Sleepy, Fatiguey, Bashful, and Doc.

[alexandraerin]

It took me a while to get there, but I did sleep last night. I've just woken up so I'm not ready to make any kind of a real assessment. I'm hoping I'm rested enough that at the very least I won't be crashing early tonight. One of the things about dealing with insomnia is that there are fundamental differences between "sleepy", "tired", and "fatigued". If I'm tired and/or fatigued, I can't function, but if I'm tired and fatigued but not sleepy, I can't sleep. When I went to lie down last night I was tired and fatigued but I didn't get sleepy for several hours after. Things work out much better if my brain is ready to shut down at the same time my body needs to.

Comments

[doctoreon.livejournal.com]

The worst is when you get all the way to exhausted but are still not sleepy. Once you pass that, you get to the hallucinations, which can be fun depending on how weird you are.

[alexandraerin.livejournal.com]

I get some entertaining auditory ones from time to time.

[natalief.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hear ya!