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Insomnia continues. I'd guess I've had about ten hours sleep in the last three days, and for well over twenty-four hours now I've felt - I don't know how to describe it. Like I drank too much coffee, or like I'm a few minutes away from throwing up. That shivery ants-under-your-skin feeling. It just won't go away and it's keeping me awake more than anything else. I thought initially that it was caused by the NyQuil I took a couple nights ago, but surely that's long since out of my system.

I'm kinda freaked out by it at this point, though. I've never before had insomnia this bad, so I haven't got any prior experience. Is this feeling normal? Is something wrong? It's keeping me awake more than anything else at this point, and I just don't know what to do. I'm going to hit the student health center on campus tomorrow to see if they can help me out with anything. I don't know how much longer I can even function if I don't get some real sleep soon.

In the meantime, though, reassurances from insomniacs on the flist that I'm not dying or something would be much appreciated. I'm gonna go back to bed, but I expect I'll be checking my e-mail again before long.

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[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I'm not so much an insomniac as someone whose sleep schedule doesn't jibe with the world around her, but I can tell you that the jittery feeling and feeling like you're about to throw up is exactly par for the course if you've had that little sleep. And that the longer you go without sleep, the harder it is to actually get to sleep--a couple nights without eight solid hours will screw up your sleep rhythms something awful.

If you're getting a little bit of sleep, you're not going to die, I promise you. Drink lots of water, though. Your body is going a little out of homeostasis right now, and keeping yourself hydrated will help you feel less sick.

*hugs* Good luck.