Posted by shar on November 15, 2000, at 12:29:33
In reply to Re: The Fatigue Factor » Noa, posted by Greg on November 15, 2000, at 9:27:00
Greg,
I quit ambien on about the third day of use because I had such weird, bizarre, and vivid dreams. I would wake up feeling really shaky and unsafe.I'm with Coral on the psychic energy drain. For example, when I went through parts of my divorce, the only surface disruption was a few appts. during the day with my lawyer. Otherwise my life looked pretty much the same. But the psychic drain was huge. I slept a LOT, had a harder time concentrating, was emotionally distraught and very stressed (and remember, good things can cause stress too). Distress and eustress, bad and good stress.
So, this success on the job could actually be causing your body to react the same way it would if you were in a negative stress situation (having a death in the family, moving to a new state, major types of disruption). So you have to treat yourself really well--even in terms of soothing yourself, pampering yourself--to feel a little stronger.
BTW, I have had the exhaustion thing go on. I would sleep in my car over my lunch hour.
Remember to eat, breathe, stretch, look at your surroundings, delegate stuff (I know that's hard, it is for me too), listen to your fav relaxing or soothing music. Etc.
Hope you feel more energetic--
xoxo
Shar
> Noa,
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> I feel like I'm sleeping normally, but the one thing different is that I'm dreaming lately. I usually don't dream with the Ambien. And I'm talking, shall we say, weird dreams? Nothing scary or terrifying, just vividly bizarre stuff.
>
> Greg
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> > Perhaps your laryngitis, swollen tissues in the throat, are disturbing your normal sleep architecture--ie, you might think you are sleeping all 6 of those hours, but maybe you are not sleeping continuously, or having micro-awakenings, etc.
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