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sleep deprivation

littlebeast

littlebeast

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i don't usually get a lot of sleep, but last week was epic (due to work travel). from sunday to tuesday, got about 9 hours total. wednesday and thursday got 1.5 hours in 48. by friday night, i felt weirdly calm, and like i would never need to sleep again. i did though, and got 18 hours in the last 2 days. am still feeling disoriented, and my brain is fried. i feel like bulking up on fat, and hibernating for a few weeks. this can't be good.
 
only thing that ever helped me sleep was asmr vids. meds just prolong the issue.
 
Set alarms and ease back into your normal hours. For every hour you've lost, estimate a day of recovery. We're not 19 anymore.

I have 3 overnights next month (one more than usual) and otherwise work a 9-5... It takes almost a week to feel sharp again. Eat well, hydrate, and stick to a schedule.
 
Its amazing how efficient professionals get when they're tached out. Neural twitch. I don't go for the ease into this or that..theres no time for it.when you finally get the chance, sleep as long as you can..hit the 'off' switch..14 hours, 20 hours, whatever. no meds or anything, no guilt, you did your issue, tell the world to fck off. you're not depressed, you're not sick, you're just fucking tired as hell. wake up, carb out, and go back to sleep till you absolutely don't want to any more, then try for a little more. works for me.
guess you didn't get fired..
 
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EjGlows said:
Set alarms and ease back into your normal hours. For every hour you've lost, estimate a day of recovery. We're not 19 anymore.

I have 3 overnights next month (one more than usual) and otherwise work a 9-5... It takes almost a week to feel sharp again. Eat well, hydrate, and stick to a schedule.
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thanks babe. especially the hydration. have drank gallons of water over the past few hours.

channelcat said:
Its amazing how efficient professionals get when they're tached out. Neural twitch. I don't go for the ease into this or that..theres no time for it.when you finally get the chance, sleep as long as you can..hit the 'off' switch..14 hours, 20 hours, whatever. no meds or anything, no guilt, you did your issue, tell the world to fck off. you're not depressed, you're not sick, you're just fucking tired as hell. wake up, carb out, and go back to sleep till you absolutely don't want to any more, then try for a little more. works for me.
guess you didn't get fired..
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lol - came out major aces. question is, is it worth my sanity?
 
The thing that a lot of people think they can do which is also completely false is put sleep/rest "in the bank." But as much as what you are talking about is being tired, it's probably not chronic fatigue. Get some rest, eat good foods, keep hydrating, and you'll be fine. The most important thing is to get back into your normal circadian rhythm. I.e. get back into your normal sleep schedule.

http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/Fatigue_Aviation.pdf
 
I came back from Europe on the 1st of the month after what was the equivalent of a 35 hour day of travel pretty much awake, took me almost 2 weeks to get over it....
 
channelcat said:
Its amazing how efficient professionals get when they're tached out. Neural twitch. I don't go for the ease into this or that..theres no time for it.when you finally get the chance, sleep as long as you can..hit the 'off' switch..14 hours, 20 hours, whatever. no meds or anything, no guilt, you did your issue, tell the world to fck off. you're not depressed, you're not sick, you're just fucking tired as hell. wake up, carb out, and go back to sleep till you absolutely don't want to any more, then try for a little more. works for me.
guess you didn't get fired..
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I have a Circadian rhythm sleep disorder and the above advice is what does it for me. when my kids are in school i often pull all nighters and then sleep for a couple hours after taking them to school. friday night hits and my body knows it's sleep time, I will generally crash out on a friday night about 1 or 2 A.M. and not wake up the next day until 5 or 6 depending if im left alone to sleep. I also take provigil (modafinil) during the week and lay off of it during the weekend. sometimes your body just needs the sleep.:thumbup
 
I have two kids that are 14 months apart. The oldest is turning 5 soon. Let me know when you hit that level:p

Congratulations on coming out aces:thumbup
 
Loki1000R said:
I have two kids that are 14 months apart. The oldest is turning 5 soon. Let me know when you hit that level:p

Congratulations on coming out aces:thumbup
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:laughing

I have not slept past 6 am in over 5 years....

3 and 5 year old...

it's like a never receding tide....ugh.
 
Congrats, you handle sleep dep far better than I. I have reached the place, after 32 hours awake, of what felt like total, complete calm...I was focused, fine, hydrated, couldn't feel it. Strange, but I felt Fucking Fine. Then some small thing happened--my bicycle got a flat tire, I think--and I had a complete emotional meltdown. It was as if someone had come along and popped my invincibility balloon.

Sleep is a thing I need, uncompromisingly. And if I don't make space for it, my body will take it, one way or another.

Oh, and pain insomnia, you know that one...long nights in the hospital, with the resignation of, "hurts too much, ah well. Just have to get through this night, and no sleep coming." Fire in the veins, keep that breathing easy and regular, and the beeping of the pulse-ox and the IV machines.
 
Nemo Brinker said:
I have reached the place, after 32 hours awake, of what felt like total, complete calm...I was focused, fine, hydrated, couldn't feel it. Strange, but I felt Fucking Fine. Then some small thing happened--my bicycle got a flat tire, I think--and I had a complete emotional meltdown. It was as if someone had come along and popped my invincibility balloon.
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I have been exactly there.

Get through that first meltdown, and invincibility balloon 2.0 is much more durable. Pop that fucker though, and things tend to go nuclear.

Not recommended.
 
My longest stretch without sleep was 72 hrs..... by then..... I was pretty much done.
 
Nemo Brinker said:
Congrats, you handle sleep dep far better than I. I have reached the place, after 32 hours awake, of what felt like total, complete calm...I was focused, fine, hydrated, couldn't feel it. Strange, but I felt Fucking Fine. Then some small thing happened--my bicycle got a flat tire, I think--and I had a complete emotional meltdown. It was as if someone had come along and popped my invincibility balloon.

Sleep is a thing I need, uncompromisingly. And if I don't make space for it, my body will take it, one way or another.

Oh, and pain insomnia, you know that one...long nights in the hospital, with the resignation of, "hurts too much, ah well. Just have to get through this night, and no sleep coming." Fire in the veins, keep that breathing easy and regular, and the beeping of the pulse-ox and the IV machines.
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horrifying that you mention fire in the veins. had acid (the most caustic antibiotic possibly imaginable) in mine, and screamed in agony - this to combat a raging infection (peritonitis). it was either that or die, and there were several moments i thought it would have been worth dying to escape it. i attacked one of the nurses trying to administer it. to this day i can't believe how she stuck with me.
 
littlebeast said:
considering what you deal with, cannot believe how it is possible to function under such circumstances.
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You learn to compartmentalize. You learn to push sleep, the need for sleep, into a corner and ignore it. You learn how not to let it get to you and try not to let the thoughts of taking a permanent nap become reality.
 
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