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17 Apr 2016, 9:33 am

Hi,
I have this weird sleep disorder and I can't figure out what it is or what to do with it.
1. I dream quite much, very much. And they are very complex. like whole movies, but nonsensical ones. I believe most of the night I dream and have probably very little deep sleep. I used the app sleep as android and it shows mostly "light sleep". I have no comparison to other people's sleep profile, but it shows pretty much of the graph "light sleep" not even REM.
2. I can't wake up in the morning, and go ... pychotic? I sleep from like 23:00 until 11:00 AM and the sleep as android shows all "light sleep" since 06:00. The beginning of the sleep is also pretty much the same thing (light sleep). I have 3 phases of deep sleep between 3:00-6:00.
The thing is I can't wake up at all because my body is totally tired, but my mind will start thinking about the dreams I had in a weird way. I get into loops of nonsensical problem solving or rethinking the last nights dream in psychotic nonsensical ways, and I can't wake up. I'm just pretty stupid and confused and my body wants to go back to sleep. I might sort of wake up, but I'm to stupid to realize I should get out of bed. I go on fighting with my thoughts, which are not logical and I'm caught inside loops and basically it's hell.
3. When I wake up, I'm pretty tired and confused and agitated, and I need hours to feel somewhat normal. It's like my brain is fried.

Am I just sleeping bad or is it some sort of disorder? I've had this pretty often since I was 15. At the time I took Zyprexa it wasn't as bad but I don't think it's justified to take zyprexa for psychosis IN SLEEP. And I would sleep even longer on Zyprexa.
Have you ever heard of such thing?


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17 Apr 2016, 10:13 am

Sleep disorders should be diagnosed by an appropriately-trained and licensed medical professional.

What does your doctor say?


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17 Apr 2016, 10:36 am

They mostly ignore it. But one doc pointed out I might have PTSD and those be nightmares because of that. I'm sure they will just put me back on zyprexa for my supposed schizophrenia.


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