FordingTheWaters
02-26-2013, 10:19 PM
Last night, I got my first night's sleep, after 8 days of almost no sleep.
I have to say I spent the whole day far happier and relieved. I went with my sis and nephew to the store in the afternoon because I wanted to get out of the house and everything around me somehow looked more beautiful.
However, I'm feeling VERY fatigued. I got so used to having full body tension from anxiety that without that tension today I literally feel like I'm made of air. I also felt like the whole day I was dreaming. I got up at about 3pm and three hours later noticed that I felt like I had been up for 8. Time seems to be standing still. Sometimes I'll say something, and be like "wait, did I just say that?" two seconds later because it already seems so vague and dreamlike. My girlfriend got annoyed because I kept forgetting to text her and I was like "babe, i'm so out of it right now!"
It's 10:18 where I am and I'm feeling like I can't stay up much longer. I want to wait to 11 and try to establish that as the set time I fall asleep each night.
I keep re-assuring myself that insomnia of that level takes a lot of time to recover from. To top it off I already had bad sleep debt before this bout began.
Has anyone else been through something like this? It would make me feel better if they could share.
I have to say I spent the whole day far happier and relieved. I went with my sis and nephew to the store in the afternoon because I wanted to get out of the house and everything around me somehow looked more beautiful.
However, I'm feeling VERY fatigued. I got so used to having full body tension from anxiety that without that tension today I literally feel like I'm made of air. I also felt like the whole day I was dreaming. I got up at about 3pm and three hours later noticed that I felt like I had been up for 8. Time seems to be standing still. Sometimes I'll say something, and be like "wait, did I just say that?" two seconds later because it already seems so vague and dreamlike. My girlfriend got annoyed because I kept forgetting to text her and I was like "babe, i'm so out of it right now!"
It's 10:18 where I am and I'm feeling like I can't stay up much longer. I want to wait to 11 and try to establish that as the set time I fall asleep each night.
I keep re-assuring myself that insomnia of that level takes a lot of time to recover from. To top it off I already had bad sleep debt before this bout began.
Has anyone else been through something like this? It would make me feel better if they could share.