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So Week 1 of Hetlioz was all about sleeping even more than usual while still feeling exhausted and woozy for most of the day.
The good news is that that stopped in Week 2. All of it. Literally overnight.
The bad news is that I haven't been able to sleep properly this week. Having more trouble falling asleep and staying asleep and getting quality rest. I haven't been woozy, but symptoms from lack of sleep are building up. I'm honestly not sure how I'm functioning as well as I am right now, and making up for the cumulative sleep debt is not going to be easy.
Who knows what Week 3 will bring.
It is kind of promising that Week 2's crippling side effects were so completely different from Week 1's. My body is adjusting, apparently. It's having an effect on my sleep and my sleeping patterns. If I can ride it out, it just might come to a net positive.
Then again, I'm gradually having more trouble falling asleep and finding myself falling asleep gradually later. I've gone from barely being able to stay awake until the 11pm set lights out time to being wide awake in bed at 11:30. Last night, I couldn't fall asleep until nearly midnight. This despite having slept poorly for most of the last week, and really feeling the need to make up for that.
Of course, I'm used to my sleep/wake cycle changing from week to week and I never thought holding it steady was going to be easy. It's possible that if I can ride it out, things will stabilize. But right now I'm feeling sleep deprivation setting in. It's hard to keep a thought in my head long enough to finish a sentence, and my whole brain is moving in slow motion. I've lost track, but I think I would have been nocturnal this week, which could well be why I'm having trouble sleeping at night. Maybe.
Doctor's appointment in two weeks. I'm halfway there. Just going to keep holding on as best I can. We can evaluate then.
The good news is that that stopped in Week 2. All of it. Literally overnight.
The bad news is that I haven't been able to sleep properly this week. Having more trouble falling asleep and staying asleep and getting quality rest. I haven't been woozy, but symptoms from lack of sleep are building up. I'm honestly not sure how I'm functioning as well as I am right now, and making up for the cumulative sleep debt is not going to be easy.
Who knows what Week 3 will bring.
It is kind of promising that Week 2's crippling side effects were so completely different from Week 1's. My body is adjusting, apparently. It's having an effect on my sleep and my sleeping patterns. If I can ride it out, it just might come to a net positive.
Then again, I'm gradually having more trouble falling asleep and finding myself falling asleep gradually later. I've gone from barely being able to stay awake until the 11pm set lights out time to being wide awake in bed at 11:30. Last night, I couldn't fall asleep until nearly midnight. This despite having slept poorly for most of the last week, and really feeling the need to make up for that.
Of course, I'm used to my sleep/wake cycle changing from week to week and I never thought holding it steady was going to be easy. It's possible that if I can ride it out, things will stabilize. But right now I'm feeling sleep deprivation setting in. It's hard to keep a thought in my head long enough to finish a sentence, and my whole brain is moving in slow motion. I've lost track, but I think I would have been nocturnal this week, which could well be why I'm having trouble sleeping at night. Maybe.
Doctor's appointment in two weeks. I'm halfway there. Just going to keep holding on as best I can. We can evaluate then.
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