I've always been a bad sleeper, but about 10 days ago I only got 2 hours sleep one night, then same again the next night, and same again the next night. At this point I thought I was losing my mind, so went to the doctors and was prescribed 2 weeks of Zopiclone. I've got blood tests this week, and then the doctor said I can try HRT as I feel this is so sudden, it must be hormonal. I'm just about to turn 41.
The Zopiclone has barely touched the sides. It's helping me to go to sleep, but I'm still waking after about 2 hours. Other things that don't seem to touch the sides:
- melatonin
- magnesium
- cammomile tea
- vaping weed
- phenergan
- nytol
- listening to asmr videos
- listening to interesting, but gentle podcasts
I feel resistant to everything.
When I get 2 hours sleep a night, I am confident I'm then fully awake for the entire rest of the night. But I'm wondering if I'm actually getting a broken 5 minutes here, 2 minutes there, 8 minutes, 3 minutes and so on, because I feel like - if I weren't, by this stage I'd be crashing my car, unable to stomach food and having a nervous breakdown.
As it stands, I feel and look like utter shit, have eye bags on top of eye bags, and feel so sick, but I don't feel exhausted as such. My eyes arent closing in the evening when i watch tv, and I couldnt have an afternoon nap if i tried. I still have energy to give it my all at the gym (which I've switched to mornings only so as not to spike my cortisol levels before bed).
Can I really only have slept 2 hours a night for 10 days straight like I think? Or must I be getting a bit more than I think?
Is anyone else currently existing in this state, where you are utterly wrecked, but not 'exhausted' in the classic sense?