21 in reply to Blu80]

Hi Hun and thankyou.

Yes iv got two children my son nearly 6 and severely autistic and a terrible 2 girl. They keep you busy hense why I need the help lol.

My care coordinator for my mental health says that if the max dose of mirtazipine doesn't knock me out she can't think of another Physc that would give me any other form of sleeping pills because of the suicide risks but also the addiction risks, Iv been addicted to quite a few strong medications and I was upping my own morphine doses without talking to anyone i would just have a 30ml dose instead of the prescribed 5-10mls every dose. I say if they fix my pain or give me adequate painkillers to do the job I wouldn't need to keep upping my doses on my medications. I'm desperate to be the young mummy I should be (I'm 25) I can't take the kids to the local park if I wanted to because I can't get myself there and back safely never mind me and the kids, just the typical stuff a mum my age would be alike to do with their children.

Hope the bath works for you Hun.

[Blu80 in reply to Diagnosis21]

Hi ... Me again! 🙂

Aww lovely ages ... I remember the terrible 2's lol! Bet they keep you on your toes 💫

I can understand you wanting to be able to be a young mummy & do things with the little ones, it's only natural. At 36 I feel a lot of guilt & bad feeling towards how my illnesses must have had a bad impact on me as a mother towards my son. Sometimes it's like who's looking after who here which is a dreadful thing for me to admit 😕 I've always been a single parent & people are oh sooooo quick to judge! I take a day at a time at the moment.

Chronic pain alone is hard enough to cope with. I'd become morphine dependent & have altered doses without GP involvement at times. I was worried about going on the sleeping tablets my psychiatrist prescribed (Zopiclone) knowing these also are an addictive medication. However, I've stopped taking them as they just do not work with me. Thought pointless continuing with them. Was sooooo hoping they'd help me sleep but my body seems to work in totally unlogic mysterious ways! Grrrrr! 😩

Time for a strong coffee ☕️ x

[Matrix]

I'm in exactly the same regarding sleeping it does not happen very often and I'm exhausted with it . I went through all the angst of it now I have accepted it as something I'm having to live with and I find it easier to live with .Thats just me and it may not be anyone else but it has helped . Pity we don't live near each other we could have coffee and cake lol xx😇

[Blu80]

Hi Matrix 🙂

Sorry to hear you're the same regarding sleep. It's reassuring to know I'm not the only insomniac plodding around in the continuous 'Wide Awake Club' lol!

I feel like I've tried absolutely everything to help but nothing has worked. Believe me I've tried some rather random disgusting things in such desperation to sleep along with all the normal suggestions lol! 😆

Always up for coffee & cake! Shame we're not local to each other 💫

It's about 4:30am ish as I'm typing this ... Yes, you guessed it ... I'm still awake! Grrrrr! 👀 xx