Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

    I begin day 4 feeling very tired. I tossed and turned until 1 am and then had crazy nightmares til this morning...thanks for all the posts yesterday regarding sleep..i am hopeful that it will end...i made it through last neight by the skin of my teeth...i had to make a late grocery run so that is what filled up my time...I was thankful for that so i didn't watch the clock...walking down the wine isle was brutal..I didn't realize I had turned onto it until it was too late for me to turn arond because of other shoppers...the wine was calling me....I felt like I was sprinting down the isle trying to only look forward...I am going to the gym in a minute to try to work off some stress as i can feel it building and that will cause me to drink...i need more abstinence before i even try moderation...if that is even possible...i took topa for the first time yesterday and think it helped some...definitely tasted the metallic with soda....i'm feeling down and i feel like i should be feeling up...i want this so much for me and my beautiful children...i must do this...maybe i will get some endorphins at the gym....i don't know where the saddness is coming from..it is very unexpected....i struggle from depression but this is different...I will do this and this will pass...please post if you can and thanks again for the support...:new: & buck
    Tags: None
    #2
    NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

    Buck it WILL pass...been there done that, have the scars to prove it take lots of vitamins L-glut etc, excersize (carefully) and boatloads of water. Keep sprinting Buck! heck of a job well done.
    nosce te ipsum
    (Know Thyself)

    Comment

      #3
      NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

      Buck, additionally on the sleep thing...I thought it would never end! I thought that I'd never be able to sleep in my life, then all of a sudden on day 5: blam! super sleep! hang tough!
      nosce te ipsum
      (Know Thyself)

      Comment

        #4
        NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

        Hi Buck-

        I find that the Calms Forte right before sleep helps ALOT. I take 3 and I am very relazed and sleep like a baby. Maybe you can try that.

        CKE

        Comment

          #5
          NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

          Hi Buck......
          Sweetie, I have just read that you are going to the gym in a minute,,,WOW!!!! GREAT going...you really are keeping yourself moving during a period when it seems like it must be very hard for you to do anything at all....you have my deepest admiration...I know how hard the first few days and weeks seemed to me...I had approximately 0.2 nanoseconds of sleep a night for AGES and felt like one of the zombies out of the M.Jackson Thriller video!!!!

          Good on you too for thumbing your nose at the wine aisle.....try and look at it like the 'household poisins' aisle, there is NOTHING there for you that will do you any good!!

          Glad that the Topa may be starting to take effect...I have never taken it, but I understand from posts here that you gradually increase it to a dose that keeps the cravings away when boosted by a good dose of resolve...and you sure seem to have a bucketload of that at the moment....You are doing sooooooo well...

          I too have struggled with depression for a long time, and when I went AF, the feelings swamped me 10 fold, but they seemed to feel different that previous feelings....you seem to be having that too...I went to the doc, and got citalopram, which, now I have found a good dose for me, is really helping to lift my mood and help me not to become too overwhelmed with stuff.....I also take solgar vits, and 4-5 sleep success herbal tabs an hour before bed which helps to pack a few more zeds in!!!!

          Good to hear from you...you really are staying so strong
          Admiring huggies (embraces...NOT the diapers)
          Weemelon xxx

          Comment

            #6
            NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

            Good for you!!! I am sleeping pretty good at the minute, but still not sleeping through the night. Once my bub wakes me up as she needs a drink, I toss and turn for a bit. But, I know it will pass. That's so great that you are going to the gym! I walk everyday with her and then I have a bike with a babyseat and we go for bike drives. That helps I find, getting out in the fresh air and working on my 'buns of steel'..hahah! I wish I had them back. You are doing top drawer girl!

            Keep it up, it's so hard to be strong when you just want to give in..it's so much easier to give in and down the whole bottle.

            I am here for yah anytime you want. I think the sadness is maybe one of your withdrawl symptoms, I get anxious. When I start feeling like, that's when I head outside and peddle my ass off. Then after that, all I want is juice or really really cold water because Im pretty much gasping for air.

            I think you're doing fabulous! And if you pick up the gym as your new addiction, there is no harm in that!!

            Comment

              #7
              NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

              Buckledown,
              You are doing a great job. Going to the gym? I am so impressed! That is the best thing you can do. It seems like every article in every medical journal today ascribes amazing medical cures to exercise. Let's here it for endorphins!!!!
              Reach deep, find your will power.

              Comment

                #8
                NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

                hugs

                As I said yesterday the support here is so unbelievable...it makes it so much easier...when feeling weak i can come here...thanks so much...the gym was great and feel as tired as i was it energized me...i am dreading this eaving but going to try to run myself ragged so sleep may come..i didi try the calms forte last night with melatonin...still no good....but not as many sweats..the nightmares were freaky though...i am doing affirmations now to get more strength to take me through the day ...again...THANKS SO MUCH and keep posting of you are able...we can do this together...i know we can...:new: :h Buck

                Comment

                  #9
                  NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

                  Buckledown ....

                  Hang on in there, What kept me going in those days was thinking about 'tomorrow' ... I must start feeling better soon and If I give in now I will never know when .....

                  We are all here for you...
                  sigpicXXX

                  Comment

                    #10
                    NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

                    Great job!

                    Hi Buck,

                    You're doing brilliantly - I love the passion and the motivation! - keep that and your focus on why you're doing this (kids, health, life) and gradually it will get easier! Applaud your successes - escaping from the wine isle! - BRILLIANT - (BTW love Weemelon's description of it as the household poisons - great visual!) - gym - FANTASTIC, cycling with your child -WAY TO GO!

                    We're here whenever you need us, so keep coming back! Many :l and as it's time for bed here I'm off to get some shut eye - after 30 days AF I'm sleeping like a baby - it does                     come so hang in there!
                    :rays: Arial

                    Last first day - 15th April 2012
                    Goals:
                    Days 1-7 DONE
                    Days 8-14 DONE
                    Days 15-21 DONE
                    30 days DONE
                    60 days
                    100 days

                    Comment

                      #11
                      NO sleep- feeling weak- hanging on

                      Dude, just keep it up, your motivating me and today is day one buddy for me.

                      What milligram are you taking of Topa, maybe it needs to be increased or decreased. I dont know, just a thought
                      Its strange being sober; huh, so this is how normal people are :H

                      Comment

                      Previous template Next
                      Working...
                      X