Sleepus Interruptus

Sleepus Interruptus

I can’t remember the last time I had a regular, steady sleep rhythm. At the least it’s been months. At most it’s been several years. I know that at least one contributing factor is my ongoing battle with anxiety, though it’s been a few weeks...
For the Love of Sleep

For the Love of Sleep

Yesterday was a difficult day, the first I’ve had in quite a while (if you don’t count the panic attack I suffered the first couple days of the year). It was bad enough that I took the first emergency klonopin I’ve needed in weeks. On the one hand,...
Troubled Sleep

Troubled Sleep

I rise suddenly from sleep, my mind whirling a thousand klicks a second. The vestiges of my dreams cling to me like a vapor — but only for a moment. A moment and it is gone, a breath puffed away in less than a heartbeat. The only thing I’m left with is the...

Cottonmouth

I took a double-shot of my sleep meds last night (because, hey, I’m allowed to), and I’m reminded today of why I don’t often do so. The inside of my mouth is so dry that it feels like there’s an entire cotton plantation in...

Sleep Is A Complete Waste of Time

I feel like sleep wastes so much of my time, time that I would much rather spend catching up on my reading, writing down all those thoughts I never quite seem to get to, doing all those things on my to-do list that either need doing or that I want to work on. Do you...

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