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chastain
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 34236

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hello everyone...i am still having difficulty sleeping. i am afraid of something bad happening in my sleep, a feeling that is reinforced by the fact that i invariably wake up every night after falling asleep for about an hour with sensations of vertigo, severe nausea and sometimes a dazed feeling accompanied by a heavy numbness in my limbs.

once i wake up sick, i become afraid that i will somehow die in my sleep, and then i cant sleep. i am averaging about 3 hours a night at most.

i am taking 0.5 of ativan twice a day, and while that takes the edge off having a panic episode, it isnt touching the sleep issue. i dont want to take a sleeping pill as i know they can have horrific side effects. any suggestions?

thanks again for putting up with my rambling. i feel so stressed and so freaking sick from these illnesses! heres hoping for a breakthrough soon-for all of us! thanks again. love, jess

Posts: 651 | From ct | Registered: Sep 2011 | IP: Logged |

SouthernGirl
Junior Member
Member # 32702

posted

oh man...it's so hard because if you are not sleeping you can't work on getting well.

I take 2.5 mg. of ambien every.single.night. It's 1/2 of the lowest dose out there. and it helps!!

I'm saying a prayer for you right now.

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Posts: 8 | From Down South | Registered: Jul 2011 | IP: Logged |

lost11
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 34607

posted

Welcome to my world. I'm getting 6.5 hours a night. Guess that's not to bad. But I'm in bed by 10:30 and up between 5-6. Is that common?

Posts: 267 | From South | Registered: Oct 2011 | IP: Logged |

Giapetto
Member
Member # 34458

posted

I just about have to retire at Nine PM.....sleep for an hour,

wake up and listen to the Short Wave by the bed for a while,

eventually get back to sleep and wake up for the day at about

4 AM. Then I lay there till the alarm goes off at 5:15 AM.

For many years I lived on five hours total. This last six months or so i have been faling asleep at work. Luckily, i own the place.

Posts: 37 | From Louisiana | Registered: Oct 2011 | IP: Logged |

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