not being able to sleep more than a couple hours at a time has always been an issue in my life ever since i can remember. i didnt start trying to take pills for it until bout a year ago tho and i tell u what, i was better off not even bothering with the pills. the first kind my doc perscribed to me was also a major antidepressant pill and made me sick so she had me take another pill with it which totally made no sence to me. then when i moved to alaska n got a different doc i asked to b put on a different kind of pill. she asked why i was put on the sleeping pills in the first place......im like cuz i cant sleep.....duh. but then she was all like no i mean like do you have a disorder? n im like oh ya im an insomniac my old doc diagnosed me with it like 2 years ago but i just started accepting pills. n she said most insomniacs r that way because of something that happened in your past like abuse or rape or something dramatic n im like well my mom was a major druggie n got put in prison while i was in jr high n ya life was tough living with her b4 she got put away. so the doctor then asked what are ur sleeping patterns like? n im like if i dont take a sleeping pill i normally get bout 2-3 hours of sleep a night n most of the time im only half asleep but sometimes i actually sleep n when that happens im either dead to the world or have bad nightmares.
so.........the doc perscribed me a different kind of pill and guess what??? it was a schitzophrenia pill....im like why? n she said its to keep the nightmares away and help me sleep....im like ok ill give it a shot. soooo the first night i tried the pill n it helped me fall asleep but i ended up waking up a couple hours later, so the next night i tried taking two pills hoping for better results.
i didnt get them.
instead i was wide awake and hallucinating, like im not even kidding i was sooooo terrified! i was sitting up in bed n i saw a huge face in the wall across from me, it wasnt a regular face it was like a mardi gras face n it wat just staring at me plus u know how sometimes ur eyes will play tricks on you n in u stare at a shadow long enough it seems like its moving? well picture that times like ten. the shadows were literally jumping all over the room. i was so freaked out! my husband woke up n saw me sitting there just staring at the wall he said i was shaking n tears were coming from my eyes n i was on the verge of hyperventalation, he said he had tried saying my name a few times but it was like i couldnt hear him. he touched my arm to try to get my attention n it scared me so bad i screamed bloody murder!!!
needless to say i went back to the doc n told her that the pills just werent working for me. i was upset. im like ok can i just get a regular sleeping pill??? im not depressed n im sure as hell not a schitzophrenic, the doc gave me a diff kind of pill n i really dont have any issues with this one i mean its not great but at least im not sick or seeing things. but the doc did say i should see a psychiatrist n im like ok i can handle that sooo were gonna c how that goes after i find one!