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Trouble sleeping, and eating
Ziac45
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Within the past few weeks I have been waking up around 4 A.M. and not being able to go back to sleep. This continued for a few weeks and last night it hit a whole new level. I went to bed at 3 A.M. and had to be up for work at 7, I just laid there for 4 hours not able to sleep at all. I was very tired when I went to bed and I even came close to falling asleep but whenever I got close I would all of a sudden wake up and not even realize it. It is possible that I fell asleep for a few seconds each time but not long enough to interrupt my train of thought. So here I am going on 33 hours without being asleep except for about 10 minutes before my one class, and I am not feeling very tired currently.
So the second part of this started yesterday and hit really hard today. I have no appetite, and if I force myself to eat a full meal I want to throw up for the next three hours. I keep going to meals with my friends like normal and attempting to eat but I just will eat a few fries or nuggets and never a full meal.
Working back from it the only thing I can think it would be is stress, I have a large paper due soon and I am having relationship problems with a few different people. However no matter how stressed out I have been in the past it has never effected my sleeping or eating, I could always depend on at least 6 or 7 hours of sleep each night and I normally eat like a horse.
Just wondering if anyone has any idea on what I can do to have an easier time falling asleep, preferably without medicine, or if maybe its a simple fix to get my body back on track.
So the second part of this started yesterday and hit really hard today. I have no appetite, and if I force myself to eat a full meal I want to throw up for the next three hours. I keep going to meals with my friends like normal and attempting to eat but I just will eat a few fries or nuggets and never a full meal.
Working back from it the only thing I can think it would be is stress, I have a large paper due soon and I am having relationship problems with a few different people. However no matter how stressed out I have been in the past it has never effected my sleeping or eating, I could always depend on at least 6 or 7 hours of sleep each night and I normally eat like a horse.
Just wondering if anyone has any idea on what I can do to have an easier time falling asleep, preferably without medicine, or if maybe its a simple fix to get my body back on track.
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meditation maybe
The eating thing is worrisome to me though, is there a doctor you can see?
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And this might get me an infraction or whatever, but maybe try smoking a little pot. Increases your appetite and might help you sleep.
Living in rural Africa, I can say that your symptoms are pretty identical to mine. I had Bilharzia. Once that was taken care of, I was back to normal. Then a massive bout of stress hit, and the same symptoms... I literally did not eat for five days straight at one point, and over three weeks lost 20 pounds. Lack of sleep, combined with being weak from not eating... its like a self-fulfilling prophecy, and is hard to break. Severe stress can do some absolutely crazy things with your body though.
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I'll go ahead and give my usual advice, in case it helps. Cover up any clocks you can see at night before you sleep. Knowing how long you've been lying awake will only increase your stress and make it harder to get to sleep. Also, try doing a muscular tense-and-release exercise in the late afternoon. Lie somewhere comfortable, and part by part, tense your muscles up as much as you can, hold for 5 seconds, then relax. Do this starting at your head and going down to your toes, isolating one section of your body at a time.
Still... if you have a parasite or something, you don't want to fuck around with that. Look into any free/affordable health care options in your area.
Medical marijuana is not legal but I can smoke some marijuana before bed tonight and see if that helps me at all.
Believe it or not, Schistosomiasis is not uncommon in North America. Been swimming lately?
(I'm in no way saying you actually have it, cause I'm no doctor and there's a billion reasons for your symptoms, the most likely of which have already been mentioned, other than a parasite, but I just wanted to clarify that you don't need to live in Africa to get one)
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As in, a lovely warm drink of delicious whisky/port/whatever.
And give yourself an hour before bed of computer/news/distraction free reading time.
White noise helps too (a fan, or an online whitenoise generator!)
Rolling around in bed stressing out about not being able to sleep is the worst thing ever (I've posted a similar thread here!). The above helped me a lot.
you're tense because you don't have any money.
Seriously I'm glad some general stress relief helped somewhat, but I just watched someone collapse and end up in ICU because he didn't have money to go to the doctor. I don't want to re-ruin your sleep or anything but if you think it's a medical problem, scramble up the ten bucks.
I host a podcast about movies.
It is just not possible till my next paycheck, I forewent the usual entertainment expenses I have but next paycheck I will o get checked out and make sure its nothing serious. ( I get paid in 1 week)
if you really, honestly don't have 10 bucks to your name for the next week, you're in a sub hobo bracket and it probably is a source of your stress.
I host a podcast about movies.
though I have to ask how can you afford pot to try to self medicate, but not ten bucks to see a doctor?