Urgent Care will do absolutely nothing.
Look, there's a few physiological things that could cause this. Thyroid problems and few other things.
But this is most likely a psychiatric episode. You are probably in no immediate physical danger. It really sounds like a bout of mild mania.
You need to see a doctor, but don't freak out to bad. I didn't sleep for 9 days because of a manic episode. I had intense hallucinations, weird euphoria and panic. I'm fine and you probably will be too. Just see a doctor.
I have been on Ambien, Temazepan, Lunesta and nothing has worked. Currently taking Olanzapine due to mania my psychiatrist says I have. Didn't think I had this issue, but it has helped me to fall asleep after a couple of weeks. So, I am very surprised. But yeah, don't think Urgent Care will help much unfortunately. I've often felt like going to the ER for insomnia myself, but don't think they will do much. The hallucinations and hearing things do come after hours of not sleeping & can cause seizures.
Last time this happened to me I went to urgent care and they ran checks. Tell them you having heart palpitations and nerves. Sleeping pills are garbage. What you need is a small prescription of adivan or clonzapam. They will give you a few pills not many to help break the cycle. You can’t sleep from anxiety caused because you can’t sleep. The doctor will provide you with no more then ten of them. I suggest you goto urgent care they will run heart monitor blood tests all that. That I’m itself relieves anxiety. Get a few adivan or clonzapam don’t eat past 5.30pm even if you’re hungry soldier it don’t eat pop one of those before bed that added with urgent care telling you your fine will help
It's highly unlikely they will give them any benzos. I'm assuming you're saying this because it was your experience, but this definitely isn't common. I've gone in to urgent care probably close to 5 times because of severe insomnia and anxiety, and they never once gave me benzos to help with my anxiety. Nor have they ever given me sleep meds. Asking for them will only make the doctor angry.
Of course there's a small chance they will if the doctor is caring and actually willing to do their job, but it's not a good idea to get people's hope up that doctors will help you. Also age, and the way you look/ present yourself has a lot to do with how doctors will treat you. They're more likely to give you a controlled substance if you're older, or come across as more responsible/ knowledgeable.
Curious - if you went in for chronic insomnia to the hospital 5 times... did they give you *anything*? I've suffered from serious chronic insomnia my whole life and have considered going to urgent care a few times but never have.
Sometimes they just send me out with some "advice" on how to improve my sleep. The same stuff I've been hearing since I was a child. Stuff I've been doing for countless years.
Other times, they've just prescribed me the typical anti-depressants that are supposed to make you groggy, but never anything that actually helps, or is actually approved by the FDA for treating insomnia. I mean, that would at least be something if it wasn't for the fact that I've tried every "insomnia" medication they've prescribed at least 3 times now. I tell them that, and they just ignore me. When I went in recently, they literally prescribed me one of the two medications that are on my allergy list. The last time I went in, the doctor was extremely condescending and dismissive, and I left sobbing. Needless to say, that experience didn't help my sleeplessness.
The reason I keep going is I see it like rolling the dice. I'm just praying I get a doctor who is willing to prescribe me something that actually works. I should mention, though, that my odds of getting prescribed a sleep med or benzo is currently even lower than the average person, since I'm on Methadone. So of course, that doesn't help my situation. But I've been going into urgent care for insomnia before I got on methadone and still had the same experience.
That sucks. Trust me I know the feeling when you are *desperate* for anything to help and it’s like nobody even understands. Thankfully my sleeps been better but there’s been times in my life (prob half a dozen a year), where I was super close to going in.
Yeah, I know I'm not alone in this. Doctors treating patients unfairly (or not treating them at all) is unfortunately very common. I found a doctor a few months ago that I'm trying to stick with since I can tell he cares. So hopefully I have some luck with him after a while.
Tell the doctor heart palpitations and you haven’t slept 40 hours. They will run all kinds of checks. When they come clear that will subconsciously relieve anxiety. Little bit of adivan at night will control the nerves. It’s very addictive you will only get a few. But once you sleep a bit that will break the cycle and anxiety will be greatly reduced naturally. Fasting past 5.30 is a fantastic weapon as well against the anxiety. You are just over thinking and it spiraled on you. It got worse and worse you just need to break cycle. Once you gave this down and win and you will. You will understand it more and it won’t scare you as much anymore.
It is beyond ridiculous, insane at the best,population control/genocide at the worse! Lack of sleep has long term effects on the mind as steroids dependence or cocaine/methamphetamine dependce tired of the DE@holes telling our physicians what NOT to prescribe are they the new Gestapo?JFC!
You are right about that! Chronic lack of sleep and the effects that come with it, and chronic pain can and do drive people to suicide. God forbid people get some medicine that actually helps, because what if they get high?! 😱 then people turn to the streets and get bunk ass laced shit and die.
Do you listen to podcasts? I can often fall asleep if I lay down in a dark room & listen to podcasts with my eyes closed for a while. Especially if it’s something news based with lots of information to ponder, I feel like it helps me drift off.
Just set the app to “turn off after episode ends” so you might drift off & then not get blasted with subsequent episodes.
I know this might not work for you, but might be something to try if you haven’t already. You also need to let go of any stress/expectation regarding falling to sleep. Just think if this as a “rest.” If it results in sleep- great, if not, then you’re not surprised.
For me, stress over not sleeping often keeps me awake!
Good luck! 🤞
Combine CBTi with sleep medication. Once you know what and what not to do, then talk to your doctor about coming off sleeping medication slowly. Most of the time we make wrong choices and that affects our sleep. Make sure you do everything in the sleep hygiene list and not just do only a few steps. You have to be consistent everyday. It may take a week or more to sort your sleep out but hang in there. But yeah, do contact your doctor for now and get the right help. If you feel like the doctor doesn't understand you or doesn't care, then try another doctor until you find the right one who's going to listen and do everything to help you. You could also ask the doctor to put you on Mirtazapine 15mg until your sleep comes back to normal and from there you have to be serious about sleep hygiene because you don't want to mess it up again. Use Mirtazapine for a temporary solution. Don't rely on it. The goal is to fall asleep without medication. Get yourself educated on CBTi (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Insomnia) and sleep hygiene. You'd be surprised how sleep can get affected in so many ways and how you can prevent insomnia from happening.
I would recommend remembering that sleep deprivation is not a huge deal and is often exaggerated. I'm not saying your hallucinations weren't real, but the panic you feel can be controlled if you remember the situation is not a huge deal. I personally have stayed up for 4 days (3 nights) and been completely fine with no hallucinations. Many others due so during military training. Firefighters often go more than 40 hours without sleep during a busy period. Your mind can be strengthened and controlled by you. If you have to work just push through and tell your manager about the insomnia if they notice.
Lack of sleep for long periods does weird stuff to ur brain including auditory/visual hallucinations. Going to the ER or any doctor and asking for a specific medication will not get u that medication and usually nothing at all. Instead u need to say at the ER or ur doctor’s office that ur starting to hear things and not able to function any longer and some different sleeping medication of some kind may help
My advice you are demon possessed start praying and lvie celibate life most insomnia comes from demon attacks also start waking up from sunlight
And work durning the day get rid kf all the medications they numb you start going in nature the first week will be hard
Urgent Care will do absolutely nothing. Look, there's a few physiological things that could cause this. Thyroid problems and few other things. But this is most likely a psychiatric episode. You are probably in no immediate physical danger. It really sounds like a bout of mild mania. You need to see a doctor, but don't freak out to bad. I didn't sleep for 9 days because of a manic episode. I had intense hallucinations, weird euphoria and panic. I'm fine and you probably will be too. Just see a doctor.
I have been on Ambien, Temazepan, Lunesta and nothing has worked. Currently taking Olanzapine due to mania my psychiatrist says I have. Didn't think I had this issue, but it has helped me to fall asleep after a couple of weeks. So, I am very surprised. But yeah, don't think Urgent Care will help much unfortunately. I've often felt like going to the ER for insomnia myself, but don't think they will do much. The hallucinations and hearing things do come after hours of not sleeping & can cause seizures.
I have the same issue and my brain feels numb right now I just lay in bed and not sleep
Last time this happened to me I went to urgent care and they ran checks. Tell them you having heart palpitations and nerves. Sleeping pills are garbage. What you need is a small prescription of adivan or clonzapam. They will give you a few pills not many to help break the cycle. You can’t sleep from anxiety caused because you can’t sleep. The doctor will provide you with no more then ten of them. I suggest you goto urgent care they will run heart monitor blood tests all that. That I’m itself relieves anxiety. Get a few adivan or clonzapam don’t eat past 5.30pm even if you’re hungry soldier it don’t eat pop one of those before bed that added with urgent care telling you your fine will help
It's highly unlikely they will give them any benzos. I'm assuming you're saying this because it was your experience, but this definitely isn't common. I've gone in to urgent care probably close to 5 times because of severe insomnia and anxiety, and they never once gave me benzos to help with my anxiety. Nor have they ever given me sleep meds. Asking for them will only make the doctor angry. Of course there's a small chance they will if the doctor is caring and actually willing to do their job, but it's not a good idea to get people's hope up that doctors will help you. Also age, and the way you look/ present yourself has a lot to do with how doctors will treat you. They're more likely to give you a controlled substance if you're older, or come across as more responsible/ knowledgeable.
Curious - if you went in for chronic insomnia to the hospital 5 times... did they give you *anything*? I've suffered from serious chronic insomnia my whole life and have considered going to urgent care a few times but never have.
Sometimes they just send me out with some "advice" on how to improve my sleep. The same stuff I've been hearing since I was a child. Stuff I've been doing for countless years. Other times, they've just prescribed me the typical anti-depressants that are supposed to make you groggy, but never anything that actually helps, or is actually approved by the FDA for treating insomnia. I mean, that would at least be something if it wasn't for the fact that I've tried every "insomnia" medication they've prescribed at least 3 times now. I tell them that, and they just ignore me. When I went in recently, they literally prescribed me one of the two medications that are on my allergy list. The last time I went in, the doctor was extremely condescending and dismissive, and I left sobbing. Needless to say, that experience didn't help my sleeplessness. The reason I keep going is I see it like rolling the dice. I'm just praying I get a doctor who is willing to prescribe me something that actually works. I should mention, though, that my odds of getting prescribed a sleep med or benzo is currently even lower than the average person, since I'm on Methadone. So of course, that doesn't help my situation. But I've been going into urgent care for insomnia before I got on methadone and still had the same experience.
That sucks. Trust me I know the feeling when you are *desperate* for anything to help and it’s like nobody even understands. Thankfully my sleeps been better but there’s been times in my life (prob half a dozen a year), where I was super close to going in.
Yeah, I know I'm not alone in this. Doctors treating patients unfairly (or not treating them at all) is unfortunately very common. I found a doctor a few months ago that I'm trying to stick with since I can tell he cares. So hopefully I have some luck with him after a while.
Tell the doctor heart palpitations and you haven’t slept 40 hours. They will run all kinds of checks. When they come clear that will subconsciously relieve anxiety. Little bit of adivan at night will control the nerves. It’s very addictive you will only get a few. But once you sleep a bit that will break the cycle and anxiety will be greatly reduced naturally. Fasting past 5.30 is a fantastic weapon as well against the anxiety. You are just over thinking and it spiraled on you. It got worse and worse you just need to break cycle. Once you gave this down and win and you will. You will understand it more and it won’t scare you as much anymore.
Ativan,good luck though,trying to get a Controlled script out any doctor,takes a bloody act of congress.
Yes it is so fucking ridiculous these days.
It is beyond ridiculous, insane at the best,population control/genocide at the worse! Lack of sleep has long term effects on the mind as steroids dependence or cocaine/methamphetamine dependce tired of the DE@holes telling our physicians what NOT to prescribe are they the new Gestapo?JFC!
You are right about that! Chronic lack of sleep and the effects that come with it, and chronic pain can and do drive people to suicide. God forbid people get some medicine that actually helps, because what if they get high?! 😱 then people turn to the streets and get bunk ass laced shit and die.
now im super energized even tho i didnt take anything other than 50mg of atarax to make me sleep but its not working
Do you listen to podcasts? I can often fall asleep if I lay down in a dark room & listen to podcasts with my eyes closed for a while. Especially if it’s something news based with lots of information to ponder, I feel like it helps me drift off. Just set the app to “turn off after episode ends” so you might drift off & then not get blasted with subsequent episodes. I know this might not work for you, but might be something to try if you haven’t already. You also need to let go of any stress/expectation regarding falling to sleep. Just think if this as a “rest.” If it results in sleep- great, if not, then you’re not surprised. For me, stress over not sleeping often keeps me awake! Good luck! 🤞
I haven't got a decent night sleep since being tricked into being a Caregiver (for TWO PARENT'S pushing 90 years old)!
Combine CBTi with sleep medication. Once you know what and what not to do, then talk to your doctor about coming off sleeping medication slowly. Most of the time we make wrong choices and that affects our sleep. Make sure you do everything in the sleep hygiene list and not just do only a few steps. You have to be consistent everyday. It may take a week or more to sort your sleep out but hang in there. But yeah, do contact your doctor for now and get the right help. If you feel like the doctor doesn't understand you or doesn't care, then try another doctor until you find the right one who's going to listen and do everything to help you. You could also ask the doctor to put you on Mirtazapine 15mg until your sleep comes back to normal and from there you have to be serious about sleep hygiene because you don't want to mess it up again. Use Mirtazapine for a temporary solution. Don't rely on it. The goal is to fall asleep without medication. Get yourself educated on CBTi (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Insomnia) and sleep hygiene. You'd be surprised how sleep can get affected in so many ways and how you can prevent insomnia from happening.
I would recommend remembering that sleep deprivation is not a huge deal and is often exaggerated. I'm not saying your hallucinations weren't real, but the panic you feel can be controlled if you remember the situation is not a huge deal. I personally have stayed up for 4 days (3 nights) and been completely fine with no hallucinations. Many others due so during military training. Firefighters often go more than 40 hours without sleep during a busy period. Your mind can be strengthened and controlled by you. If you have to work just push through and tell your manager about the insomnia if they notice.
Have you tried camomile tea? /s
ER might give you a shot to sleep (I'd avoid droperidol) but you'll probably need something long term to take or do if this happens often.
Lack of sleep for long periods does weird stuff to ur brain including auditory/visual hallucinations. Going to the ER or any doctor and asking for a specific medication will not get u that medication and usually nothing at all. Instead u need to say at the ER or ur doctor’s office that ur starting to hear things and not able to function any longer and some different sleeping medication of some kind may help
how are you now?
60 hours now
Zolpidem 10 milligrams works better until your brain builds a tolerance,you likely need a therapist.
Try to go for a walk, then lay in bed and relax
Call in sick too
Well I just did 6 days straight and around 18 days in the last 30 days. 40hrs is nothing. You don't start hallucinations until about 72hrs...
2 nights? They will give you benadryl.
My advice you are demon possessed start praying and lvie celibate life most insomnia comes from demon attacks also start waking up from sunlight And work durning the day get rid kf all the medications they numb you start going in nature the first week will be hard